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Chennai tour in car with guide-winner of traveller's choice award
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
$120
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Chennai city tour offers a cultural immersion alongside a cultural evangelist and visits to significant sites like Mylapore and San Thome Basilica. This tour is hosted by a company approved by the ministry of tourism and a member of the Indian Association of Tour Operators.
- 🏛️ Discover the ancient town of Mylapore, known for its historic trade in pepper and fine cloth with Rome.
- ⛪ Experience rituals in the 7th century temples of Kapaleeswar and learn about their significance in modern Indian society.
- 📜 Visit San Thome Basilica to see the relics of St Thomas, who arrived here 2000 years ago.
- 🕌 Explore Ramakrishna Math, a prominent monastic organization with deep cultural roots.
- 🏰 Tour Fort Saint George, which showcases the history of how the East India Company transitioned from traders to rulers of India.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Half day private tour
Itinerary: Kapaaleswar temple, Ramakrishna Mutt, Santhome Basilica and choice between Marina Beach or Vivekananda House
Duration: 4 hours
Coffee
Pickup included
Itinerary: Kapaaleswar temple, Ramakrishna Mutt, Santhome Basilica and choice between Marina Beach or Vivekananda House
Duration: 4 hours
Coffee
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 7 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Full time english speaking Guide
- Private car with hotel pick up and drop
- Lunch
- Multi language audio support with new ear phones
- Beverages
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Kapaleeshwarar TempleWe head towards Mylapore an ancient residential neighborhood of Chennai whose history goes back to Roman times when it used to trade pepper and fine cloth with Rome for Gold! We visit the magnificent Kapaleeshwar temple. Built in the 7th century this temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Built in Dravidian style architecture it has a towering “Gopuram”. Guests can expect a mesmerizing experience of rituals and serenity inside the temple. Our cultural evangelist will demystify the happenings in the temple!
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Sri Ramakrishna MathWe visit a unique monastic organization called Ramakrishna Math, dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna the 19th century saint. Guests will get to see the universal temple, the shrine, a beautiful Mantapam, a multimedia museum and an enchanting library.
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This is a temple dedicated to Sai Baba, the great mystic who united Hindus and Muslims and preached about universal love and brotherhood. The temple is built with white marble and has a lamp which has been lit for more than a 100 years
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We visit the famous San Thome Basilica, the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore. We can see relics of St Thomas here. It is one of only three churches in the world that has been constructed on the tomb of an apostle. The other two are St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, and Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain.
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Fort St. GeorgeFort St George is the first English Fortress built in 1644 by the East India Company. We will visit St Mary’s Church, the oldest Anglican Church of India. Our cultural evangelist will take you to a quaint museum rich with relics of the colonial times and retell the story of how the East Indian company morphed from a trading company into the ruler of India!
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Vivekananda HouseWe will explore the memorial for Swami Vivekananda who was a great philosopher. His speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an orator by divine right and as a messenger of Indian wisdom to the western world. On Mondays it is closed.
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Marina BeachWalk on the Marina Beach, sip in the festivity and learn the legacy of the City through its statues. Get to know why a Bull Fight is close to the heart of Chennaites at Jalikattu memorial. Climb an old Light House for an incredible perspective of Chennai! Note the light house is closed in Mondays.
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Chennai tour in car with guide-winner of traveller's choice award
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
$120
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!