Enjoy the fairy-tale ambiance of this 4-Star hotel, with medieval European castle-style architecture, and 87 contemporary rooms and suites to choose from. Visit Salzburg Street – a multi-cuisine restaurant and a pub called H 2. There is a roof-top swimming pool and a health club for rejuvenation. To mix business with pleasure there are five banquet halls and a roof garden venue, which can be used for meetings and conventions.

The Best Western Amrutha Castle serves a complimentary breakfast each morning. This hotel also offers complimentary newspapers in the lobby, self parking, and room service. Onsite parking is complimentary. Amrutha Castle is a smoke-free property.

Amenities

Swimming pool

Complimentary newspapers in lobby

Bar/lounge

Restaurant(s) in hotel

Room service (limited hours)

Parking (free)

Self parking

Business center

Conference room(s)

Safe-deposit box – front desk

Number of floors: 5

Elevator/lift

Smoke-free property

Complimentary breakfast

Internet access – wireless

Hyderabad:

The city of Hyderabad is called the ”City of Pearls“. It is the largest city in Andhra Pradesh and the sixth largest city in India.  Hyderabad has developed into one of the major hubs for the information technology industry in India which has earned it the additional sobriquet “Cyberabad”.

Hyderabad was founded by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 on the banks of Musi. Located at the crossroads of North & South India, Hyderabad has developed a unique culture, reflected in its language & architecture. The city is home to the Telugu Film Industry, the second-largest in India, known popularly as Tollywood.

Hyderabad has a tropical wet and dry climate that borders on a semi-arid climate, with hot summers from late February to early June, the monsoon season from late June to early October and a pleasant winter from late October to early February.

The bangles market known as Laad Bazaar is situated near Charminar. Products such as silverware, saris, Nirmal and Kalamkari paintings and artifacts, unique Bidri handcrafted items, lacquer bangles studded with stones,silk ware, cotton ware and handloom-based clothing materials are made and traded through the city for centuries.

Hyderabadi cuisine is a blend of Traditional South Indian Mughal and Persian cuisine. Hyderabadi Biryani is an iconic dish of the region.   Hyderabadi sweets are known for their ghee-based items. Famous sweet shops include the traditionally made. Pulla Reddy and Rami Reddy sweets are the two famous Pure Ghee Sweet Multi location chain in Hyderabad. Widely found on street-corners are Irani café’s that offer Irani chai.

Places of Special Interest

Charminar
Ph: 23522990
Visiting Hours: 9 am – 5.30 pm
The Charminar is as much the signature of Hyderabad as the Taj Mahal is of Agra or the Eiffel Tower is of Paris. Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of Hyderabad, built Charminar in 1591 at the centre of the original city layout. It is said to be built as a charm to ward off a deadly epidemic raging at that time. Four graceful minarets soar to a height of 48.7 m above the ground. Charminar has 45 prayer spaces and a mosque in it. Visitors can view the architectural splendour inside the Charminar. The monument is illuminated in the evenings and a pedestrianisation project around the monument is under implementation.

Mecca Masjid: A two hundred yards southwest of the Charminar is the Mecca Masjid, so named because the bricks were brought from Mecca to build the central arch. The Qutb Shahis never finished the building of the mosque, which was completed by Aurangzeb in 1694.

Laad Baazar: This is famous, colourful shopping centre of the old city, tucked away in one of the streets leading off from Charminar. Bridal wear, Pearls and the traditional Hyderabadi glass and stone studded bangles are sold here.

Golconda Fort
Ph:23512401
Visiting Hours:
Golconda is one of the famous forts of India. The name originates from the Telugu words “Golla Konda” meaning “Shepherd’s Hill”. The origins of the fort can be traced back to the Yadava dynasty of Deogiri and the Kakatiyas of Warangal. Golconda was originally a mud fort, which passed to the Bahmani dynasty and later to the Qutb Shahis, who held it from 1518 to 1687 A.D. The first three Qutb Shahi kings rebuilt Golconda, over a span of 62 years. The fort is famous for its acoustics, palaces, ingenious water supply system and the famous Fateh Rahben gun, one of the cannons used in the last siege of Golconda by Aurangzeb, to whom the fort ultimately fell.

Sound & Light Show at Golconda Fort:  Ph: 23512401
The glorious past of Golconda Fort is narrated effectively with matchless Sound and Light effects. The unique Sound & Light Show takes you right back in time, when Golconda was full of life, glory and grandeur.

Qutb Shahi Tombs: The tombs of the legendary Qutb Shahi kings lie about a kilometre away from Banjara Darwaza of the Golconda Fort. Planned and built by the Qutb Shahis themselves, these tombs are said to be the oldest historical monuments in Hyderabad. They form a large group and stand on a raised platform. The tombs are built in Persian, Pathan and Hindu architectural styles using grey granite, with stucco ornamentation, the only one of its kind in the world where an entire dynasty has been buried at one place.

Taramati Baradari
Ph: 23520172
Visiting Hours: 8 am – 9.30 pm
Taramati Baradari is located at Ibrahimbagh, on the Osman Sagar (Gandipet) Road, close to Golconda. The complex is spread over a sprawling 7-acre area amidst lush green environs with the backdrop of the famed Golconda Fort. The heritage monument built by the Seventh Sultan of Golconda is accessed from the complex.

With two fully equipped theatres, Taramati Baradari Culture Village is the perfect venue for music concerts, performing arts, social events etc. The Baradari illuminated in dynamic lighting forms the backdrop of all activities.

Birla Mandir (Venkateswara Temple)
Ph: 23233259
Visiting Hours:
This white marble temple of Lord Venkateshwara floats on the city skyline, on Kala Pahad. The idol in the temple is a replica of the one at Tirumala Tirupati.

Birla Planetarium:  Ph: 23241067
Birla Planetarium is India’s most modern planetarium and first of its kind in the country. It is equipped with advanced technology from Japan and is built on Naubat Pahad adjacent to Kala Pahad. And the Science Museum stands tribute to the advancement achieved by Science and Technology.

Reviews:

Jun 23, 2010 navinbhas, bangalore:  A good hotel located at the heart of the city. Good facilities within the hotel. The rooms are spacious, and the room service is also good.  The hotel is cheaper for all the facilities that they provide. A lot of complimentary stuffs out there. I just had breakfast out there and it was damn good and a healthy one. The hotel architecture is damn good. The hallways are decorated very nicely.

Apr 21, 2010  Ceasar, Delhi:  This is one of the best 4 Star hotel in Hyderabad.Location is excellent.Food is awesome.Service is very good.Staffs are very friendly.Room Service is very good.I would recoment this hotel in Hyderabad.

Mar 27, 2010 manojsg,  ahmedabad: European architectural style with a touch of a royal luxury and gorgeous grandeurs, Best Western Amrutha Castle is centrally located in Hyderabad. Comfortable rooms to make you feel like home with minibar and WiFi access. Guest are entitled to free usage of health club equipments and rooftop swimming pool. Amrutha Castle in-house restaurant and bar serving local and western cuisines. Business center are available at the hotel and 5 banquet halls at the hotel for hosting of events and banquets.

Jan 22, 2010  anoopdr, uppal:  the hotel is located in the busy locality of the city but it captures you by its beauty and its rich look that is the castle look of the hotel. it looks like a palace with its towers in proper perspective giving it the look of a fort.   the interiors are also well planned and it is good for a romantic stop for a night as well as for family get togethers. it is also affordable for the commoners as well, which is the asset of this hotel the food in the hotel is also good and has multicuisine variety.

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