Pondicherry Tourism

Explore the rich history and natural beauty of Pondicherry

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Best time to visit
Oct - Mar
Ideal Duration
4-5 Days
Visa
On Arrival
Starting from
Rs. 6,500

Website

puducherry-dt.gov.in/
  • Historical Sites
  • Adventure
  • Beach

About Pondicherry Destinations

Explore the cultural richness of Pondicherry

Pondicherry is the capital city of Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry and is the most populated city of Pondicherry Union Territory. It is located at the southern coast of India in the states of Tamil Nadu. It is at an average height of mean sea level and has many beautiful backwaters. Being in the states of Tamil Nadu it shares its culture and language. Pondicherry is among the most beautiful city in India having many beaches famous for its adventures and natural beauty. Every year many tourists visit this former French colony in India for its rich history and natural richness.

History of Pondicherry

Pondicherry came into notice only after the arrival of colonists including Dutch, Portuguese, British and French. Pondicherry is colonized by French and is later became part of Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry. In history, it is used to be the trading place by the French East India Company. The historical richness and its cultural richness are some major attractions of this place. Being on the seaside of the Tamil Nadu it also offers many beautiful beaches and people from all over the world travel to this city for a joyful vacation. You must plan a Pondicherry tour once in your lifetime.

Places to Visit in Pondicherry

There are many beautiful and historical sites to visit in Pondicherry city tour and few of them are as mentioned below-

Shri Aurobindo Ashram

It is an ashram located in the city and a spiritual community resides in it who were disciples of Shri Aurobindo. This ashram is a major example of harmony and humanity in the country. This place came into existence after 1926 when Shri Aurobindo retires from politics and wanted to serve society. One must include this place in Pondicherry City Tour.

Paradise Beach

This beach is famous for its natural richness and golden sand. This place is adorned with soft soil and cold sea breeze. Journey to the beach is also a major attraction as you need to cross backwater into the boathouse. There are many water sports options available here including jet-skiing, canoeing, etc. You should not forget to add this place into your Pondicherry one day tour.

Manakula Vinayagar Temple

The temple is devoted to Lord Ganesha and he is worshipped long before the French colonies came into existence. It one of the oldest and powerful worshipping site in India.

Pondicherry Museum

The museum is the centre of excellent artwork of Indian History. This museum has a beautiful collection of historical sculptures, archaeological findings and beautiful historical artworks from the period of the Chola Empire. Your Pondicherry tour guide will tell you about it.

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Ranju's 3 days trip to Pondicherry

Vehicle was ok ok type .agency agreed to provide sedan or swift but instead of that on last day the vehicles was 10 seater mini bus. Language barrier with driver. We have already paid all amount but still driver was asking money for toll and parking. Driver nature was good ; no insecurity but no professional behaviour regarding payment.

Ranju T Chennai airport

Suma's 3 days trip to Pondicherry

Overall a very good experience.Safety wise, accommodation wise, budget wise, very economical.

Suma Dilip Bengaluru

Sai's 2 days trip to Pondicherry

Over-all it was a nice trip. Thank you for the best service!!!

Sai Supriya Bengaluru

Aparna's 5 days trip to Pondicherry

Amritha from KY Holidays helped us plan this trip. The guidance from hotel selection to the options in sightseeing was very prompt and made the whole trip very enjoyable and pleasant. Thank you!

Aparna Nair Mumbai

Errolshines's 4 days trip to Pondicherry

Hi swati, we reached back comfortably . Thank you for All the arrangements and making our trip a enjoyable and effortless one . Except for hotel receptionist behaviour rest all was good Hi swati, we reached back comfortably . Thank you for All the arrangements and making our trip a enjoyable and effortless one . Except for hotel receptionist behaviour rest all was good

Errolshines Mangalore

Vidya's 3 days trip to Pondicherry

The trip to Goa was good but was not an awesome one like our other trip with travel triangle. Day 1 : Was a total waste as there was a destination wedding at the resort and the day was totally chaotic and loud because of the music that went on up-to 10:30pm. Day 2 : We had to wait for 2 hours for our paragliding and yet couldn't get it as baga beach was overcrowded. Had to come back losing our money. Day 3 : We didn't go according to the schedule planned by our travel agent as it was very warm during the day so we went out for a dinner cruise at our own expense. Day 4 : Nothing was planned on this day our flight was at 2:40 pm it was just check out from hotel and drop to the airport. Overall the trip could have definitely been better it was surely not up-to travel triangle standards. Our ride to the dolphin point was good.

