From Pondicherry's squared roads to pink beaches of Auroville, from Maduraï's palaces to Mamallapuram temples, from gleeming markets of Madras to spiced gardens and green plantations of Kodaikamal, Tamil Nadu offers thousand contrasty faces, thousand smiling gazes open out onto the mysterious Bay of Bengal. Less visited during spring months and the summer months than its neighbourg Kerala, Tamil Nadu has a taste of genuineness.
Far from classical rendez-vous and marked out tours, we propose to curious travellers the visit of a multifaceted country.
Whatever the reason at Pondichery you will always have the pleasure to walk around or to take a bath, to appreciate different architectures, to meditate on the origin of temples, mosques and churches of hundred years.
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Discover the more intimate and finally more accessible Southern India with joice.
The destination with a residence that we propose to you is :
PONDICHERY
This city and its region have benefited from the good influence of french culture, an enclave run by french administration during three centuries.
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Bord de mer à Pondichéry
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What to visit at Pondichéry ?
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 The avenue of the beach (long walk of one and half kilometres along the sea)
The lighthouse of 27 metres
Its museums
Botanic garden
Temples (there are around 350 at Pondichéry and around)
Mosques and catholic churches
The Ashram of sri Aurobindo
Auroville "the town of the Dawn" at 10 kms in the north and its Matrimandir (place of meditation).
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Its private beaches with its fine sand
The hand made paper plant
The hand made weaving plant
The "white" city and its wonderful colonial houses
The big market, covered with hundred fragances
Its typical restaurants and its blooming trades
At 8 kms from Pondichéry, the centre of boating of Chounnampar propose you different types of boat and going for a sail.
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Le big market
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Mahabalipuram (60 kms) :
An old harbour at the south of Madras. You can admire there among the carving temples the wonderful rock fresco illustrating the slope of the Ganges of Arjuna.
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Mahabalipuram
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Gingee (70 kms) :
A fortified city with an exceptional natural site. |
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Gingee
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Madras (140 kms) :
Well furnished markets and bazars
St Georges fort
Marina beach, the "Deauville" beach à l'indienne
One of the 4 Megapolis of India (15 millions of inhabitants).
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Marchés et Bazar à Madras
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Tanjore (190 kms) :
Rice attic of Southern India
Magnific temple of Brihadisvara, classified world heritage of the UNESCO
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Trichy (200 kms) :
An impressive fortress and its temple dominating the city (450 steps to climb!)
Madurai (350 kms) :
Great temple of the deity Meenakshu and the god Sundaresvara, jewel of the dravidian architecture, a fascinating place of worship.
Colored atmosphere of the markets.
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