Osman Sagar Lake is 20kms from the city of Hyderabad. It is popularly known as Gandipet and is an artificial lake. It is created by damming the Musi river for providing drinking water to the residents of Hyderabad. This also served as a barricade for stopping the city from floods of Musi River.
Osman Sagar Lake is a famous picnic spot with well laid gardens. When the reservoir is full, it attratcts many tourist people and on the banks have parks, resorts and amusement parks adding more attraction to the lake. This place happen to be a week end retreat all through the year for all the Hyderabad residents, though the best time to visit is from the month of October to the month of March. Admission to the lake is free.
The lake is named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan. It is easily accessible from the city of Hyderabad.
One can stay at the
1. Golkonda Resorts and Spa inside the Sagar Mahal Lake Complex
2. Sagar Mahal which also have an accomodation of 10 double rooms.
Other attractions around the lake:
1. The Ocean Park
2. Treasure Island
3. Elless World
Osman Sagar Lake is a famous picnic spot with well laid gardens. When the reservoir is full, it attratcts many tourist people and on the banks have parks, resorts and amusement parks adding more attraction to the lake. This place happen to be a week end retreat all through the year for all the Hyderabad residents, though the best time to visit is from the month of October to the month of March. Admission to the lake is free.
The lake is named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan. It is easily accessible from the city of Hyderabad.
One can stay at the
1. Golkonda Resorts and Spa inside the Sagar Mahal Lake Complex
2. Sagar Mahal which also have an accomodation of 10 double rooms.
Other attractions around the lake:
1. The Ocean Park
2. Treasure Island
3. Elless World
