ferries to nyc Indian Airlines (%2283992; Tirumala Bypass Rd; h9.30am-5.30pm), 2km from town, has daily flights to

AP State Museum MUSEUM (Map p898; Public Gardens Rd, Nampally; ferries to nyc admission 10, camera/video 100/500; h10.30am5pm Sat-Thu) The continually renovated State Museum hosts a rather dusty collection of important archaeological finds from the area, as well as a Buddhist sculpture gallery, with some relics of the Buddha and an exhibit on Andhra ferries to nyc s Buddhist history. There are also Jain and bronze sculpture galleries, a decorative-arts gallery ferries to nyc and a 4500-year-old Egyptian mummy. The museum, like the gorgeous Legislative Assembly building (Map p 898 ) down the road (both commissioned ferries to nyc by the seventh nizam), is floodlit at night.

Boats depart every month-ish for Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. Bookings for the 56hour journey (from 1960) can be made at the Shipping Office ferries to nyc (%2565597, 9866073407; ferries to nyc Av Bhanoji Row; h9am-5pm Mon-Sat) in the port complex. Bring your passport.

Indian ferries to nyc Airlines (%2283992; Tirumala Bypass Rd; h9.30am-5.30pm), 2km from town, has daily flights to Delhi via Hyderabad. Kingfisher Red (%9849677008) plies the same route, including Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam. Book with Mitta Travels (%2225981; Prakasam Rd; h9am-7.30pm Mon-Sat, 9am-12.30pm Sun), next to Manasa Fast Foods, 2km from the train station.