If you are not drawn to the busy pubs and shopping malls and want to get away to another dimension altogether then Gudibande is the perfect spot. Gudibande is a city in the Chikaballapura district 90km away from Bangalore. Gudibande fort was built by yogi and the chieftain Byre Gowda in 17th Centaury. It was part of the Vijayanagar Empire, the Tuluva dynasty.