Recently i i drove to Somasila, Telangana from Bangalore for a holiday, decided to this place after i read the news of renovation of facilities like new cottages being built and launching of a boat service to Srisailam by Telangana Tourism,Boat rie to Srisailam would leave good experiences of great views of river Krishna river path in the middle of high hills of Nallamala, very similar to Papikondalu on Godavari river. This is a beautiful and upcoming tourist attraction in Telangana, it has great views of Krishna river back waters from cottages itself, turns and twists along with great views of Nallamala forest and hills.
Connectivity wise, this place is well connected to both Hyderabad (Either via Srisailam highway or Bangalore highway), Bangalore (AH43/NH7) with great roads and proper signages.
My drive was from Bangalore - Beechupally Hanuman temple - Pebbair (Just after Kurnool on AH43/NH7) - Jetprole - Somasila (https://goo.gl/maps/t3R9v6u7xj1hPpRf7)
From Somasile to Hyderbad was Somasila - Singotam - Kalwakurthy - Hyderabad (https://goo.gl/maps/HSX7uwEJHpUvyy1Q6)
Had booked cottage at TSTDC (tourism.telangana.gov.in/boating/SomasilaBoating), please choose new cottages option while bookin room, which offers good river views from rooms. As of now, there's no restaurant available yet, but you have many shops right infront of the facility, who'll cook both veg and non-veg delicious food and deliver to the rooms, believe me food was very good.
There are various types of motor boat options to just cover backwaters and recently launched double decker boat option to cover Somasila - Srisailam strech. Some of the nearest attractions to Somasila apart from Someshwara temple are, Jetprole group of temples and Madana Gopalaswamy temple (around 17 km away from Somasila) and Singotam Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple (Here main diety is in the form of Lingam (shivalinga), very unique)
This makes a very good weekend gateway and one can include Alampur Jogulamba temple (one of the Shakti Peetham) as well along with these places for one more day.
Overall it was awesome experience and best place for 1-2 days trip both from Hyderabad and Bangalore and below pictures would talk more
Cottages
Boat for Srisailam trip
Someshwara Temple
Carvings on Temple ceiling:
More pics at Instagram
Connectivity wise, this place is well connected to both Hyderabad (Either via Srisailam highway or Bangalore highway), Bangalore (AH43/NH7) with great roads and proper signages.
My drive was from Bangalore - Beechupally Hanuman temple - Pebbair (Just after Kurnool on AH43/NH7) - Jetprole - Somasila (https://goo.gl/maps/t3R9v6u7xj1hPpRf7)
From Somasile to Hyderbad was Somasila - Singotam - Kalwakurthy - Hyderabad (https://goo.gl/maps/HSX7uwEJHpUvyy1Q6)
Had booked cottage at TSTDC (tourism.telangana.gov.in/boating/SomasilaBoating), please choose new cottages option while bookin room, which offers good river views from rooms. As of now, there's no restaurant available yet, but you have many shops right infront of the facility, who'll cook both veg and non-veg delicious food and deliver to the rooms, believe me food was very good.
There are various types of motor boat options to just cover backwaters and recently launched double decker boat option to cover Somasila - Srisailam strech. Some of the nearest attractions to Somasila apart from Someshwara temple are, Jetprole group of temples and Madana Gopalaswamy temple (around 17 km away from Somasila) and Singotam Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple (Here main diety is in the form of Lingam (shivalinga), very unique)
This makes a very good weekend gateway and one can include Alampur Jogulamba temple (one of the Shakti Peetham) as well along with these places for one more day.
Overall it was awesome experience and best place for 1-2 days trip both from Hyderabad and Bangalore and below pictures would talk more
Cottages
Boat for Srisailam trip
Views from cottage rooms
Someshwara Temple
Carvings on Temple ceiling:
One of the Best sunset
Best SunRise!
More pics at Instagram
