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(13
Nights - 14 Days)
Thanjavur
- Velanganni - Madurai - Trivandrum - Quilon
- Kottayam - Cochin - Kozhikode - Goa -
Mumbai |
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| Day 01 : Chennai |
Welcome to Chennai.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 02 : Chennai |
| Sightseeing tour of the city. |
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| Chennai - Apart from
the lazy stroll at Marina Beach, the second
longest beach in the world, where you enjoy
the playfulness of the seas and the sands
and a look at the archaeological section and
bronze gallery of the Museum, you also visit
Lord Shiva's temple built in Dravidian architectural
style known as Kapaleeshwar Temple.
Transfer to Thanjavur via overnight train. |
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| Day 03 : Velanganni |
Transfer to hotel for overnight
stay.
Sightseeing and excursion tour to Velanganni. |
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| Day 04 : Madurai |
| Morning drive to Madurai enroute
visiting Trichy.
Madurai - The temple town of South India,
Meenakshi temple has become an icon of the
city. Once the capital of the Pandya rulers,
it has been built in the shape of a lotus
and it is said that it was named 'Madhurapuri'
as Lord Shiva showered divine nectar here
on the day it was to be named. Later, the
name distorted to Madurai. The city is famous
for its jasmine flowers.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay on
arrival.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 05 : Trivandrum |
Morning drive to Trivandrum.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 6 Kollam (Quilon) |
Morning drive to Kollam.
Sightseeing tour of the city.
Boat cruise to Kottayam.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 07 : Kottayam |
Morning half-day sightseeing
tour of Kottayam and its Churches.
Later drive to Cochin.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 08 : Cochin |
| Sightseeing tour of the city
including its various Churches. |
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| Cochin - The port city
of Cochin is also known as 'Queen of the Arabian
Sea'. There is Dutch Palace at Mattancherry
and the very famous Fort Cochin, which is
renowned for its Portuguese heritage and has
early 16th century St. Francis' Church. Spice
is at its best in area surrounding Jewish
Synagogue while there are carved wooden panels
and pulpit at Santa Cruz Basilica. Chinese
fishing nets are popular among the tourists
as a rare old-world trade form while Parishath
Thampuram Museum houses 19th-century paintings,
old coins, sculptures and temple models.
Evening performance of Indian classical
dance, Kathakali.
Overnight stay at hotel. |
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| Day 09 : Kozhikode |
Morning drive to Kozhikode.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 10 : Kozhikode |
Half-day sightseeing tour of
the city including its various Churches.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
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| Day 11 : Mumbai |
Flight to Mumbai.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Afternoon half-day sightseeing tour of the
city including its various Churches. |
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| Mumbai - The Indian
film city is famous for Gateway of India built
in 1911 to commemorate the visit of King George
V and Queen Mary for the Delhi Durbar. Prince
of Wales Museum exhibits antique articles
of art, sculpture, china, rare coins, weaponry
and miniatures. Kamala Nehru Park and Hanging
Gardens are cool while Marine Drive is the
hip-hop area of the town with thee top-notch
night life. |
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| Day 12 : Goa |
Morning free to relax.
Afternoon flight to Goa.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Rest of the day free to relax and explore
the city. |
