India

Choose a South India trip by how you want it to feel: slow coastal days, cool hills, temple towns, food-first cities, forests…

There is no single South Indian cuisine. A state-by-state guide to what to eat in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana…

Four suggested shapes for a South India trip: classic Kerala, the Tamil Nadu temple trail, Karnataka’s palaces and ruins, and a two-week…

How to move between South India’s states and cities: when to take the train, when to fly, how state buses and hired…

South India has two monsoons that reach its two coasts at different times. A season-by-season guide to when to go where, from…

South India is five states and a union territory with very different landscapes. A practical planner: how the regions divide, which gateways…

A walking route through Puducherry’s French and Tamil quarters, the seafront Promenade and the Ashram, with a day trip to Auroville and…

The Charminar and its bazaars, the Nizams’ Chowmahalla Palace, Golconda Fort and the restored Qutb Shahi tombs, and the dishes that make…

Vizag’s beaches and hilltop Buddhist sites, the railway into the Eastern Ghats, the Borra Caves and the Adivasi-grown coffee of the Araku…

Where coffee first took root in India, how the estates of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru work through the year, and how to plan…