Important tourist places around Vijayawada include the spectacular Cave-temples of Undavalli ( 10 Km from Vijayawada), the town of Kondapalle prominent for cottage industries of the wooden toys (about 15 Km fromVijayawada), the Buddhist centre of Amravathi (66 Km, on the Krishna river), and the birth place of the Kuchipudi Dance, the village Kuchipudi (60 Km from Vijayawada).