How to reach there:

There are five daily express services to and fro Bangalore. The Central bus terminal handles all the KSTRC long- disyance buses.

Accomodations:

Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel.

Quality Inn Southern Star.

Hotel Metropole.

Kings Kourt Hotel.

What to see:

Inside the fort it's a kaleidscope of stained glass, mirrors, there are also beautiful carved wooden doors and mosaic floors, as well as a whole series of mediocre, though historically interesting, paintings depicting life in Mysore during the Edwardian Raj.

Note the beautifully carved mahogany ceilings, solid silver doors, white marble floors and superb columned Durbar Hall.

The palace even has a selection of Hindu temples within the palace walls including the Varashaswamy Temple with a gopuram which set the pattern for the later Sri Chamundeswari Temple on Chamundi Hill. The former maharaja is still in residence at the back of the palace.