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Ooty · Wayanad · Mysore
Nilgiri toy train and tea hills, Wayanad's forests and Edakkal Caves, then Mysore Palace – a three-state loop from Pondicherry…
Vellore
A full day from Pondicherry to the Sripuram Golden Temple and Vellore Fort, by private car with driver.
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary · Mahabalipuram
Nesting pelicans and storks at Vedanthangal at dawn, then the Shore Temple and Pancha Rathas of Mahabalipuram – in one…
Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) · Karaikal · Velankanni
Danish Tranquebar, French-era Karaikal and the Velankanni Basilica along the coast south of Pondicherry – two unhurried days by car.
Tirupati & Tirumala · Vellore
Tirumala darshan by car from Pondicherry, with the Sripuram Golden Temple at Vellore and the Padmavathi temple at Tiruchanur on…
Kolli Hills
A quiet hill break from Pondicherry: the famous hairpin ghat road, Agaya Gangai falls, viewpoints and pepper and jackfruit country…
Kochi · Kumarakom · Varkala · Thiruvananthapuram & Kovalam
From Pondicherry to Fort Kochi's old quarter, the Kumarakom backwaters on Vembanad Lake, Varkala's cliffs and Thiruvananthapuram, by private car.
Hogenakkal Falls · Yelagiri
Coracle rides below the Hogenakkal falls on the Kaveri, then a cool night in the Yelagiri hills – a three-day…
Bengaluru · Hampi
Drive from Pondicherry via Bengaluru to Hampi, the ruined Vijayanagara capital: the Vittala temple's stone chariot, Virupaksha and the royal…
Mysore · Coorg · Chikkamagaluru (Chikmagalur)
Mysore Palace, then Karnataka's coffee country: Coorg's estates and waterfalls, Belur's Hoysala temple and the high hills of Chikmagalur.
Coimbatore · Valparai
The 112-ft Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga Center, then the 40 hairpin bends up to Valparai's tea estates and rainforest…
Thanjavur · Chettinad (Karaikudi) · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
Chettiar mansions, Athangudi tiles and Chettinad food, with Thanjavur's Big Temple and Trichy's Srirangam on the way – three days…
Yercaud
The nearest proper hill station to Pondicherry: a lake, coffee estates, viewpoints over Salem and cool evenings in the Shevaroy…
Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) · Madurai
Tamil Nadu's great temple towns in four days: Darasuram and Thanjavur, Srirangam and Rock Fort at Trichy, and Madurai's Meenakshi…
Gingee · Tiruvannamalai
A full day inland from Pondicherry: the hill citadels of Gingee Fort, then Arunachaleswarar Temple and Ramana Ashram at the…
Pondicherry
A full day with car and driver covering White Town, the Ashram, Manakula Vinayagar, churches, the museum, Paradise Beach and…
Pondicherry
A slow-paced couple's trip: White Town cafés, a boat to Paradise Beach, an evening at Eden Beach, the Botanical Garden…
Pondicherry
Two unhurried days: the French Quarter, churches and Promenade, then Paradise Beach, Ousteri Lake, Arikamedu and the Chola-era Villianur temple.
Pondicherry · Chidambaram & Pichavaram
A family-friendly mix of Pondicherry town, a day trip to Chidambaram's Nataraja Temple and Pichavaram mangrove boating, and a beach-and-museum…
Chidambaram & Pichavaram · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) · Tiruvannamalai · Kanchipuram
The five Shiva temples of the elements – Chidambaram, Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram and Srikalahasti – in one loop from Pondicherry.
Ooty · Mysore
Tea country and toy train in the Nilgiris, a drive through Mudumalai and Bandipur forests, then Mysore's palace and Srirangapatna.
Kumbakonam · Chidambaram & Pichavaram
Visit all nine Navagraha temples around Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai in three days, with a private car, a Kumbakonam base and…
Mahabalipuram · Kanchipuram
Pallava stone temples at Mahabalipuram's UNESCO site, then the temple town and silk looms of Kanchipuram, by private car from…
Madurai · Rameswaram · Kanyakumari
South Tamil Nadu's pilgrimage circuit: Madurai's Meenakshi Temple, Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi, then sunrise and sunset at Kanyakumari.
