When in Lucknow, you ought to indulge in sinful act of eating the rich Awadhi Cuisine at the roadside eateries that promise a taste that one can not imagine in the up-market restaurants of Lucknow or outside. We at Tornos have planned a Culinary Walk of Lucknow by hand-picking just the best for you. more… Book now →

Lucknow is not just any other city, but a chapter that folds and unfolds itself each time one visits this epicenter of culture. Our Heritage Walk is just a translation of this, taking you into the lanes and by-lanes of Chowk, exploring the unexplored and explaining how vast a history, this city of superlatives holds. More on Heritage Walk… Book now →

Vegetarian cuisine in Lucknow is as rich as its non-vegetarian fare and held equally in high regard for its recipes and age-old traditions. This is yet another walking tour at lunch, but looks at Lucknow’s vegetarian fare beyond its stereotype Kebab Image. Check this out… Book now →

The Victorian era was a period of peace, prosperity and refined sensibilities for Britain. This was a period of Mutiny of 1857, that changed the way Indians and Britons lived, worked and thought. Hazratganj has witnessed all of this from the Victorian through the Edwardian times and then onto the 2nd World War and further. More…  Book now →

On this walking tour we explore the Kaiserbagh Palace Complex, reconstruct the area with the help of old pictures and maps and as a cherry on the cake, we treat you over a cup of tea at the Kotwara House, that is a small part of Kaiserbagh, now an abode of the film maker Muzaffar Ali. Check this out Book now →

We pick you up in a car along with a tour guide, conduct this 6 hour guided tour of the city, visiting the monuments in the city including the British Residency, Asfi Imambara, Husainabad Imambara, Dilkusha & La Martiniere. The car picks you up from your hotel and drops you back to your hotel in the city. More… Book now →

‘Revisiting Lucknow of 1857-58’ tour takes you through the routes followed by Havelock, Outarm and Colin Campbell. We visit the areas that were in focus during the siege of Lucknow, we understand how this bloodiest siege progressed to a conclusive end, but not without sacrifices from both the warring fronts. more…

On this very exclusive curated tour – ‘Revisiting Cawnpore of 1857’, we take you through the areas that were the focus of the siege, we try and understand how this bloodiest siege progressed to a conclusive end, when General Havelock freed Cawnpore of the shadows of the rebels. more…

Read from the collection of books on the uprising of 1857. Tornos Studio houses the best collection of books on this subject and is indeed a great place to spend your afternoon reading from these. more…

Dining at Kotwara House in Lucknow is always a privileged pleasure. Home of Muzaffar & Meera Ali curates exclusive menu for the day and the food is prepared by their ancestral family cooks. Explore the Kotwara cuisine that majorly draws its inspiration from Awadhi and Mughlai feast. More…  Reserve →

How awesome it would be to meet a descendant of the Nawabs over an afternoon tea, talk to him about all that he has seen changing over the years, know about his family and experience the etiquettes, the mannerism and the art of speech that is mastered by Nawab himself. more…

Experience the joy of the school life at La Martiniere and understand the 700 acres of estate. Envy the fact that you are not a Martinan. Vive La Martiniere !…

La Martiniere is no less than a living museum, where each corner has a story to be narrated. Decode… Book now →

Dine with The Maharaja and his family in Lucknow, at his city palace. An opportunity to enjoy a live Kathak performance or learn some secret family recipes from Awadhi menu. This is the only Victorian style British influenced city palace in Lucknow. check this out…

Coquina is a concept of a small experiential home kitchen that specialises in local cuisine in small portions. Guests get a chance to learn about this Passion Cuisine, cook for themselves under expert supervision and learn the art of cooking an Awadhi Meal. more…

Sheesh Mahal was home to the Nawabs of Awadh, though dilapidated and almost all of it reconstructed, what remains is the originality in their inherited recipes and the pride that the family takes in cooking everything themselves in their family kitchens with minimal help of servants and cooks.  More… Reserve →
 

A visit to Kotwara House (by Appointment) is in itself a revealing experience of sorts. Kotwara House is Lucknow abode of the legendary film maker, fashion designer, painter, poet, architect or rather call them ‘A couple with many feathers in their cap of creativity’, Raja Muzaffar & Meera Ali. more… Reserve →

On this tour we take you to a countryside into a traditional Village, where you unlearn all that is urban and learn this traditional ethnic cooking from scratch, cook under supervision and enjoy a limited but a very unique cuisine that urbanized call ‘luxury’ know more, learn more…

