We have organised three tours, a pre-workshop tour of Bangalore City on Sunday, October 20, and two parallel post-workshop tours (a tour of Mysore, and a tour of Temples near Hassan) on Saturday, October 26. Bookings for the pre-workshop and post-workshop tours can be made by sending an email to Anurag Kumar.

The buses will be air-conditioned, and will leave from the Windsor Manor Hotel parking lot at 9:00am on Sunday, October 20, and will return to the hotel at 5:30pm, in time for the evening reception. On Saturday, October 26, the buses will leave from the Workshop venue. Lunch/snacks/beverages are not included in the price of the tour. The buses will stop at a nice place to allow the passengers to choose and buy their own lunches.

Bangalore City Tour: Lal Bagh, Tipu Summer Palace, Bull Temple, Vidhan Soudha, Government Museum and drive round Ulsoor Lake.
Rs. 350 per person, to be paid at the time of boarding the bus at Windsor Manor Hotel. Entrance fee for foreign nationals charged extra...Rs.125/- (for Indian nationals this is included in the price); includes guide charges. For a booking please send an email (indicating the number of seats required) to Anurag Kumar.

One Day Excursion to Mysore: Srirangapatnam, Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hills, Art Gallery (Brindavan Gardens: Optional )
Rs. 900 per person, to be paid at the workshop tours desk during the workshop. Entrance fee for foreign nationals charged extra...Rs.275/- (for Indian nationals this is included in the price); includes guide charges. For a booking please send an email (indicating the number of seats required) to Anurag Kumar.

One Day Excursion to Hassan: Sravanabelagola, Belur and Halebid.
Rs. 950 per person, to be paid at the workshop tours desk during the workshop. Entrance fee and guide charges are included both for foreign and Indian nationals. For a booking please send an email (indicating the number of seats required) to Anurag Kumar.

Bangalore City Tour: Lal Bagh, Tipu Summer Palace, Bull Temple, Vidhan Soudha, Government Museum and drive round Ulsoor Lake.
Prices per person:

1. 1 to 3 Persons : Non A/C Ambassador Car....Rs.325/- ; A/C Ambassador Car....Rs.400/-
2. 4 to 8 Persons : Non A/C Mini Van....Rs.310/-; A/C Mini Van ...Rs.390/-
3. 9 to 15 Persons : Non A/C Mini Coach.....Rs. 275/-; A/C Mini Coach .....Rs.350/-

One Day Excursion to Mysore: Srirangapatnam, Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hills, Art Gallery (Brindavan Gardens: Optional )
Prices per person:

1. 1 to 3 Persons : Non A/C Ambassador Car.....Rs.1250/-; A/C Ambassador Car....Rs.1650/-
2. 4 to 8 Persons : Non A/C Mini Van....Rs. 750/-; A/C Mini Van...Rs. 950/-
3. 9 to 15 Persons : Non A/C Mini Coach....Rs. 700/-; A/C Mini Coach ...Rs. 900/-

One Day Excursion to Hassan: Sravanabelagola, Belur and Halebid.
Prices per person:

1. 1 to 3 Persons : Non A/C Ambassador Car.....Rs.1450/-; A/C Ambassador Car....Rs.1850/-
2. 4 to 8 Persons : Non A/C Mini Van....Rs. 850/-; A/C Mini Van...Rs. 1100/-
3. 9 to 15 Persons : Non A/C Mini Coach....Rs. 800/-; A/C Mini Coach ...Rs. 950/-

If you are contacting Thomas Cook directly, on their website, for tour reservations, you should mention that you are with the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.