Kodaikanal
Three nights in the Palani Hills: Kodai Lake, Coaker's Walk, Pillar Rocks, pine forests, waterfalls and an optional permit trip…
Madurai · Munnar · Thekkady · Alleppey
From Pondicherry via Madurai into Kerala: Munnar's tea hills, Periyar at Thekkady, a night on an Alleppey houseboat and Fort…
Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Chidambaram & Pichavaram
All three UNESCO Great Living Chola Temples – Gangaikondacholapuram, Darasuram and Thanjavur's Brihadeeswarar – in two days from Pondicherry.
Chidambaram & Pichavaram · Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
Chidambaram to Kanyakumari in eight days: Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Trichy, Madurai and Rameswaram, ending at Trivandrum or Madurai airport.
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Kerala Wayanad
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155 km
Tamil Nadu Vellore
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90 km
Tamil Nadu Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
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590 km
Kerala Varkala
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470 km
Tamil Nadu Valparai
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Tamil Nadu Tranquebar (Tharangambadi)
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Andhra Pradesh Tirupati & Tirumala
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Kerala Thiruvananthapuram & Kovalam
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Kerala Kumarakom
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Tamil Nadu Kolli Hills
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Kerala Kochi
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Puducherry Karaikal
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270 km
Tamil Nadu Hogenakkal Falls
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Karnataka Hampi
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380 km
Tamil Nadu Coimbatore
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Karnataka Chikkamagaluru (Chikmagalur)
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290 km
Tamil Nadu Chettinad (Karaikudi)
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Karnataka Bengaluru
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Tamil Nadu Yercaud
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Tamil Nadu Yelagiri
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Tamil Nadu Velankanni
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Tamil Nadu Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
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108 km
Tamil Nadu Tiruvannamalai
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Kerala Thekkady
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Tamil Nadu Thanjavur
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429 km
Tamil Nadu Rameswaram
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Puducherry Pondicherry
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430 km
Tamil Nadu Ooty
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446 km
Karnataka Mysore
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463 km
Kerala Munnar
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Tamil Nadu Mahabalipuram
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334 km
Tamil Nadu Madurai
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131 km
Tamil Nadu Kumbakonam
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Tamil Nadu Kodaikanal
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Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari
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Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram
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Tamil Nadu Gingee
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555 km
Karnataka Coorg
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Tamil Nadu Chidambaram & Pichavaram
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Tamil Nadu Chennai
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Kerala Alleppey
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Tamil Nadu Auroville
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Kanyakumari
The 1970 memorial on a sea rock off Kanyakumari where Vivekananda meditated in 1892, reached by ferry and…
Hampi
Hampi's finest temple complex by the Tungabhadra, home to the famous stone chariot, musical pillars and a ruined…
Velankanni
India's best-known Marian shrine, a white Gothic basilica by the sea near Nagapattinam that draws pilgrims of every…
Chidambaram & Pichavaram
The temple of Shiva as the cosmic dancer Nataraja, with a gold-roofed sanctum, dance-carved gopurams and the mystery…
Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
A huge living temple town on a Kaveri river island near Trichy, first among the 108 Divya Desams…
Vellore
The gold-clad Sri Lakshmi Narayani temple at Thirumalaikodi, Vellore, reached by a star-shaped garden path. Consecrated in 2007;…
Mahabalipuram
An early 8th-century Pallava granite temple on the beach at Mahabalipuram, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site,…
Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
