Hyderabad
Granite temples, palm fringes and filter coffee. The food is older than most countries.
Hyderabad is a four-century-old Nizam capital that became the country's IT-services factory — and the city is honest about being both. The Charminar (1591) is the photo, but the surrounding Laad Bazaar (bangles, pearls, attar) is the actual reason to be there. Golconda Fort to the west takes a half-day; the Qutb Shahi tombs next door are easier to love. The food is the city's superpower — Hyderabadi biryani (Paradise, Bawarchi, Shadab), Irani chai at any old-city café, and haleem during Ramadan. Skip Hi-Tec City unless you have a meeting; the old city is the trip.
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Granite temples, palm fringes and filter coffee. The food is older than most countries.