India Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel PackagesIndia Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel Packages Travelling in IndiaIndia Travel AgentsIndia Hotel Bookings
Rajasthan Tours | North India Tours | Kerala Tours | Ladakh Tours | Taj Mahal Tours | Wildlife Tours
India Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel PackagesNorth India Tourism - India Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel PackagesSouth India Tourism - India Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel PackagesEast India Tourism - India Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel PackagesWest India Tourism - India Tourism, Tourism in India, India Vacations, Vacations in India, India Travel, Travel in India, India Tour Packages, Tour Packages in India, India Travel Packages
Home | About us | Contact us | Site Map | Help | Feedback | Link to us India Tours | Birding Tours | South India Tours | India Luxury Hotels
Best of North India Tour
Duration : 8 Nights / 9 Days
Click here for more information

Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour
Duration : 11 Nights / 12 Days
Click here for more information

North India & Nepal Tour
Duration : 09 Nights / 10 Days
Click here for more information

North India Wildlife Tour
Duration : 14 Nights / 15 Days
Click here for more information

Rajasthan Rail Tour
Duration : 12 Nights / 13 Days
Click here for more information

North India Highlight Tour
Duration : 10 Nights / 11 Days
Click here for more information

Sacred Ganges Tour
Duration : 6 Nights / 7 Days
Click here for more information

Chardham Tour
Duration : 11 Nights/ 12 Days
Click here for more information
India Tourism » Cities » Chennai Travel

Chennai Travel Guide

Chennai Metro, Chennai TravelChennai, the present gateway to the South of India, is, however, only about 350 years old. Chennai is ever growing, changing and pulsating with new activities. The city of today, one of the great metropolitan cities of the world, and the fourth largest city in India, grew from the Fort that Francis Day and his superior Andrew Cogan of East India Company built on a narrow spit of no-man's land that Day's dubash Beri Thimanna negotiated with the local governor of the Vijayangar Empire. The approximately 5-square kilometer sand strip Day was granted has now grown into a city of about 170 sq.kms. with a population of about 6 million.

Chennai was the first British major settlement in India and it was here that many who went on to build the Empire first learnt their trade. As a consequence, the city is replete with much that is of significance in British Indian history. But the much older settlements have stories to tell too, and so the city is an amalgam of ancient and more modern history. Everywhere one goes in Chennai, one can find history written in every name.

Beach, Chennai TravelThe particularly charming features of Chennai are its allegiance to ancient traditions, no matter how modernised it has become and its willingness to spread out further rather than develop into a multistorey concrete jungle. The result is a widespread city still open to the skies; a green, airy city with several vestiges of its rural past; a city that adheres to the leisurely tempo of the life of a world of yesterday; a city whose values of the other day still survive amidst the humdrum bustle of today; a city that still retains the charm, culture, hospitality and courtesies of the ages.

In this gracious, spacious city there is much to see. A suggested tour round the city is best completed by following this route: Fort St. George, Pantheon Complex, Valluvar Kottam, St. Thomas Mount, Guindy National Park, the Shrines of Mylapore and Triplicane, Government Estate, the Marina and Anna Salai, Newer attractions are: theme parks such as Kishkinta, MGM Dizzy World and Little Folks, Vandalur Zoo, VGP Golden Beach Resort, Crocodile Bank and Muttukadu Boat House.




Chennai Home » Chennai Travel Guide » Places of Interest in Chennai
Excursions in Chennai » Chennai Travel Information » Shopping in Chennai
Chennai Tailormade Tours » Travel Agents & Tour Operators in Chennai
Hotels & Resorts in Chennai » Map of Chennai » Chennai Travellers Tools











Plan Your Holidays with Dream Ventures Inc., Delhi, Your Preferred Travel Agent to India
Request for a FREE Quote for Travelling in India
(* represents compulsory fields)
Kindly take a few moments to fill up the form below enabling us to give you a detailed feedback on your request. Any information, even if tentative, will help us a lot in proper planning of your tour.
*Your Name :  
*Your Country :  
* Phone :
(Include Country/Area Code)
 
*Your E-Mail Address :  
* Tentative Date of Travel:  
Duration of Travel
in India (Approx.):
 
No. of People Travelling:   Adult       Children
* Describe Your Travel   Plan/Requirements :
* Verifiy your request: verification image, type it in the box 
   


Rajasthan Tours
North India Tours
Kerala Tours
Taj Mahal Tours
India Tours
Wildlife Tours
South India Tours
Ladakh Tours
Birding Tours
India Luxury Hotels
Travelling in India : North India Travel » South India Travel » East India Travel » West & Central India » Delhi Travel more...
Travel Agents & Tour Operators:- Agra Travel Agents || Bangalore Travel Agents || Mumbai Travel || Delhi Travel more...
India Hotel Bookings :- Agra Hotels -|- Bangalore Hotels -|- Mumbai Hotels -|- Kolkata Hotels -|- Delhi Hotels more...
Home . Legal Policy . Disclaimer . Acknowledgements . Terms of Use . Privacy Policy . Site Map . Help . Feedback . Advertise Here . Link to Us . Add URL
© Copyright 2001 - 2006 India Tourism All rights Reserved. Best Viewed at 800 x 600 / 1024 x 768 using Internet Explorer or Netscape.