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How to plan a South India trip: regions, gateways and how much to fit in
Read more →: How to plan a South India trip: regions, gateways and how much to fit inSouth India is five states and a union territory with very different landscapes. A practical planner: how the regions divide, which gateways…
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Puducherry on foot: White Town, the Tamil Quarter and a day in Auroville
Read more →: Puducherry on foot: White Town, the Tamil Quarter and a day in AurovilleA walking route through Puducherry’s French and Tamil quarters, the seafront Promenade and the Ashram, with a day trip to Auroville and…
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Hyderabad’s old city: the Charminar, Golconda and a table of biryani
Read more →: Hyderabad’s old city: the Charminar, Golconda and a table of biryaniThe Charminar and its bazaars, the Nizams’ Chowmahalla Palace, Golconda Fort and the restored Qutb Shahi tombs, and the dishes that make…
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Visakhapatnam and the Araku Valley: coast, caves and coffee in the Eastern Ghats
Read more →: Visakhapatnam and the Araku Valley: coast, caves and coffee in the Eastern GhatsVizag’s beaches and hilltop Buddhist sites, the railway into the Eastern Ghats, the Borra Caves and the Adivasi-grown coffee of the Araku…
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Karnataka’s coffee country: Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and the hills where Indian coffee began
Read more →: Karnataka’s coffee country: Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and the hills where Indian coffee beganWhere coffee first took root in India, how the estates of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru work through the year, and how to plan…
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Mysuru beyond the palace: Dasara, markets and Srirangapatna
Read more →: Mysuru beyond the palace: Dasara, markets and SrirangapatnaMysore Palace by day and lit up at night, the Dasara festival, Devaraja Market, Chamundi Hill and the island town of Srirangapatna:…
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Hampi: how to explore the ruins of Vijayanagara
Read more →: Hampi: how to explore the ruins of VijayanagaraThe living Virupaksha Temple, the Vittala Temple and its stone chariot, the Royal Centre and the boulder hills of the Tungabhadra: a…
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A first visit to Madurai and the Meenakshi Amman Temple
Read more →: A first visit to Madurai and the Meenakshi Amman TempleHow to visit the Meenakshi Amman Temple well, what to see in the old city around it, the great Chithirai festival and…
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Mahabalipuram: reading the Pallava stone carvings by the sea
Read more →: Mahabalipuram: reading the Pallava stone carvings by the seaThe Shore Temple, the Five Rathas, Arjuna’s Penance and the cave shrines of Mahabalipuram: what to see at this UNESCO-listed Pallava port,…
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A slow day in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry
Read more →: A slow day in Fort Kochi and MattancherryThe Chinese fishing nets, St Francis Church, the Mattancherry Palace murals, the Paradesi Synagogue and the spice warehouses of Kochi’s old port,…
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Varkala and Kerala’s southern coast: cliffs, beaches and Thiruvananthapuram
Read more →: Varkala and Kerala’s southern coast: cliffs, beaches and ThiruvananthapuramVarkala’s red cliffs and Papanasam beach, the pilgrim town of Sivagiri, the capital Thiruvananthapuram and the beaches to the south, with notes…
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Munnar’s tea country: estates, Eravikulam and the slow hill roads
Read more →: Munnar’s tea country: estates, Eravikulam and the slow hill roadsTea estates in the Kannan Devan Hills, the Nilgiri tahr of Eravikulam, the high viewpoint at Top Station and how to plan…
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