Trichy's landmark: an 83-metre rock with Pallava cave temples, the Thayumanavar Shiva temple and the Ucchi Pillayar shrine…
Rameswaram
The Jyotirlinga temple of Rameswaram, one of the Char Dham, famous for its 22 holy wells and some…
Chidambaram & Pichavaram
A maze of mangrove channels between two river mouths near Chidambaram, explored by rowing boat, with water birds…
Thekkady
A 925 sq km tiger and elephant reserve around Periyar Lake at Thekkady, best known for its boat…
Mahabalipuram
Five 7th-century Pallava shrines, each carved from a single granite outcrop, with a stone elephant, lion and Nandi,…
Ooty
A UNESCO-listed metre-gauge rack railway climbing from Mettupalayam to Ooty through tunnels, bridges and tea country – India's…
Mysore
The grand Indo-Saracenic seat of the Wadiyar kings, completed in 1912, with lavish durbar halls, a stained-glass marriage…
Madurai
Madurai's great temple of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar: 14 painted gopurams, the Golden Lotus Tank and a hall of…
Kodaikanal
The star-shaped lake at the heart of Kodaikanal, created in 1863, with rowing and pedal boats, a lakeside…
Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram's oldest surviving temple, built in sandstone by the Pallava king Rajasimha around 700 CE, with 58 small…
Gingee
A vast hill fortress over three granite hills, held by Nayaks, Marathas, Mughals, the French and the British,…
Kochi
Kochi's old seaside quarter, shaped by Portuguese, Dutch and British rule: Chinese fishing nets, St Francis Church, heritage…
Munnar
Kerala's first national park, near Munnar: rolling grasslands and shola forest below Anamudi, and the best place in…
Rameswaram
The ghost town at the tip of Rameswaram island, destroyed by the 1964 cyclone, with church and railway…
Thanjavur
Rajaraja Chola's granite masterpiece, finished in 1010 CE: a 63 m vimana, a giant Nandi and Chola frescoes,…
Tiruvannamalai
One of India's largest temples, the fire-element Shiva shrine at the foot of Arunachala hill, with a 66…
Kumbakonam
A 12th-century Chola temple at Darasuram near Kumbakonam, part of a UNESCO site, famed for its chariot-shaped hall,…
Pondicherry
Pondicherry's old French Quarter: a grid of quiet, tree-lined streets with mustard-yellow villas, bougainvillea, churches and cafés, best…
Pondicherry
A large Chola-era Shiva temple in Villianur, about 10 km west of Pondicherry, with tall gopurams, a temple…
Pondicherry
The spiritual community founded in 1926 by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Visitors can sit in silence at…
Pondicherry
Pondicherry's 1.2 km seafront on Goubert Avenue, car-free in the evening, lined with the Gandhi statue, War Memorial,…
Pondicherry
A sandy beach near Pondicherry's harbour and lighthouse, redeveloped as a family spot with food stalls, play areas…
Pondicherry
A compact government museum in White Town with Chola bronzes, Roman-era finds from Arikamedu and rooms of French…
Pondicherry
A long sandy beach on a sandbar south of Pondicherry, reached by a short government boat ride through…
Pondicherry
Puducherry's largest lake, a protected wetland west of town where migratory birds gather in winter and a tourism…
Pondicherry
A Greco-Roman church from 1855 on Rue Dumas facing the sea, known for its twin towers and masses…
Pondicherry
The 29 m white lighthouse on the seafront, inaugurated in 1836 and retired in 1979, one of the…
Pondicherry
Pondicherry's best-loved Ganesha temple, older than the French town around it, with a gold-covered chariot and painted walls…
Pondicherry
Pondicherry's cathedral on Mission Street, rebuilt three times after wars and consecrated in its present form in 1791.…
Pondicherry
Pondicherry's main bazaar for fish, flowers, fruit and vegetables, plus the weekly Sunday street market along MG Road.
Pondicherry
A 1938 monument on Goubert Avenue to the soldiers of French India who died in the First World…
Pondicherry
Puducherry's first Blue Flag beach: a clean 800 m stretch of sand at Chinna Veerampattinam with a marked…
Pondicherry
The government boat house on the Chunnambar backwaters south of Pondicherry, starting point for boats to Paradise Beach…
Pondicherry
A French-era garden from 1826 on the South Boulevard with 2,000-plus trees, a musical fountain and a toy…
Pondicherry
The leafy central square of White Town, with the white Aayi Mandapam monument from the time of Napoleon…
Pondicherry
A Gothic Revival church from 1907 on Pondicherry's South Boulevard, famous for its brick-red façade and rare stained-glass…
Pondicherry
A government craft village on the Chunnambar backwaters south of Pondicherry, with artisan stalls, terracotta, pottery and handmade…
Pondicherry
An ancient Indo-Roman trading port on the Ariyankuppam river, 4 km from Pondicherry, where excavations found Roman amphorae,…
Pondicherry
The 1730s home of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Dupleix's chief agent and famous diarist, a rare mix of Tamil…
Auroville
Gardens and conservation centre for tropical dry evergreen forest plants.
Auroville
The starting point for visiting Auroville and the Matrimandir viewing point.
Auroville
The golden meditation dome at the heart of Auroville – viewing point and inner chamber.
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