Janeshwar Mishra Park
A 376-acre green urban park with jogging trails, a lake and boating.

Gomti River Front
A landscaped promenade along the Gomti with fountains and evening light shows.

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden
Lucknow's zoo and botanical garden, home to a small natural-history museum.

Bara Imambara & Bhool Bhulaiya
An 18th-century congregation hall famous for its vast vaulted ceiling and labyrinth.

Ambedkar Memorial Park
A grand red-sandstone memorial park with galleries, elephant statues and manicured lawns.

Rumi Darwaza
An imposing 60-foot Awadhi gateway, Lucknow's most photographed monument, especially at night.

Ayodhya
The riverside town on the Saryu, central to the Ramayana, with the Ram Janmabhoomi complex and Hanuman Garhi among its key sites.

Prayagraj
Home to the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, and the historic Allahabad Fort.

Varanasi
One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, its ghats along the Ganga and the Kashi Vishwanath temple drawing pilgrims for millennia.