Roomi Gate:View from Asafi Imambara
The Asafi Imambara (popularly known as Bara Imambara), the Chhota Imambara, Residency, and Shah Najaf are monuments of architectural importance at Lucknow. The famous 'Bhul Bhulaiyan' (Labyrinth) is part of Asafi Imambara complex. Some other places of interest are the Picture Gallery, Chattar Manzil, State Museum/Lucknow Zoo, Shaheed Smarak, Dilkusha, Ambedkar Memorial, Planetarium, and Ram Krishna Math
Lucknow Zoo
The British-built architectural sights in Lucknow include the Vidhan
Sabha (State Legislative Assembly), the Clock Tower and the Charbagh
Railway Station, with its distinctive domes, arches and pillars.
Husainabad Clock Tower
Some of the oldest schools in India are also situated in Lucknow: La
Martiniere Lucknow, St. Francis' College, Lucknow and the Colvin Taluqdar's
College.
Ambedkar Memorial
Lucknow has several well-kept parks that attract the citizenry in large
numbers on evenings, holidays and weekends. The bigger parks are Ambedkar
Memorial and Lohia park in Gomtinagar, Swarn Jayanti park and Aurobindo Park in
Indiranagar, Dilkusha Park, Begum Hazrat Mahal Park, Globe Park, Mukherjee
Phuhaar, Haathi Park, Buddha park, and Neebu Park. The sprawling National
Botanical Garden at Sikandarbagh on the banks of Gomti river is also worth
visiting.The city also has the Kukrail Reserve Forest(a picnic spot and Gharial rehablitaion centre).Moosa Bagh and Utretia are other popular picnic spots.
Natural attractions accessible from Lucknow are Katarnia Ghat, Dudhwa National Park, Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary and Samaspur Bird Sanctuary.
Sahara Ganj mall
Aminabad, a quaint bazaar like Delhi's Chandni Chowk, is situated in the
heart of the city. It is a large shopping centre that caters to a wide variety
of consumers.Chowk and Nakhhas are markets in the old Lucknow area where you can get a feel of traditional Lucknow. Some other important shopping centres are Alambagh, Kapoorthala, Indiranagar, Mahanagar, and Nishatganj.
The Hazratganj area is an upscale shopping market with colonial- style buildings. Interestingly, a popular pastime among the locals is window-shopping in the Hazratganj market. It is popularly referred to in Hinglish as Ganjing. The Janpath market, Rovers, Lovers Lane, Mayfair building, Kwality, and Universal book store are some popular landmarks of the area.
Lucknowites are also experiencing the new waves of shopping malls and multiplex culture in India. The first shopping mall-cum-multiplex to open in Lucknow was the East End Mall in Gomti Nagar. Now Lucknow has 3 other operational Mall-cum-multiplex, viz., Saharaganj (With PVR Cinemas), Fun Republic (Fun Cinemas) & Riverside (Inox theatre).