We take you on a rooftop, where you learn the art of flying kites and winning the match. You learn the vernacular dictum of this game and indulge in a real match. Kite flying enthusiasts of the city gather at one place and mesmerize you with old anecdotes connected to kite-flying. more…

Your guide will explain about this faith. Offer your respect to the grave inside this shrine, by way of ‘Chadar Poshi’. Also enjoy a seated session with the Qawals (devotional Sufi singers), while our expert translates the song that is played in the honour of the Sufi saint. more…

We bring you two handcrafted curated experiential tours to Ayodhya, that are bundled with some great experiences including a river-side walk, a one hour boat travel from Faizabad to Ayodhya, an exclusive Aarti, experiential lunch, tea on the boat and a lot more. know more…

“They spend their lives trying to break a huge rock with a flimsy piece of cloth” It is rather so true to the Indian washer man who rhythmically beats clothes on the rocks placed on the river banks to clean them and reach your wardrobe. Washer-men colour the banks of river Gomti. more…

On this tour you not only play a game of golf, but also enjoy some bird watching with vivid varieties of birds that flock the area. Also watch the little ones go to school at La Martiniere and watch the boys assemble for their morning assembly that is indeed a pleasant sight to behold. more…

Not only that Lucknow is architecturally awesome but also well planned, quite like the way a capital should be. On this walking tour we not only explore the main landmarks of the Nawabi heritage, but also detail some nooks and corners in the periphery without which history of Lucknow is just incomplete. More…

Walk in this this market will show you some of its bustling bazaars, that are so very exciting to understand and to shop at. Refugee Market is known to have given refuge to the business community from partitioned Pakistan and Swadeshi Market so very religiously stopped selling foreign goods when Mahatma Gandhi gave a call. more…

How awesome it is to learn about this craft from the men and women at a designer’s studio on a half-day hands-on experiential sojourn. Each guest gets a personal embroidery kit to learn the craft, a talk is delivered by a designer and to top it all, an authentic home-cooked Rastogi Lunch. Know More

On this 3 hours walking tour, we reconstruct the ruins within the complex, with the help of some rare pictures, building plans and maps. Also understand the events of 1857-58, with a focused reference to the Residency complex. More… Book now →

How about learning a dish from Lucknow, in Lucknow by a Lucknowite ? be it making a kabab or korma. Just one dish mastered to perfection. We give you a chance to do this at any local kitchen. More…

Just a 2 hours drive from Lucknow takes us to Ayodhya, an ancient religious city where Lord Rama was born. This city is deeply rooted to its traditions and customs, one of it being Ram Vivah or the Wedding of Lord Rama with Sita. This actually is ‘not to be missed’ event in Ayodhya. More…

We at Tornos have learnt to appreciate cuisine in all its forms and labourers’ cuisine being one of them – very basic, but a hearty meal that tastes quite different due to labour being one of its ingredients. We will take you to a construction site and you get to experience the dinner preparation just after the day’s labour. More…

On this experience we take you through a four hours step-by-step session in Urdu or Arabic using modern day instruments such as sketch pens, fountain pens, pencils etc. A session typically will provide a hands-on experience to participating guests. More…

A very exclusive experience around the perfume industry of Kannauj, as a great introduction and appreciation of the traditional art of perfume making, that has survived all the modern interventions in this field only to produce the best of fragrances. More…

We take you on a curated tour of Lucknow’s Muhharam, where one experiences, how the city has maintained the legacy of this mourning custom from the Nawabi era till date and that too unchanged. More…

On this tour we discover the French connection with Lucknow and unearth some unknown facts that relate well to the subject. French inspired the cultural fabric of Lucknow and even got inspired themselves. Reciprocal influences can be seen in the areas of art, culture, heritage, lifestyle, architecture and even food. More…

Kathak is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. Its famous three ‘gharanas’ or the schools are Lucknow, Jaipur and Banaras, where Lucknow is considered to be the most superior of these. We bring you three options to chose Kathak Appreciation workshop. more…

Kashmiris in Lucknow, just like any other community, have had their own unique history, traditions and cooking styles which blended well with the Awadhi culture, giving rise to a very distinct culinary tradition in Lucknow, known as Kashmiri-Awadhi cuisine, which was nowhere to be found other than in Lucknow. more…

Raja of Itaunja, is a sophisticated gentleman who lives in the city palace of Itaunja with his family. Enjoy an engaging conversation and a typical dinner here which is curated by Raja Sahib and his wife themselves, and includes some dishes, recipes of which are a closely guarded family secret, yet they would be happy to divulge. more…