As a Gateway City, accommodation in Madras is comparatively expensive. Yet, unlike in Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay, it is possible to find good, mid-range comfort at comparatively low prices. Madras is also one of the few big cities that has ...

Marina Beach-Theosophical Society-Elliot’s Beach-Golden Beach This is the ideal follow-up to the hot, sticky city tour—a cool, relaxing ride by bicycle down Madras’s long seafront towards some of the nicest beaches of the south. Except in Georgetown, Madras is ideal ...

Madras is a big, sprawling city and its few sights are very spread out. Take a conducted tour bus for quick, cheap orientation, then go exploring by car or cycle. Madras has one of the longest beaches in Asia, and ...

Capital of Tamil Nadu, Madras differs from the three larger Indian capitals of Bombay,Delhi and Calcutta in three major respects. First, it is the home of the ancient Dravidian civilisation, hardly touched by the invasions from the north, and often ...