Strength, heritage and royalty are synonyms to what we all call Golconda Fort. An inseparable part of Hyderabad history since 13th century, Golconda Fort was considered to be the best example of military architecture among Indian forts and has been the abode of many mighty rulers. Golconda Fort is your window to the glories of yesteryears.

Founded in the 13th century and rebuilt by the Qutab Shahis, who made it their capital in 1525. It was they who laid out its splendid monuments and parks, and designed the famous acoustic system by which a handclap sounded at the gates can be heard right up at the citadel.

Golconda Fort consists of four different forts inside a 10 Km long outer wall. There are 87 bastions, eight gateways, four drawbridges and numerous temples, beautiful palaces and mosques – most of them in ruins though.

About a kilometre from the Golconda fort are the tombs of the Qutab Shahi rulers. The tombs are domed structures built on a square base surrounded by pointed arches. The galleries of the smaller tombs are of a single storey while the larger ones are usually two-storied. In the centre of each tomb is a sarcophagus that overlies the actual burial vault in a crypt below. The domes were originally overlaid with blue and green tiles of which now only a few pieces remain.