Hampi is a village located in the north of Karnataka, amongst the ruins of the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, Vijayanagara. It is located atop a rugged terrain, 467 m above sea level. The place is a significant religious centre of the Vijayanagara Empire due to the presence of the historic Virupaksha Temple along with many other monuments of the old city. UNESCO has listed the Vittal Temple and other ruins of the town of Hampi as a World Heritage Site. A visit to Hampi is a sojourn into the past. The best way to experience this World Heritage Site is to take a leisurely stroll through the eloquent ruins. Most of the important structures and ruins are located in two areas, which are generally referred to as the Royal Centre and the Sacred Centre. The Royal Centre in the southwest part of the site contains structures that seem to have been palaces, baths, pavilions, royal stables, and temples for ceremonial use. The Sacred Centre is situated on the northern edge of the city along the banks of the holy Tungabhadra river.

Pattabhirama Temple is as large as the ornate Vittala Temple, but is less impressive, as the carvings are not very fine. This temple was dedicated to Lord Rama. This has an underground walk way around the inner sanctum for Pradakshina. One can also see a Pushkarni infront of this temple, lying in a damaged state.

Across the river Tungabhadra, is an ancient historical town known as Anegondi. It had formed the northern outpost of Vijayanagara Empire. It is now represented by a broken fort wall and its ruins scattered about the present village of Anegondi. There are lot of temples and civil buildings. Apart from Pampa sarovara and Navarundavana.

Tungabhadra Dam is built across the river Tungabhadra. It is one of the biggest multi purpose dams in Karnataka. It is spread over an area of 400 sq.kms. It has 33 gates from which water gushes out forming it into a breath-taking site. The water canals of this Dam genarate 27 mega watts of electricity and also irrigates thousands of acres of lands. This dam also forms a great place of recreation for tourists with its beautiful gardens, children play parks, aquarium and musical fountain.

The Daroji Bear sanctuary is the first sloth bear sanctuary in Asia and is situated 25 kms away from Hospet. The total area of the sanctuary is around 55.873 sq.kms. The area is full of white rocky out crops, boulders, caves and crevices that are ideally suited as a habitat for sloth bears. There are more than 150 sloth bears reported to exist in the sanctuary. Apart from the bears one can also find wolves, jackals, striped hyenas, monkeys, leopards and peacocks.

The Octagonal Bath has a large open Mantapa with four centered Arches springing from heavy square pillars. Originally this must have had very fine stucco decoration. The use of this is not known.

This large Underground Temple was excavated by Archaeological Dept., belonging to 14th Century. This is dedicated to Lord Shiva as Prasanna Virupaksha. This temple is always filled with water upto 1 feet. It has a series of doors, as many as 7 in number.