Nearby Attractions in Lucknow

Nearby Attractions in Lucknow

The nearby attractions in Lucknow are spread out over a large distance and so you can reach from one place to other by foot. You need to hire a taxi or rickshaw to visit them all. The historic places like Bara Imambara and Bhool Bhulaiya will impress any history lovers. There are many other historic places to visit here and some of them are in ruins. Apart from them, there are many parks, theme parks, water parks and memorials of great leaders that are worth visiting during your stay at Lucknow.

Last Updated: 01/09/2012

• Lucknow State Museum

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :5 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 9 m

  Lucknow State Museum is situated at Banarasibagh area and is functioning in a three storied building. It has separate galleries to display bronze idols, textiles, paintings, sculptures, coins, specimens of anthropology and other artefacts. Some of the important exhibits here are the a wine jar with ...

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• Moti Mahal

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :1 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 5 m

  Moti Mahal or the Pearl Palace was constructed by the Nawab Saadat Ali Khan who ruled over this place from 1798 to 1814. It is situated on the banks of the River Gomti. As this building is in pure white just like a pearl it got the name of Moti Mahal as Moti means pearl in Urdu. Other famous buildin...

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• Dilkusha Kothi or Dilkusha Palace

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :5 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 12 m

  Dilkusha Kothi was an English baroque style building built in 18th century and was constructed by the British Major Gore Ouseley, the friend of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan. It served as the hunting lodge of Nawabs at that time and later was used as summer resort. It is located on the banks of the River Go...

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• Aminabad

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :3 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 5 m

  Aminabad is the large shopping centre in Lucknow noted for the chikan embroidered garments. This is a large and congested market with narrow lanes. There are many small shops that sell ornaments, fashion garments, chikan kurtas, chikan saress and footwear. Those who want to make some cheap shopping ...

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• Hazratganj

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :1 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 5 m

  Hazratganj was built by Amjad Ali Shah but it is usually used to denote the market in this area. This is one of the busiest shopping areas of the city and has lanes called Queen’s Bay which was once used for the carriages of royal people. There are many shopping complexes, offices, hotels, res...

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• Kukrail Reserve Forest

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :9 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 12 m

  Kukrail Reserve Forest is the breeding ground of crocodiles. When the crocodile population decreased very much in 1975, efforts were made to conserve them. Only 300 were left during that time and so their eggs were collected from the Ramganga River, Suheli River, Girwa River and Chambal River banks ...

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• Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :43 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 50 m

  Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary is located on the Kanpur to Lucknow road and has a lake with surrounding forest area. More than 250 species of migratory birds visit this place from various parts of the world like Tibet, China, Europe and Siberia during winter season. Some of the varieties are white necked ...

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• Ambedkar Memorial

  Lucknow

  Distance from Lucknow :6 km;

  Time to Reach from Lucknow :0h, 11 m

  The Ambedkar Memorial was originally named as Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Preteek Sthal. It was constructed with red sandstone at an estimation of seven billion rupees. There are many statues here depicting the biography of Ambedkar and the sanctum sanctorum has four doors in opposite dir...

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