Andhra Pradesh Travel Guide: A 7-Day Itinerary ✈️ Based on my visit to Andhra Pradesh. Written by Debarun Sana Andhra Pradesh stretches along India's southeastern coast, the eighth-largest state and a genuine mix of ancient Buddhist and temple heritage, Eastern Ghats hill country, and a fast-growing tech and pharma economy. This 7-day route covers Visakhapatnam and the Araku Valley on the coast and in the hills, then Vijayawada, Amaravati, and Tirupati further south. A note on Amaravati's status As of April 2026, Amaravati was formally designated Andhra Pradesh's sole and permanent capital by an act of Parliament, ending years of political uncertainty (including an earlier three-capital proposal) that followed the 2014 split from Telangana, when Hyderabad served as a shared capital for a transition period. Construction in Amaravati is genuinely ongoing as of this writing — worth knowing before you visit, since parts of the city are still very much...