Pondicherry Travel Guide

Clung to South Eastern coast of peninsular India, Pondicherry with its unique colonial appearance firmly draws in travellers – leisure and honeymooners – round the globe. Overlooking the rage of Bay of Bengal this tranquil city, beholding the Pondicherry Ashram and French Colony at one end and the unexploited hues of beaches, en circles some of the popular tourist destinations in India as well as heritage towns. One can reach Pondicherry by road from Chennai, covering an approximate distance of 162 kms whereas it is just 160 kms from Vellore to Pondicherry. One travelling from Coimbatore to Pondicherry needs to cover a distance of 380kms en route Salem-Kanyakumari Highway, Salem-Ulundurpettai Highway and Tiruchi-Chennai Highway. The distance from Tirupati to Pondicherry is approximately 260kms whereas it is only 100kms from Mahabalipuram and from Madurai to Pondicherry it is 340kms approximately. The approximate distance from Kanyakumari to Pondicherry is 600kms and it takes one to drive approximately 9 hours to 10 hours. Buses ply from Bangalore to Pondicherry that takes approximately 6 to 7 hours and covers a distance of 320kms en route Hosur and Uthangarai. From Hyderabad to Pondicherry it is approximately 790kms whereas it is just 560kms from Cochin by road.

If you are planning to reach Pondicherry by air then there are scheduled flights to Pondicherry from New Delhi, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. The closest international as well as busy domestic airport is in Chennai.

Pondicherry hosts its own railway station that connects the city with all other major cities like Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Kanpur. So, one planning to reach Pondicherry by train has got wider options.