Mangalore Travel Guide & Tips

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Mangalore Travel Guide

Lounge on the exotic beaches, enjoy your leisure time amidst the picturesque backwaters and get acquainted with mystic locales on a tour to Mangalore.

With our full-fledged Mangalore tourism guide, let us introduce you to this coming age port city of Karnataka, and provide you with every detail you need to know about Mangalore. Hop on a long week excursion, and natural beauty and rich culture of this amazingly beautiful city with our travel guide.

Weather:

With the hills of the Western Ghats on one side and the great Arabian Sea on the other side, Mangalore weather experiences a tropical climate with a minute difference in temperature. Blessed with a bounty of pristine beaches, 95 per cent of Mangalore rainfall can be experienced during the summer months ranging from May to October, while the months ranging from December to March are extremely dry. Plan an excursion to the port city in between the months of December and January as the best time to visit Mangalore is during the winter season. With a pleasant Mangalore climate when the average temperature hardly goes above 30-degree celsius, you may cherish the spectacular surroundings at your next holiday vacation to the most.

The summer months in Mangalore are usually hot and humid, with the maximum temperature of 39 degree Celsius. And, monsoon season is accompanied by quite strong and high rainfalls in the region, making it quite difficult for tourists to enjoy outdoor activities. While, the humidity decreases and the days remain cool during the winter season. Offering a pleasant weather ideal for sightseeing and outdoor activities, it enhances the beauty of the place manifold.

Language:

To get acquainted with locales there, you need to know a few of languages: Tulu, Kannada, Beary, Konkani, and English. With the Dravidian origin, Kannada is the most significant Mangalore language. While, Tulu is also one of the chief languages there. As the port city is located quite near the Kerala state border, it attracts people from the nearby states for studies and business activities. Thus, you might find people in Bunder area speaking Malayalam, while south region of Udupi district is crammed with Tulu speaking people.

Food:

Being a conglomeration of unique cultures, Mangalore celebrates every Indian festival, and thus, eating out in Mangalore is no less than an excitement. The Mangalore cuisine is mostly influenced by the South Indian cuisine. Prepared with a lot of coconut and curry leaves while crackling ginger, garlic and chilli, the list of a few of popular dishes in Mangalore includes, Kori Rotti, Bangude Pulimunchi, Beeja-Manoli Upkari, Boothai Gasi, and Kadubu. While, being the fishing harbour, the most famous Mangalore food is the local fish curry which is a quite a treat for your taste buds. Ranging from moderately priced to expensive restaurants, you may find a bounty of vegetarian and non-vegetarian restaurants serving a sumptuous menu. What’s more? To gorge on Mangalore street food prepared before your eyes, you may stop by roadside food vendors and have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner in budget. While the busy traffic whooshes past you, savour cheap and delectable dishes for a delightful experience.

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Dev's 3 days trip to Mangalore

The service provided was really good. The agent Shishir was quite cooperative and he have always made sure that all our needs are fulfilled. Highly recommended. The service provided was really good. The agent Shishir was quite cooperative and he have always made sure that all our needs are fulfilled. Highly recommended.

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Nikhil's 4 days trip to Mangalore

The experience with postcard is awesome. Shishir and his team booked us excellent hotels at budget friendly rates and had excellent arrangements for travelling site visits too "Shishir" made it in my budget and assisted on every step. Kudos to you and Postcard Team. The experience with postcard is awesome. Shishir and his team booked us excellent hotels at budget friendly rates and had excellent arrangements for travelling site visits too "Shishir" made it in my budget and assisted on every step. Kudos to you and Postcard Team.

Nikhil Deshpande Pune

Prateekoct's 3 days trip to Mangalore

The day when we requested for trip quotation, Nikita Mam was doing a great job .She planned us very good plan with very good places to see. your quick responses on the 11th hour changes on trips 2nd day or else it could be a professionalism was very good.I will recommend your name specifically to my friends and family for their next trips.Keep the good work going and thank you for making our trip memorable with all your support.Thank you Nikita mam The day when we requested for trip quotation, Nikita Mam was doing a great job .She planned us very good plan with very good places to see. your quick responses on the 11th hour changes on trips 2nd day or else it could be a professionalism was very good.I will recommend your name specifically to my friends and family for their next trips.Keep the good work going and thank you for making our trip memorable with all your support.Thank you Nikita mam

Prateekoct Pune

Anandbajikar's 4 days trip to Mangalore

Choice of Hotels are Not to the nearest destination.

Anandbajikar Pune

Bastevrushali's 6 days trip to Mangalore

We have recently booked and traveled to mysuru, coorg and wayanad through All india holidays. The hotel at mysuru and homestay at coorg were very good but the hotel at Wayanad was average. The cab and driver were okay and sightseeing was well planned. Overall good service by all india holidays and travel triangle

Bastevrushali Mumbai

Disha's 7 days trip to Mangalore

The trip was well planned and executed by Hover Journeys. Mr. Amish was always available for any guidance / help while planning the trip as well as during the trip. The cab driver was excellent and well versed with the area. We had a great time. Thanks!

Disha Agarwal Modi Mumbai

Trip to Mangalore

Nice arrangments done as per iternairy. Hotel drive vehicle were good. Need to brief client about best iternairy possible as they are new to the place so that time can be saved. Overall we enjoyed the trip. Looking forward for new destination during Diwali break. Tabel top at Coorg .

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Lakshmi's 5 days trip to Mangalore

Had a great time at Mangalore. As usual Travel Triangle at its best. This is my 6th trip with Travel Triangle. Beginning till the End Travel Triangle was supportive., The trip was organised by M&M Cabs and Mr. Mahesh had co-ordinated really well with us for the trip. The driver was very good, co-operative and supportive. Couple of hotels were not so great, we had to go out to a different place for breakfast. Otherwise we had a memorable trip

Lakshmi Rajagopal

Likhita's 4 days trip to Mangalore

Even during short duration of time this unplanned trip turned out to be a wonderful one. Totally up to the mark with thief hospitality and prompt response . Special thanks to Team Fatema!

Likhita Visakhapatnam

Kavithasenthilnathan's 3 days trip to Mangalore

We had a pleasent trip. Rooms are nice and driver came for pickup on time. Mr Robin and Ms Sanjana supported well. As i had little bit follow up issues while booking the package but the trip was wonderful and everything is organised perfectly by Mr Robin and Ms Sanjana

Kavithasenthilnathan Kadur

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