Guidebook for Puducherry
Food Scene
Surguru Restaurant
104 Sardar Vallabhai Patel SalaiShopping
Known throughout Pondicherry, a big indoor market in the Tamil quarter taking up a whole block. A fixture of Pondicherry you can find anything you want from fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers and household goods. It is open every day til late and is also a good place to capture the local colours
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Goubert Market
Known throughout Pondicherry, a big indoor market in the Tamil quarter taking up a whole block. A fixture of Pondicherry you can find anything you want from fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers and household goods. It is open every day til late and is also a good place to capture the local colours
The biggest department store in Pondicherry, you will find 3 floors of clothes as well as a floor dedicated to household goods and appliances and a supermarket on the 4th floor.
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Pothys
400 Anna SalaiThe biggest department store in Pondicherry, you will find 3 floors of clothes as well as a floor dedicated to household goods and appliances and a supermarket on the 4th floor.
Held every Sunday on Mahatma Gandhi Road, this is the place to go to pick up bargains and hunt through the stalls selling literally anything under the sun. A haven for bargain hunters
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Small Market
Bussy StreetHeld every Sunday on Mahatma Gandhi Road, this is the place to go to pick up bargains and hunt through the stalls selling literally anything under the sun. A haven for bargain hunters
Sightseeing
This is the colonial part of Pondicherry inhabited by the French. Walking in the area will give you a good idea of how the colonial part of town was like. There are still many of the original colonial buildings still around, the large villas, the old administrative offices and the roads lead to the sea front. The urban design of this part of town has a French feel, very different to Heritage Town which is very Tamil in structure and urban design.
You can walk to White town from any part of Heritage Town and it is best to do so in late afternoon or early evening, when it is cooler.
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White Town
This is the colonial part of Pondicherry inhabited by the French. Walking in the area will give you a good idea of how the colonial part of town was like. There are still many of the original colonial buildings still around, the large villas, the old administrative offices and the roads lead to the sea front. The urban design of this part of town has a French feel, very different to Heritage Town which is very Tamil in structure and urban design.
You can walk to White town from any part of Heritage Town and it is best to do so in late afternoon or early evening, when it is cooler.
Parks & Nature
A pleasant park in White Town and a stone throw from the sea front.
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Bharathi-Park
A pleasant park in White Town and a stone throw from the sea front.