Tag: Lucknow tourism

Helpline to answer all tourism queries

As a tourist, you might have got stranded in the midst of the city you are visiting not knowing what to do, where to go, how to proceed etc. The risk is more if it is a bustling destination like that of Varanasi. But, you will not be stranded any more as the tourism department is launching a 24-hour helpline to answer all your queries related to the city. All you need to do is call on the 24-hour helpline. The state tourism department is yet to officially launch the helpline, but a trial of the helpline 18601801364 is underway. “The ... Read more

‘Basement tourism’ in Lucknow’s Chhatar Manzil

The Uttar Pradesh’s archaeological department is conducting excavations at Chhatar Manzil and Kothi Farhat Baksh, and said it will be open for tourists once the excavations works are completed. The restoration of the newly excavated storey, which was lying buried under the current structures, would be planned so as to facilitate the movement of tourists thereby giving the visitors a glimpse of the ‘buried’ past of the city. The Chhatar Manzil and Kothi Farhat Baksh is more than 200 years old and the archaeologists are expecting that there would be more such storey’s hidden under the surface. Chhatar Manzil once served ... Read more