Fort St. George Chennai (Madras)

Hot, Humid and horrendously expensive. That pretty much sums up Madras (Chennai), the city that unfortunately doesn't really live up to it's curry namesake. Indias 4th biggest city really is just that. Oppitimising all the major Indian sterotypes you would expect for a city (Smelly, noisy and moving at a mile a minute) but offers little in the way …

... defeat at Yorktown, and came (or was sent) to make amends with his superiors.  He has a large statue at the Fort St. George Museum, which our guide knew we would be surprised by.   USEFI heard our complaints about Bhubeneswar and gave us a ...

... and signed up for a half day tour of the city. The tour took us through a number of sites, including the museum at Fort St. George, the government museum, the snake park (part of the children's park), a memorial to a poet in the form of a very ...

... Following my plan I woke up early, packed up and checked out of my Hotel and took a stroll into town towards the Fort St. George museum. As well as being constrained by time I had decided to keep a closer eye on my budget following an more extravagent ...

... £14, that’s quite generous anyway, real price would have probably been about 700, but he was waiting around for me) Fort St. George was an odd place- you had to go through security to get in, and there were Indian army everywhere as there was a ...

... an area called Triplicane, have some samosa and a masala soda (lime, soda, salt and some herbs I think). Went to see the Fort St George and the museum there. Quite nice but small and part of it was closed. Chennai has the second longest beach in the ...

... would be interesting is beyond me - I've already seen a number of Christian churches in my life), Fort St. George (the first British establishment in India, built in 1640), the Kapaleeswarar (Hindu) Temple and then we had cokes at our guides house (a ...

... ;  Nonetheless, the Marina is a lovely beach and we enjoyed our short walk on its pleasant sands.     Fort St. George, next on the agenda, was  a bit of a let down.  The museum and surroundings were more interesting ...

... .   Our tour by coach included Georgetown (the oldest shopping market), a short visit to Marina Beach, past Fort St George (the oldest bastion of British power), St Thomas Basilica (St Thomas is supposedly interred here), Mahatma Gandhi's ...

... our esteemed and entertaining professorial guide, Dr. Suresh, and had a city tour to gain an overview of past and present. Fort St. George was where it all began in the south. * The most powerful impressions of the day were probably our first glimpses ...

In Chennai, explore George Town. Here, you'll discover Chennai's colonial Fort St George and Roman Catholic St Mary's Church, India's oldest church. Join locals on Chennai's vast Marina Beach, coming alive at sunset with cricket games and snack stalls. ...