Guest Houses Pondicherry

... we were there we spent walking on the seaside promenade and down leafy streets lined with charming French-inspired buildings, churches, guest houses, shops and restaurants or eating. You can get French and European style food in many restaurants in the ...

... we wanted so we walked round for hours up and down levy roads all which connected in a grid type shape. There are lots of Ashram guest houses all which have 10.30pm curfews but are cheap enough is you don't mind being in bed at that time of night. Then ...

... such but a fine bakery and delicatessen with all the pastries one would be more familiar seeing in a French boulangerie. For Pondicherry, once a French colony, still retains its French flavour, which is really the great attraction of the place. Most of ...

... Magnus Magnusson) wore off quite substantially - and an hour into the journey we were relieved to be able to plug into our iPods! Pondicherry can only be described as a coastal French pocket, in the heart of Tamil Nadu. Here, they speak french, the road ...

... We have managed to rouse ourselves enough to go on a little excursion to a place called Auroville, just outside Pondicherry. We are staying at Park Guest House, which is run by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram - which seems to have a hand in a great deal in ...

... and the French part is closest to the sea. "White Town" as it's known locally, houses the majority of the guest houses and French/Indian restuarants. The wide streets have French names and big villa type houses with balconies.  We can get ...

... rushed to the serene environs of Pondicherry. The stay Finally after checking out many places, we stayed at one of the Ashram Guest Houses and believe me it was one of the best decisons we made on the trip. Only constraint is that you have ...

... ; however, pondy does house some of the most stunning colonial architecture i've ever seen, renovated as summer hotels and guest houses.  unfortunately, each and every hotel and guest house we approached was at full occupancy.  having explored ...

... a place called 'cottage guest house' right on the beach, so i arrived, and found that there was not only 1, but about 20 'cottage guest houses' all living off the reputation of the original one! lol! so i stayed in a room on top of a woman named ...

... beginning of the all morning prayer services and the chanting began. It was definitely an experience but we opted to stay in Guest Houses the rest of the time. Most of the days were spent watching the scenery change from lush mountains filled with pines ...

... out by the local 'managing committee'. Although this is a monopoly, this is a good thing because the rooms in the 20-something guest houses are clean and cheap. We stayed at their top-guest house (fan, hot water and real mattresses) for Rs 135. ...

... town full of French tourists and unhelpful locals - a possible lingering French influence also. We later discovered Pondicherry was a former French territory and still allows free passage for French and Pondicherry residents between their respective ...

... 800 feet high with a fortificatioon sitting like a crown on its brow. This is the Kings palace.  Close by, a mirror image bastion houses the Queens palace.  At the kings palace our guide placed us in front of the only way up.  He declined ...

... children but the staff and the other people helping out were all really nice and we soon got into the swing of it. Like the houses we visited in both Agra and kolkata all the children and the staff seemed to be really happy and even though some of these ...