The summer Palace of Tipu is located on the territory of the Fort of Bangalore city. Start of construction was begun in 1781 by king Hyder Ali Khan, and was completely finished in 1791 during the reign of Tipu Sultan, who has transformed the Palace into his summer residence and proudly called it "Envy of heaven".

The Palace is a mostly wooden structure, made in typical Islamic style. This small two-storey building with a flat roof, surrounded on all sides by magnificent gardens, which are carefully looked after. The most distinctive features of the Palace are richly decorated balconies, carved columns and arches, painted in brown and pale yellow. Some of the internal walls of the structure are red and some how and ceilings fully painted elegant floral patterns that have been preserved very well, but in some places still clearly visible. The Palace is famous for its original interior, which cannot fail to charm.

The first floor of the Palace is now converted into a Museum devoted to Tipu Sultan. Here you can see not only the documents that testify to the successful reign of Tipu, and a memorial plaque, which lists the introduced reforms, but also a collection of paintings depicting the Palace, made at different times during the 1800s,. The Museum is located and a copy of the famous toys "Tipu Tiger", the original of which is kept in the Victoria and albert Museum in London. In addition, we can also admire a painting depicting decorated with emeralds Golden throne, on which the Governor has vowed not to sit down until, until you inflict the final defeat of the British army. But in 1799 in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war, Tipu was killed, his property seized, and the throne was cut into pieces and sold at auction, as, because of its huge cost, it is not been able to acquire one person. After the establishment of the English power was located in the Palace of the British administration.

At the moment the Palace of Tipu is one of the most visited places of Bangalore. It is located right in the heart of the Old Town and easily accessible.