The main tourist spots in Hyderabad are Mecca masjid (largest masjid in south India), Char Minar (55 m, 1591 to 1612, built by Mohamad Quli Qutb Shah), Salar Jung museum (one of India's best), mosques, palaces, Archaeological museum, gardens, NTR gardens, Nehru zoological park with lion safari, Golconda fort (11 km, tombs of Qutb shahi kings are nearby) : A clap at Fateh darwaza can be heard far away summit palace, Birla mandir (marble temple near Secretariat), Secunderabad city (8 km), Ramoji film city.
Hussain Sagar lake (16 m tall, 350 tonne monolith statue of Lord Budha on Gibralter rock in the middle of the lake)

Medak church (100 km) : Huge gothic church in white granite.
Warangal : Fort, temple, Hanamkonda temple (7 km) : 1000 pillared hall with 1.8 m Nandi statue.