Ramoji Film City Hyderabad - Holiday Travel Tours

Location: 35 Kilometers from Hyderabad, towards Vijayawada, on NH-9.
How to Reach: Local transport from Hyderabad. Once there, special buses take you on a tour inside the studios.
Main Attraction: Extensive film studios and glamorous sets.

Situated 16 miles from the historic city of Hyderabad, is Ramoji Film City, the world’s largest film production complex. Spread over 2,000 acres of land, Ramoji Film City apart from being the favorite movie studio of film-makers from all over the globe including Hollywood, has in recent years also become one of the major tourist attraction of Hyderabad. From pre production to post production stage, Ramoji Film City has been attracting the attention of top film-makers, production houses and leading multinational advertising agencies by offering the latest technology and advanced equipment in movie making all under one roof. Besides catering to the needs of the movie makers, the film city also offers an opportunity to tourists to take a trip through the by-lanes of movie making magic. A man made wonder, the film city offers to the visitor a one of a kind experience with its beautiful gardens, authentic sets, lavish locales and the glamour of the settings.

Ramoji Film City

Visitors visiting the film city are taken on a guided bus tour of the vast spread of exotic gardens known as Shangri-La. Laid in a variety of patterns and themes and studded with hills, vales, lakes, colorful fountains, rock formations, and zigzagging pathways flanked by lamps, it gives the feeling as if one is in either Kashmir or Switzerland such is the ambience. With a team of horticulturists, botanists, and landscape artists, the garden is fairly well maintained and its nurseries with thousands of country-specific plants help in re-creating the spring in England, a Japanese garden and even the wilds of Africa. One can also wander through the prop shop known as Parade. A storehouse of fabrics, period costumes, furniture, weaponry, jewelry, crockery, clocks, furnishings, lamps, chandeliers, wall hangings, paintings, decorative artifacts, wardrobes, footwear etc., the Parade has got everything that are needed to assemble a movie set. One can also design or even order the costume that your favorite star sported in a film.

Tourists to the film city can also visit Eureka- a place full of surprises, scares and excitement. Take a trip down memory lane and see the various locations and sets that create the magic of a Mauryan and Mughal era or the ruggedness of a western movie. Witness the various rural and urban complexes, the cityscapes, the lush green pasature lands, the railway station, police outpost, shopping plazas etc and enjoy a wholesome meal at the Alampana, Chanakya, Gunsmoke or the Ganga Jamuna restaurants.

Ramoji Film City also makes for a perfect Honeymoon gateway. The ethereal beauty of the surroundings and the vast expanse provides the perfect setting for a couple to share their fondest moments of togetherness. The film city's mini film crew, complete with a director, cameraman, make-up artist will assist you in filming your unforgettable precious moments to perfection in pictures.Besides being an ideal honeymoon gateway, the film city also offers holiday and getaway packages as well as MICE facilities. It has various hotels like Sitara, Tara, Sholay, Taj Mahal as well as a Samson and Delilah health club to take care of their discerning customers and their varied needs.
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