Chennai;
city in south of India specially known for their
culture and of course the delicious South Indian Food.
Puducherry
is a very beautiful and scenic place in the south of India and has beautiful beaches
around. It was ruled by the French governor till 1954 and then became union territory of India. So can find French colonial
style buildings and streets there.
Puducherry
is 3 and a half hour drive from Chennai airport, so both the places can be
visited together. So I would first discuss the places to be visited in Chennai.
Chennai
So I
would discuss the following points further:
Hotels
to stay
Restaurants
Shopping
Sight
Seeing Places
Luxurious
hotels in Chennai (expensive ones):
ITC
GRAND CHOLA A LUXURY COLLECTION HOTEL
The Leela Palace Chennai
Park
Hyatt Chennai
Taj
Coromondel
The
Raintree Annaserai
Semi
Luxurious Hotels in Chennai (not so expensive ones):
E hotel
(connected to express avenue mall) (recommended)
Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai City Centre
IBIS Hotel Chennai City Centre
Ramada
Chennai Egmore
Restaurants
Annalakshmi
Restaurant Egmore (authentic South Indian food)
Murugan
Idli Shop(recommended) (has branches all over Chennai)
Saravana
Bhavan(recommended) (has outlets all over chennai)
Shopping
T
Nagar: a local market in Chennai; also
there is Saravana stores which is a big retail store
Spencer Plaza mall : this is a very old mall
in chennai, has lot of local shops here.
Pondy
Bazar: this is a place near T nagar for street shopping, you get footwear and
clothing and may be some other junk stuff here
Places
to visit
Marina
Beach
Personally
for me I don’t find any interesting sight seeing places here, so can just do
local shopping and try some south Indian cuisines here
I
recommend staying in E hotel as it is connected to the mall, can enjoy shopping
there and also can eat there.
PUDUCHERRY
So I
would discuss the following points further:
How to
Reach
Hotels
to stay
Restaurants
Shopping
Sight
Seeing Places
How
to Reach
Puducherry
is 3 and a half hour drive from Chennai. Can catch a cab from Chennai airport
but if that seems expensive try other way out. There are also airport pickups
from Pondicherry. Also five star hotels in Pondicherry arrange for taxis. Can also
take a bus to Pondicherry from Chennai.
Luxurious
Hotels to stay
Accord
Hotels
Shenbaga
Hotel and convention centre: this hotel is in the city centre. It is in close
proximity to all the sight seeing places; luxurious but could be pocket
freindly
The
Promenade (recommended): Awesome sea facing rooms and lounge
Le
Pondy Beach Resort (Sea facing rooms)
Le
Dupleix: This is a boutique property set in an ancient villa located in the
heart of the colonial white town.
Budgeted
Hotels
St.
James Court Beach Resort (Beach facing Rooms): Recommended for beach front
hotel
Restaurants
Auroville
bakery Timings 6:30 am to 5:30 pm : recommended to go early as
they get sold out pretty early
Farm
Fresh (café in auroville)
Surguru:
famous for south Indian food (idli, dosa wada, uttappams), they have 4 to 5
outlets in Puducherry
Café
xtasi: famous for pizzas, they have 3 outlets in Puducherry.
Shopping
Hidesign:
this is a 3 storey flagship store and a must visit place for shopping in pondicherry.
Mission Street: this street has many shops and
boutiques around, there are also many cafes and restaurants in the street.
Kalki is a good departmental store which can be recommended for buying miscellaneous
stuff; HIDESIGN is also located somewhere nearby.
Places
to visit
The
Promenade: Can take a stroll around and enjoy the beach; lots of cafeterias and
restaurants around.
Auroville:
this is an experimental township; can visit and explore the place by strolling
around; people do visit the matrimandir when they visit auroville; lots of
cafes inside; do visit auroville bakery(should visit early morning if
possible). One thing to keep in mind is that you have to come early in the
morning to explore this place as the temple gets closed very early.
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