Badami Experience: It is a beautiful place. Typical village, ancient monuments & simple people. Lovely place to visit.
Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Hotel Badami, Hotel Chalukya; Hire 'Tonga' for local sightseeing. To Visit: Tolachgudd, Banashankari Temple.
Activities & things to do: Favorite eatery would be Fresh creamy curd with Mirchi Bhaji. Ucould also hear (or maybe experince) ghost stories.
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By Rail, a bit slow. On the Hubli Solapur rail route
By Road, around 110 kms from Hubli. Hire a car or take State transport (this is cheap and good)