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Highlights of the Chennai (Guided Full Day City Tour)

Highlights of the Chennai (Guided Full Day City Tour)

By Yo Tours Chennai
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If you're strapped for time or visiting the city for a brief exploration of its tourist destinations, our half-day city tour is the ideal solution. Join us on the Trails of Pondicherry tour, where we've meticulously assembled all the scattered fragments to craft a magnificent tapestry of experiences. Embark on an unparalleled heritage journey filled with captivating narratives that offer insights into the city's rich tapestry of existence, culture, and lifestyle.
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Ages 0-120
Duration: 8h
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Live guide: English
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  • Highly trained and friendly Storyteller/ Guide who can speak English & Hindi
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
What's not included
  • Entry fee to any historical site
  • Entry/Admission - The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus


Start:Traveler pickup offered.
  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Pickup details
  • We pickup from all the hotels located within 10 km city limits of Chennai.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Near public transportation
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 73045P238

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 73045P238

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    • 1
      The highlight of the tour will be followings 1. White Town area which shows the french influence on the city, old provincial structures painted in yellow still holds on to the history of this beautiful city. 2. The Sacred Heart Basilica and Immaculate Conception Cathedral 3. Few vibrant Hindu temples known for its elephant blessings, ornately carved stone walls & architeture. 4. Sri Aurobindo Ashram - one of the most well known and wealthiest ashrams in India, with devotees from all over the world flocking towards it for spiritual salvation. 5. Bustling markets of Pondicherry famous for many charming shops and boutiques 6. Promenade and Rocky beaches of Pondicherry
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    • Yo Tours Chennai
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    • misraritu
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      1.0 of 5 bubbles
      extremely disappointing experience
      The walk was an extremely disappointing experience. There were just 2 of us. It seemed to have been outsourced further (you can check your records. as i dont know) The young man(guide) was punctual, polite but did not have knowledge of the places we were going to. he only served to read the google map and go place to place. e.g. didnt know when the santhome church was made/what some of the temple deities represented. Trip advisor should have cancelled the walk if there werent enough people/ we have done many viator aggregated walks in india and abroad but never had this kind of experience. I hope trip advisor refunds the fees charged.
      Written January 27, 2025
    • sue682015
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      Don't book this tour!
      Booked this tour through Viator. Tour due to start from hotel 9am. 9:40 driver arrived, no guide! Meet guide at temple, no guide. 20 minutes of sitting in car at side of busy road. Still no guide. Now getting on for 10:30. Decided we'd had enough and asked driver to return us to hotel. After 4 or 5 emails giving all information we were given back half cost!! You will see how much tour is and we realised too late that is was very over priced. Our hotel did same tour for INR 24000.
      Written January 27, 2025
    • Meaghan R
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      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Knowledgeable Guide
      This is a great option to see Chennai. Pick up and drop off from hotel was very easy. Guide confirmed ahead of time. He was extremely knowledgeable and happy to share the history of the area.
      Written January 26, 2025
    • C7917WLannaa
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fantastic city walking tour in Chennai
      Our tour around Chennai was fantastic, Miracle was very friendly and knowledgeable. We visited lots of sites and landmarks including a beautiful temple, where we learnt a lot about the history and the meaning. We recommend this tour as a good way to see and get to know the city. The length of the tour was just right and we didn’t feel too tired afterward.
      Written January 24, 2025
    • sue682015
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      1.0 of 5 bubbles
      Don’t even think of booking!!
      This was the most disasterous tour I have ever been on! Don’t even think to book it. We were supposed to be picked up by English speaking guide at 9am. Eventually at 9:40am a taxi arrived but no guide. We travelled to one of the city temples to me the guide but he still hadn’t shown up after 20minutes and wanted us to stay sitting in the car by the side of a bush road until he showed up. I’m afraid we had had enough by now and asked the driver, who was not happy either, to take us back to the hotel. I contacted the company for a refund but eventually they said that they had reviewed the situation and we were not entitled to a refund!! No explanation as to why they had come to this conclusion. I did ask but have not heard from them since. The most depressing part of this is that we booked through Viator who have been very good in the past.
      Written January 22, 2025
    • Spc_Cowboy
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Properly informative and immensely reverent
      The cultural tour was a great way to get to know the City of Chennai better from a personal level. We went on this tour immediately after landing in India to better understand the cultural perspective before beginning the rest of our trip. Culturally, you must not wear shoes or socks in the temple and are limited as to where and what you can take photos of. While it is all very inspiring and beautiful, out of an abundance of respect, follow those 2 rules. Our guide was very knowledgeable and patient in his explanations of Hindu to a couple of novice travelers. Later, we visited the Catholic Basilica, the Tomb of Saint Thomas the Apostle. Yes, that St. Thomas, the OG. Here too, you need to be respectful of the culture and only take photos where allowed. Overall, each location we visited and learned about are extremely important places in Catholic and Hindu faiths, and the guide was immensely respectful of these places and gave proper reverence that each holy place commanded.
