In Hyderabad, you stay either in isolated splendour up in the Banjara Hills 6 km (3 3/4 miles) from the rail station, or in the seedier, but atmospheric Abids area of the town centre. Here, as in many large Indian ...

Hyderabad is effectively two cities in one, though the new city of Secunderabad (to the north) is of minimal tourist interest. All the sights, the hotels, the action and the bazaars are concentrated in the Abids area of Hyderabad town, ...