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Top Hotels in Chennai
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Trident Nariman Point Mumbai (Bombay)
421 reviews -
ITC Mughal, Agra
652 reviews -
Hyatt Regency Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
341 reviews
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The LaLiT Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
300 reviews
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Grand Hyatt Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
515 reviews
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The Lalit New Delhi
459 reviews
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Hyatt Regency Delhi New Delhi
416 reviews
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Oberoi New Delhi
463 reviews
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Taj Lands End Mumbai (Bombay)
572 reviews
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JW Marriott Hotel Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
480 reviews
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Vivanta by Taj - President, Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
409 reviews
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Taj Palace Hotel New Delhi
485 reviews
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Hotel The Royal Plaza New Delhi
291 reviews -
The Leela Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
601 reviews
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The Grand New Delhi
228 reviews
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Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai (Bombay)
987 reviews
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The LaLiT Golf & Spa Resort Goa Canacona
252 reviews
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Novotel Hyderabad Airport
250 reviews
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The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon Delhi Ncr
378 reviews
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Hyatt Regency Kolkata Kolkata (Calcutta)
253 reviews
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The Leela Palace Bangalore
499 reviews
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ITC Maurya New Delhi
491 reviews
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Jaypee Palace Hotel & Convention Centre Agra
510 reviews
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ITC Maratha, Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
374 reviews
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Orchid Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
249 reviews
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Taj Krishna Hyderabad
339 reviews
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Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel Mumbai (Bombay)
391 reviews
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Hyderabad Marriott Hotel
247 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Hotel Gurgaon
178 reviews
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Centaur Hotel, IGI Airport New Delhi
93 reviews -
Taj Mahal Hotel New Delhi
508 reviews
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Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre
260 reviews
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Oberoi Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
324 reviews
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Eros Hotel managed by Hilton New Delhi
76 reviews
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The Suryaa New Delhi
260 reviews
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Samrat Hotel New Delhi
33 reviews
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Trident, Gurgaon
245 reviews
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Hotel Royal Orchid Bangalore
205 reviews
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Taj Bengal Kolkata Kolkata (Calcutta)
383 reviews
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Ashok Hotel New Delhi
117 reviews
Chennai
Travel Blogs from Chennai, India
Test drive across Sri Lanka
This is a top pick! ... for one book to change at the next opportunity. Adust the compass for the ride back to Colombo, and then the flight to Chennai, formerly Madras, capital of Tamil Nadu. There is a cricket Test match waiting for me, South Africa versus India. The little ...
Arrival in Chennai
This is a top pick! Very early (~2 am) Chennai Airport After our four hour connector, we are safely in Chennai (Madras) a metropolis about 3 hours north of Pondi. While getting off the plane we struck up a conversation with the American couple sitting behind us who ...
CHENNAI
This is a top pick! ... bright pink. So we head back into the city to have walk round and collect our bags. If you can get away without staying in Chennai then I suggest you save you money for some where else because we didn't enjoy it here and couldn't wait to get away. We ...
Innovative India
This is a top pick! ... perhaps under your breath at airport security for confiscating your little plastic bottle of water before you board an airplane? India has a unique way of dealing with the thirsty. The security official simply removes the bottle cap, hands you back ...
Wildlife and wild nights
This is a top pick! ... and Austrailian secret service!) and a gal called Cilla both from Oz, who were, like Rich, wanting to catch the Oz verses India cricket in Chennai and were also going up to Periyar wildlife sanctuary on the way. So we spoiled ourselves and got a cab to ...
Into India: a marriage of heaven and hell
This is a top pick! ... have a terrible habit of whispering up behind you from the wrong direction. Buckingham Creek runs through this sector of Chennai, directly alongside the cricket stadium. However, its regal handle belies the muck masquerading as a stream that still ...
Leaving India, Delhi, and beyond. .
This is a top pick! ... so I did not want to be stuck somewhere working it all out as my transport went on without me. Crooked bastards. . Arriving in Chennai, The climate was beautiful, and so was the city. Palm trees everywhere, and the sun beaming down. I found a room in ...
Chennai-ny Happy People!
This is a top pick! ... cricket ball on his trousers - it's very off-putting!! Sorry, no photo - you'll just have to imagine...) Our time in Chennai has been a mixture of catching up on sleep after two nights' traveling and Charlie getting her 'kid fix' playing with the ...
Madras....belly?
This is a top pick! ... India to visit the temples of Madurai and into Kerala, but instead we spent our remaining 7 days in India in the Paradise Guesthouse in Chennai. We were exhausted having spent 5 weeks zipping around on lots of night trains and sightseeing on arrival ...
