Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bengaluru, India

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 3.8 km
Ascend 47 m
Descend 39 m

Explore Bengaluru in India with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BengaluruIndividual Sights in Bengaluru

Sight 1: St. John's Church

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St. John's Church is located in St. John's Hill, Cleveland Town, Bangalore Cantonment, India, in between Promenade Road and St. John's Church Road. The church is the fourth oldest Protestant church in the city, with a distinct red edifice and towering steeple, rising out of the leafy surroundings. The church is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist.

Wikipedia: St. John's Church, Bangalore (EN)

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral

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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. Initially, Bangalore was the seat of the diocese of Mysore from 1886 to 1940 and during this time, St. Patrick's church in Bangalore was the cathedral of the diocese. When the diocese of Mysore was bifurcated on 13 February 1940 to form the diocese of Bangalore, St. Francis Xavier's church was chosen as its cathedral.

Wikipedia: St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore (EN)

1527 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 3: St Mary's Basilica

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St. Mary's Basilica is a shrine located in Shivajinagar (Blackpally) locality of Karnataka, India. It is among the oldest churches at Bangalore and the first church in the state that has been elevated to the status of a minor basilica. It is famous for festivities held during the St. Mary's Feast in the month of September each year, attracting devotees from the entire metropolitan area of Bangalore.

Wikipedia: St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore (EN)

476 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: St Pauls Church

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St. Paul's Church is located in the corner of Old Poor House Road, and Bowring Hospital Road, next to the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore Cantonment, India. St. Paul's has the distinction of being the very first Tamil Anglican Church in the erstwhile Mysore State. St. Paul's celebrated its 175th anniversary in May 2014. Like most old churches of Bangalore, the congregation of St. Paul's is spread all across Bangalore.

Wikipedia: St. Paul's Church, Bangalore (EN)

674 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: St. Andrews Church

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St. Andrew's Church, consecrated in 1866, is a Presbyterian church, located on Cubbon Road, Bangalore. Initially knows as St. Andrews's Kirk, it was a Church of Scotland church till 1959 when it became part of the Karnataka Central Diocese of the Church of South India. The church is named after Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. St Andrew's Church celebrated its 150 years anniversary on 20 November 2014.

Wikipedia: St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore (EN), Website

776 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: St. Mark's Cathedral

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St. Mark's Cathedral

St. Mark's Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Central Karnataka of the Church of South India. The cathedral church, noted for its English Baroque architecture inspired by the 17th century St Paul's Cathedral, is located at the west end of Mahatma Gandhi Road, MacIver Town, Bangalore.

Wikipedia: St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore (EN), Website

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