Day 1Arrive in Badami and check in.Visit the Badami Cave Temples in the cooler late afternoon.Walk along Agastya Lake to the Bhutanatha Temples at sunset.
Day 2Hire an auto or taxi early.Spend the morning at the Pattadakal Group of Monuments.Continue to Aihole for the Durga Temple and other shrines.Return to Badami in the evening.
Day 3Climb Badami Fort and the North Hill early.See Malegitti Shivalaya on the way down.Visit the Badami Archaeological Museum (closed Fridays).Take an auto to Banashankari Temple before leaving.