Lonely Planet South India & Kerala (Travel Guide)
Lonely Planet, Trent Holden
Language: English
Pages: 544
ISBN: 1743216777
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
#1 best-selling guide to South India*
Lonely Planet South India & Kerala is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire the regal Mysore Palace, relax on a palm-fringed beach, or cruise through tropical Kerala; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of South India and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet South India & Kerala Travel Guide:
- Colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
- Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
- Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - including history, art, architecture, politics, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, customs, volunteering, yoga, Hinduism and bazaar-shopping.
- Over 82 maps
- Covers Kerala's backwaters, Goa's beaches, Chennai's urban villages, Bengaluru's sophisticated city life, Ellora and Ajanta's Buddhist caves, Puducherry's French-colonial streets, Mysore's sandalwood markets, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet South India & Kerala, our most comprehensive guide to South India, , is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
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Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
*Best-selling guide to South India. Source: Nielsen BookScan. Australia, UK and USA, December 2013 to November 2014
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Sravanabelagola to Hassan or Belur – you must go to Channarayapatna (₹43, 20 minutes) and catch an onward connection there. Three daily buses run direct to Bengaluru (₹156, 3½ hours) and Mysuru (₹85, 2½ hours). Karnataka Coast Mangaluru (Mangalore) %0824 / Pop 484,785 Alternating from relaxed coastal town to hectic nightmare, Mangaluru (more commonly known as Mangalore) has a Jekyll and Hyde thing going, but it’s a pleasant enough place to break up your trip. While there’s not a lot to.
There are Kathakali schools in Trivandrum and near Thrissur that encourage visitors. KALARIPPAYAT Kalarippayat (or kalari) is an ancient tradition of martial arts training and discipline, still taught throughout Kerala. Some believe it is the forerunner of all martial arts, with roots tracing back to the 12th-century skirmishes among Kerala’s feudal principalities. Masters of kalarippayat, called Gurukkal, teach their craft inside a special arena called a kalari. You can see often.
Hours), via either Alleppey (₹50/170/535, 1½ hours) or Kottayam (₹55/140/485, 1½ hours). Trains also run to Thrissur (2nd/AC chair ₹60/255, 1½ hours), Calicut (sleeper/3AC/2AC ₹140/485/690, 4½ hours) and Kannur (₹220/535/735, 6½ hours). 8Getting Around An above-ground metro (www.kochmetro.org) is under construction in Ernakalum, which will connect the airport with the city when completed. The first phase is due in 2016. To/From the Airport Kochi International Airport (%2610125;.
Popular gathering spot in the early evening. In Neil Island you’re about 40km from Port Blair, a short ferry ride from Havelock and several universes away from life at home. 1Sights & Activitieses Neil Island’s five beaches (numbered one to five) all have their unique charms, though they aren’t necessarily great for swimming. Beach 1BEACH (Laxmanpur) Beach 1 is a long sweep of sandy beach and mangrove, a 40-minute walk west of the jetty and village. There’s a good sunset viewpoint out this.
Sweet counters. Many upmarket hotels have outstanding restaurants, usually with pan-Indian menus so you can explore various regional cuisines. Meanwhile, the independent restaurant-dining scene keeps mushrooming in India’s larger cities, with every kind of cuisine available, from Mexican and Mediterranean to Japanese and Italian. Dhabas are oases to millions of truck drivers, bus passengers and sundry travellers going anywhere by road. The original dhabas dot the North Indian landscape, but.