Mamallapuram and thoughts on India
This is a top pick! The little town of Mamallapuram is the last stop of the Indian leg of our journey. We are flying out of Chennai airport on the 18th, but since Chennai has very little to offer a tourist besides the usual charms of a large Indian city (pollution, traffic ...
Our final India observations and travel tips
This is a top pick! ... seem to be more of a dumping ground than a place to relax. For example, the beach just kilometers from the big city of Chennai (which would certainly be expensive property if this were in the US), is a slum and some of the most impoverished area we have ...
Up the East Coast, part II: Chola Empire
This is a top pick! ... Catholicism. Instead, it's roots lie in the teachings of St. Thomas. St. Thomas, sent by Jesus to India, became a martyr in Chennai, speared while sharing the gospel. A cathedral in town bears his name, and allegedly a crypt holds his remains and ...
Business trip to India
This is a top pick! ... 's recent movement of work to India. As a result, she has had a couple of short business trips to Mumbai and Chennai. Here are her impressions. Mumbai is a very big, crowded city. There are people, dirt and butterflies everywhere. Yes, butterflies. ...
Holiest of holies
This is a top pick! ... M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation- it helps poor communities by implementing eco-technology and sustainable agriculture throughout India’s various regions. They also support equality for women, who often endure tremendous abuses in impoverished ...
Touchdown, no bettter still, Meltdown
This is a top pick! ... comical but apparently this is the way they say yes. Just like we nod when we are agreeing with a comment. After three hours of Chennai we had had enough and took the bus two hours south to a town called Mamallapuram. Cooper Out Love Dan & ...
Chennai - Quick 4 hour stop.....
This is a top pick! Loved this place as we flew into breath taking scenary and beautiful sunshine.... shame we weren't stopping!! Off we go for our connecting flight to ...
Music, films and...well... more temples
This is a top pick! Chennai We arrived in Chennai, the capital of the great Dravidian state - Tamil Nadu, after a surprisingly comfortable train journey. Chennai was, like Kolkata, full of homeless people and terrible poverty and somehow managed to smell even worse - the ...
Learn and burn
This is a top pick! ... a lot less fun). Anyway- there’s a lot to catch up on… it’s Sunday morning and I’ve been in Chennai (India’s fourth-largest city) since Friday. Here are some highlights: We met with a panel of Indian teachers who had each ...
Bollywood here we come!!
This is a top pick! ... he saw more of it than moi). It was quite fun but we'd come on a quieter day maybe. We pootled about the centre of Chennai and made a few last purchases, including a Gay boy Tee-shirt with Elvis on the front for Martin, and we both got a decent ...
Lap of luxury
This is a top pick! Just wanted to check in quickly to say we arrived safely in Chennai this morning. Our latest hotel is unbelievable!! I think I may have hit my saturation point for luxury. Anyway, we hit the streets tomorrow so I'll be getting a more realistic view soon ...
A Silent Revolution
This is a top pick! ... making to tailor instruction to students’ individual needs (an audacious goal for teachers everywhere). Tomorrow is our last day in Chennai. We start the day with a very early morning walking tour- perfect for beating the heat. We’ll move on ...
Madras
This is a top pick! To be honest we found this city a bit lacking ! It is India's forth largest city but we found little in the way of the atmosphere we have experienced elsewhere ! Yes it is possible we just couldn't find it in this huge city ? We did visit the largest ...
a delayed start in India
This is a top pick! ... Anyway, several stops later we find the first class car after the train decides to take a 15 minute break. On arriving into Chennai Egmore station we locate a hotel fairly easily with only minimal wandering. It's a bit dank and musty and the view which ...
holy autorickshaw!
This is a top pick! ... industry produces almost as many films as Mumbai, or "bollywood" does and the vast majority are filmed in and around Chennai, capital of the Tamil Nadu region of India. When in town, you can go to the AVM film studios for free. Not really a tour, so ...
Military power!
This is a top pick! ... one other one is in Rome, i forget about the third). Then we saw he Kapaleeswarar temple, the luz church (the oldest church in Chennai) and then onto 2 government shops, where i did my 10 mins of 'hhhmmm, interesting' 'ooh, thats nice' and 'i quite like ...
Madras ( Chennai )
This is a top pick! We had a very short visit here as we arived at 10pm and we flew out again at 7 the next morning to the Andaman Islands. We will have a look around later as we will have to fly back here from the islands. ...
OMG!
This is a top pick! Hello people's, The journey has begun, arrived at 1am India time and to say it was daunting would be an understatement, at that time in the morning we saw 1 man asleep on the back of a motor bike, someone urinating in the street and groups of people ...
Chennai traffic (video)
Short (50 sec) impression of the traffic in Chennai in front of the hotel. It was a constant flow of traffic, noisy and even more fun to be driven around in....Thank goodness Jeroen decided driving here wouldn't be in our best ...