Hassan is a small town in Karnataka State.
About
Hassan is a very good place,often called as poor mans ooty. It is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the heart of Karnataka architecture, greenery and water.
How to Reach
It is about 185 km from Bangalore City and 130kms from Mysore
Hassan has a Railway station but very few passenger trains running through it- mainly Oil tankers from Mangalore to other parts of Karnataka pass through
Hassan is connected by a Daily train (16517/18) from Bangalore to Mangalore and a Tri-Weekly 16515/16 running in day time from Bangalore to Mangalore. A Weekly train connets Hassan from Mumbai(11035/36) and another weekly from H.Nizamuddin(Delhi).
Being on NH-48(Nelmangla-Mangalore highway) the place is well connected by bus from Bangalore. Regular buses plying to Mangalore, dharmatala, chikmaglur, Kukke Subramanya, udupi etc ply via Hassan. Owing to this regular Volvo and Rajahamsa (Deluxe) services of KSRTC available from Bangalore. Regular buses from Mysore also available.
From Bangalore take NH-4 up to Nelamangla bye-pass and turn left on the Doddaballapur-Mangalore road(NH-48) ans pass through Kunigal, Yediyur and Chennarayapatna to Hassan. The road is under 4 laning as of now and hence at places makes travel tedious.
Reproduced from Wikipedia
