The Best Hotels Near Soka, by the Record
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The rooms at this business-leaning hotel are mostly tan and ecru, saved by silk-and-sequin patchwork quilts that someone clearly enjoyed choosing. Bangalore's trees fill the windows more than you'd expect from a city this size, and the restaurant overlooks Ulsoor Lake, where a Sufi band occasionally plays to a crowd winding down from whatever the Silicon Valley of Southeast Asia threw at them that day. The rooftop lounge keeps the evening going.
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Modeled after the Royal Palace of Mysore, this 357-room luxury hotel sits on nine acres of manicured lawns and palm-fringed waterways right in the middle of Bengaluru's tech corridor, which is a trick. Rooms are spacious and richly furnished, Turret suites have large private balconies, and the Royal Club adds a cigar room and billiards room for anyone who needs to feel like a maharaja between conference calls. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.
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A rooftop helipad in Whitefield sets the tone at this sleek luxury boutique hotel, which caters squarely to the tech-industry crowd flowing in and out of ITPL. Backed by Dan Hotels but built and run entirely by locals, it threads a needle between global polish and genuine Bengaluru character. Two restaurants, a cold-pressed juice bar, and lounge games keep guests fed and occupied, and the rooms are wired for people who consider good Wi-Fi a basic human right.
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The blue-green checked glass facade announces before you check in that this is Taj's younger, more design-forward hotel brand, planted firmly in Bangalore's tech-corridor sprawl. Vivanta Bengaluru Whitefield runs 199 rooms with yoga kits, pillow menus, and fast internet alongside four restaurants and a spa, drawing the city's laptop class as readily as out-of-towners. Selected by the Michelin Guide.
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