The Ultimate Guide to Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India

Pondicherry was like a dream. A beautiful dream full of clean sandy beaches, laid back colourful streets and European architecture. I kept asking myself ‘am I in India or France?’.

It’s quite a bizarre feeling seeing all French on street signs, cafés and from people’s mouths here! But, the food was to die for. A perfect taste of home and welcome comfort food. They even had a mini Notre-dame; but here it was a lovely shade of salmon pink and was framed with palm trees.

It was like it had it’s own mood, a rhythm. As you walk around the laid back atmosphere is catching. The people are so friendly and it’s far less touristy than Goa in the West.

This was one of my favourite places in South India. So without further ado, here’s the ultimate guide to Pondicherry!

If you’re travelling from Delhi, you’re best bet is to fly. The nearest major airport which runs services daily is Chennai. From here, you can grab a taxi from the airport straight to Pondicherry.

Always leaving things to the last minute, I ended up getting a pre-paid taxi from the airport but this had a hefty price tag of 3000 rupees! (ouch) You will pay more for air conditioning. I would highly recommend booking via an online cab service in advance to ensure you don’t have the same dent in your wallet. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).