      Written January 15, 2025
    • thaimans2024
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      3.0 of 5 bubbles
      Early communication and timing is important for guided tours to a nonresident
      1) starting time and pick up location was changed by guide by text which I noticed only after arriving at pick up location 2) starting time was changed from 8 to 8.30am but guide arrived only after 9 am. No attempt was made to keep me updated for the delay but I had to make the calls 3) The guide was courteous knowledgeable and patient. He made extra effort to explain my questions. He didn’t mind spending extra time. I was the only person in the walk
      Written December 31, 2024
    • 467ashat
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      Hari is a great guide!
      Hari our guide was so nice! Super lovely to go around with someone with a lot of knowledge about the temple and surrounding areas. Wasn’t so structured but we didn’t mind
      Written November 27, 2024
    • Tour23557560430
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Unfogettable. 100% recommended
      100% recommended. If you want to discover the temples, the gods and hindu culture this is the tour to get. The guide Manikanda was so respectful and generous in his sharing. It was the best guide I could have for my first step in discovering hinduism. He made me feel safe and welcome. Thank you Manikanda for the tour. Unforgettable.
      Written November 9, 2024
    • Killie1953
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      2.0 of 5 bubbles
      A shambles
      There was a lack of communication between the tour operators and myself and also the tour operator and the guide We had booked 2 x 2hours tours and were happy to combine as some would overlap Th tour operator did not reply to 2 messages about the itinerary so we decided to go to the meeting point at 10am as advertised Nobody was there Called the tour operator but no answer so left a message Shortly after I got a message from the guide saying he would meet us there at 13 noon I told him we were already there and he said he would be there in 30minutes He appeared over an hour later with another guy who said he was going to do te second tour They took us for a cold drink as we had been standing in the hot sun for nearly 90 minutes Then we went into the Temple, walked round it before they took us for a local meal and a coffee And that was it Just overall hour from meeting them We could have done what they did ourselves as I don't know anymore than before the tour
      Written October 1, 2024
    • 322brindad
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Sunday Drive in Chennai
      We had a wonderful experience driving around the city on a lazy Sunday. Our guide Gopal arrived well before time. He was very courteous. We enjoyed our stop at Kapaleeshwar temple and at St Thomas Basilica. Afterwards, we chose to remain in the car as it was very hot. We did see all the major architectural buildings including the social houses for the fishers in Marina Beach. Our guide provided thorough explanations in excellent English. The car in which we drove was well maintained with good AC. Thank you for this beautiful first visit of Chennai.
      Written June 23, 2024
    • robertdR8926MX
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      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Temple, beach and everything in between
      Visited many sites from comfort of air conditioned car, got out at many locations to look in more detail and take photos. Highlight was the temple tour, Gopal our guide very knowledgeable and explained things very clearly. Learned a lot. Thank you
      Written May 20, 2024
    • Greenie_Christina
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      3.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great experience of Georgetown, ok tour.
      It was fascinating to experience the hustle and bustle of the Georgetown market area! Such a crush of people, cars, tuk tuks, bikes, scooters, dogs, even horse drawn carts. The food part of the tour was ok, tasty for sure, but we were surprised to still be hungry- there just weren’t very many stops and the last stop was the same as the first. The sweets shop was a tour highlight. Our guide was organized, enthusiastic, and warm but the tour wasn’t super informative because we spent most of the time navigating the streets and not talking with him. We are glad we went.
      Written March 1, 2024
    • Madara L
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Nice walkabout in Chennai near beach
      We enjoyed our tour with Tharun. He told us a lot about the temple including practises and different stories about the gods that are worshipped. He was also knowledgeable about local culture and great at answering various questions.
      Written February 22, 2024
    • afifahb2015
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      1.0 of 5 bubbles
      Terrible Customer Experience. Will not recommend
      Tour operator was unresponsive. Did not pick up calls and very slow to reply to messages (if at all). When they finally did reply my message, they confirmed the tour was on the 3rd of Feb at 9am, but then was a no show. They called later in the day at around 2pm (while I was having lunch) trying to offer to pick me up where ever I was, completely disregarding my plans for the day and the inconvenience they had caused. I told them that I had a dinner at 7.30pm and will not have time for a tour as I need to go back to the hotel to get ready for dinner and I also haven't finished lunch. They kept insisting that they can pick me up right there and then to start the tour with no consideration that I was having lunch with company and can't just wash my hands and leave. All in all, terrible customer focus.
      Written February 4, 2024
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