Vidya Aiyappa Bengaluru

Doel's 4 days trip to Pondicherry

The driver who came with the car was a great person, very friendly, polite and accomodating. The hotel rooms were good, we found cockroach, AC was not working. Regarding the travel agent, I faced something that has never happened in our earlier trips booked through Travel Triangle. I made the complete payment long back but the agent didn't make the payments. In the hotel, we were asked to make the pending payment as travel agent didn't do. The hotel said the agent is not receiving the phone. It was quite chaotic and I had to follow up multiple times to ensure the payment was cleared. Same happened when the driver agency called me saying they didnt receive complete payment. This issue was definitely disturbing. Visit to Mahabalipuram

Doel Sarkar Kolkata

Priyanka's 4 days trip to Pondicherry

I had booked a family trip to Pondicherry and Mahabalipuram from the Chennai airport for 4 nights. The agent was responsive in accommodating my requests before the booking was confirmed. The overall experience was fine. However, the hotel that we stayed at in Pondicherry (for 3 nights) wasn't very clean. It was an old hotel and the AC air smelled of mold. Breakfast was included in the tour package but packaged breakfast was provided in the room and not a dine-in experience-- something that I didn't expect. Additionally, their was seating and cupboard options but the space was limited and restrictive for 2 people in a room. I must stay the staff was polite though. I wish I had the time to carefully review the package and hotel choices before booking. We stayed one night at Sangam Inn and Banquet in Mahabalipuram. This hotel was very clean and had a nice ambience with dine-in options. All the staff was very polite and accommodating. We were suppose to leave before the official breakfast time to get to the airport in time and they prepared the breakfast 30-mins before our departure time. Lastly, the cab drive was overall fine but I would have appreciated that the driver wasn't driving in a rush. During our drive from Chennai airport to Pondicherry (Day 1), we had to let him know that he was driving a bit rough. Post that, the driving was better. In my past experience from another tour company, the driver had the itinerary and would take us to all the places by himself. In this trip, we had to communicate with the driver regularly about our daily plans. I am not sure if that is usually the case but this allowed us some flexibility .

Priyanka Kushwaha New delhi

Mundraprachi's 3 days trip to Pondicherry

Trip was good.. hotel was not good Trip was good.. hotel was not good

Mundraprachi Bengaluru

Avinash's 3 days trip to Pondicherry

It was a very nice south india (Kodiakanal, Rameshwaram, Pudducherry, Mahabalipuram) trip organised by Sky tours and travel com through platform of traveltringle, though there were some communication lag was their between agency and cab drivers & hotels but its acceptable as it resolved in a single phone call only & Mr vikas frm travel agency was always available to help us out, hotels arranged by the agency were also fine, except in rameshwaram ( Aaa cottage, kindly dont suggest this hotel to ur guests).... Both the cab drives Mr Natesh at madurai,kodaikanal, rameshwaram and & Mr Prithviraj N at Puducheri, Mahabalipuram were good enough, specially The cab driver at puducheri Mr Prithviraj was a very nice man and he covered all the destination very nicely and suggested good places to visit, eat etc... Overall it was a nice trip, thanks traveltringle and Sky tours and travel com.. Ssndues beach and mahabalipuram

Avinash Kesharwani Chennai

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There can be many adventurous and interesting activities that you can do in Pondicherry and few of them are-

  • Scuba Diving
  • Jet skiing
  • Explore Paradise Beach
  • Visit Pondicherry Museum
  • Water activities at Karaikal Beach

Best beaches of Pondicherry are –

  • Promenade beach
  • Paradise beach
  • Auroville beach
  • Mahe beach

You can visit Pondicherry in October to March due to favourable weather conditions.

You can find many French as well as south Indian cafes in Pondicherry

Best places to stay in Pondicherry are – LA villa, Palais De Mahe, The promenade etc.

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