Bucket List For 2015: Hyderabad Among World's Must-See Places

Falaknuma in Hyderabad:

National Geographic Traveler listed Hyderabad as one of the ‘must-visits’ this new year. Taj’s Falaknuma has been considered as one of the best places to view the grand old city of Hyderabad. The opulent Taj Falaknuma Palace hotel perches atop a hill overlooking the Old City, where Irani cafés thrive alongside fifth-generation pearl merchants and the finest fountain pen makers.Hyderabad is the city that was home to one of the richest men in the world, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last ruling Nizam of Hyderabad. The twin cities now host several global IT brands, because of which it is now called as Cyberabad. Aging Urdu scholars, young software engineers, authentic Nizam food are the most commonly found sights  in the city. Here, ancient boulders guard the peripheries of HITEC City, while new rooftop bars hem lakes and gardens. One must attend a Mushaira, a poetry symposium which are frequently organized in the old city to get an essence of the past. Hyderabad patronized poets for very many decades and here the rulers were as good with a pen as they were with a sword. Qawallis, are the 800 year old form of Sufi Music can often be heard in the famous Chowmahalla Palace every other evening. Enjoy the Sufi Music in the Literary Festival which is going to be held in Hyderabad in January 2015.

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