Heritage Walks in Hyderabad

Heritage walks in Hyderabad cover more than four centuries of city-building, and the events below list the guided walks, photo walks and food trails coming up, refreshed daily. The classic route is the Old City on foot: Charminar, built in 1591, the lanes of Laad Bazaar, Mecca Masjid and Chowmahalla Palace, the seat of the Nizams, all within about a kilometre. A second cluster lies to the west, where walks climb Golconda Fort, the Qutb Shahi capital before Hyderabad existed, and continue to the domed Qutb Shahi Tombs. Other trails take in the Paigah Tombs, the restored British Residency at Koti, the colonial churches and clock tower of Secunderabad, and the Salar Jung Museum. Independent groups and historians lead most walks on weekend mornings; The Deccan Archive, for example, has run Ramzan night walks around Charminar. Food trails follow Irani chai, Osmania biscuits, biryani and, in Ramzan, haleem. The walking season runs from October to February, when mornings are cool. Chowmahalla Palace and the Salar Jung Museum are closed on Fridays, so most routes that include them run on weekends.