Flourishing on the banks of river Gomti, Lucknow is maintaining it's tradition with it's everyday changes and innovations. The skyline is crowded with buildings that showcase a fascinating range of ancient styles, most of which date back to Mughal or British rule. An example of Awadhi architecture which still stands steady is the Rumi Darwaza. And the Jama Masjid, 1857 Memorial Museum, British Residency etc are some of the landmarks in Lucknow which remains to be young and lively and are tourist spots for all the visitors.

Climate in Lucknow is humid subtropical climate with cool, dry winters from mid-November to February and dry, hot summers with thunderstorms from late March to June and july to september is the rainy season. Good time to visit would be March and April and after that it becomes very hot and humid.

That was all about it's places, climate and architecture but when it comes to lucknow, it is popularly known as the foodie's paradise. Food in this Nawabo Ka Shahar is also world famous for its Non-Veg Food. The mouth melting kebabs from the 'Tunday Kebab' shop in Chowk, Nihari and Kulcha from Rahim ki Nihari, lucknawi halwas from Ram Asrey sweet shop and many more. For shopping you can head to Hazratganj which is the go to place for all the shopaholics and it is said that a walk around Lucknow's Hazratganj will make you forget malls.

For your stay Lucknow you can either prefer to stay at some amazing five star hotels like Hotel Ramada Lucknow, The Piccadily Lucknow and J W marriott or either you can prefer to stay at some three star hotels like Hotel Galaxy International, Hotel Amarpreet, Hotel P S International which are near to the railway station. Since there is a provision of hourly hotel bookings from MStay, staying expense will not burn your pockets. Read less...