package tours in India, visit Chennai (Madras) Pondichery Trichy Madurai Kanyakumari Allepey Cochin Ooty Mysore Bangalore

Day 01 :- Arrive Chennai (Madras)

Garlanding on arrival. Arrive Chennai & transfer to hotel. Overnight Chennai.

Day 02 :- Chennai

Morning city tour. Visit the museum to see the Art and Bronze Gallery. (Closed on Fridays and Public holidays). Drive through the Flower and Fruit market, High court, Fort museum, Marina Beach, Santhome Cathedral and snake park. Afternoon free. Overnight Chennai.

Day 03 :- Chennai

Pondichery Via Mahabalipuram

Morning drive to Pondichery visiting Mahabalipuram enroute, The city of Mahabalipuram is famous for the seven pagodas. Here on the seashore is an interesting group of ancient rock hewn temples which are the examples of Dravidian style of Architecture.

Arrive Pondichery & Check-in to a hotel.Overnight Pondicherry.

Day 04 :- Pondichery Trichy Via Tanjore

Morning drive to Trichy visiting Tanjore enroute, The beautiful Chola Temple of Brihadeeshwara is capped by a monolithic cupola made of a single granite block weighing 80 tons which was taken to the top with the help of a 6 km long ramp, an old technique used by the Egyptians for building pyramids. Its bronzes and handicrafts make Tanjore one of the highlights of a visit to South India.

Arrive Trichy & Check-in to a hotel. Overnight Trichy.

Day 05 :- Trichy

Madurai

Morning city tour. Trichy was the citadel of the Chola dynasty in the medieval period. In the 18th century it witnessed the Carnatic wars fought between the French and the English. Lord Robert Clive's house is still there to see and so is the Danish Church. The Rock-Fort is the landmark of Trichy. A climb of 434 steps leads to the ancient temple of Ganapati on top and a further climb to a Shiva temple. Afternoon drive to Madurai. Arrive Madurai & check-in to a hotel.

Overnight Madurai.

Day 06 :- Madurai

Kanyakumari

Morning city tour of Madurai. Visit the great Meenakshi Temple dedicated to the consort of Lord Shiva with its towering gopurams (rising high above the surrounding country side). Later, visit the Tirumala Nayak Palace - A gracious building in the Indo saracenic style, famous for the Stucco work on its domes & arches. Also visit the Alagar Hills and Tirupara Kundran Rock temple. Later drive to Kanyakumari.

Arrive Kanyakumari & check-in to a hotel. Overnight at Kanyakumari.

Day 07 :- Kanyakumari

Allepey

Morning drive to Allepey. Arrive Allepey & check-in to an houseboat. Overnight on board a houseboat.

The coastal town of Alleppey on the Arabian Sea is the Venice of the East, for the numerous canals that meander through the town. Bathing in the backwaters on the Vemband Lake is refreshing. This town holds a thrilling event of snake-boat race every year in August. It is also known for its cashew nuts, coir trade, rice, pepper crops & coconuts.

Day 08 :- Allepey Cochin

Morning drive to Cochin.

Arrive Cochin & check-in to a hotel. Overnight Cochin.

Day 09 :- Cochin

Morning city tour of Cochin. Cochin is the natural harbour created by the famed underwater Malabar mud-banks whose quality ensures that the rougher the seas are outside the calmer the waters are within the Harbour. Vasco-de-Gama placed it on the world map. It has a Jewish synagogue, Portuguese churches, mosques & Hindu temples. Watch the Chinese Fishing Nets.

Afternoon free. Overnight Cochin.

Day 10 :- Cochin Ooty

Morning drive to Ooty.

Arrive Ooty & check-in to a hotel. Overnight in Ooty.

Day 11 :- Ooty

Day at leisure.

Day 12 :- Ooty

Mysore

Morning drive to Mysore.

Arrive Mysore & check-in to a hotel. Overnight Mysore.

Day 13:-Mysore

Bangalore

Morning city tour of Mysore. Visit the palace of the Maharaja built in 1911-12. The palace is of harmonious syntheses of the hindu and saracenic styles of architecture with archways, domes, turrets, colonnades and sculptures which are magnificent. Visit the Art Gallery; drive upto Chamundi hill to see Chamundeshwari Temple & a panoramic view of Mysore. On the way back, see the Nandi Bull.

Later drive to Bangalore. Arrive Bangalore & check-in to a hotel. Overnight Bangalore.

Day 14 :- Bangalore

Departure

Morning visit city. In this Garden City - visit the Lal Bagh with a variety of old trees, fountains, lotus pools, terraces & an assortment of tropical and sub- tropical herbs. Also see the Maharaja's Palace & Government Buildings. Check-out from the hotel at 1200 hrs.

Later transfer to airport to board flight for onward destination.

India on your Programme-37

(13 nights & 14 days)