Places to visit & Mistakes to Avoid in Pondicherry for a 2 day TripFirst, there are 2 days, one day is for Auroville, and the other day is for Pondicherry. Don’t go back and forth to 2 places in the same day because it’s just too much travel.First, lets see what are the places worth visiting in Puducherry and there are some places like places to try bajji, bonda, etc. So we will cover all of them in this post.First let’s see how many places there are in Pondicherry that’s worth visiting. Actually there are two areas when it comes to Pondicherry. One is Pondicherry and the other one is Auroville.What is this auroville? Its a place thats nearly 7-8 km away from the white town. This place is special for having the golden globe. You might have seen pictures of it. Anyone can watch it from the viewing point but cant get inside the globe without taking prior permission from their website. Ok. Now lets get to Pondicherry.The cool places to visit in Pondicherry are: Rock BeachWhite Town.Providence MallMG Road, Nehru Street.And in Auroville, there are few places. One is matrimandir, which is where the golden globe is present. Another one is the auroville itself.Auroville is just a peaceful, calm environment where people from many countries stay there, not just for a few days, but for years. Auroville is an international place so to say.Ok, Now we are going to see how to plan for a 2 day trip.Let’s start from Chennai airport because that’s where tourists mostly come from.Once you land in Chennai airport, take an auto and reach the bus stand nearby. Then take a bus to Pondicherry.If you are coming in any other way or vehicle, you guys should all come to Ajanta Signal if you’re coming from the Chennai side. Ok. Now let’s say all reached the same location, Ajanta Signal, the starting point of this 2 day trip.Let’s assume that you are fresh and ready for the day. In this post, we are going to plan the 2 day trip from morning 6 am to next day 11 pm. We are all on the same page? Cool.First, at 6 am you are at Ajanta Signal. It will be very silent at 6 am. First, breakfast. Lets break it. There is a surprise waiting for you, and that is you wont find any hotels nearby expect one or two from Ajanta Signal.There is a hotel named Sadguru right to the west of Ajanta Signal. There you will get great southern indian food. The next hotel that comes to my mind is 15 mins of walking to reach Indian Coffee House in the Nehru Street, which is something I enjoyed from childhood. There you will get good south indian breakfast.Just note that if you don’t have a vehicle with you, and you guys are walking, then just know where you are going to eat your breakfast because usually when we visit a new place finding great spots at that moment can be a headache.So my preference is you finish your breakfast either at Sadguru near Ajanta Signal or get to Nehru Street, which is also called JN Street because, you know, its Jawaharlal Nehru Street, so its all the same.So now you finished your breakfast having a great sambar time. Now lets get somewhere interesting for the sunny time. Defnitely not Rock beach. Now its time to visit Auroville in the morning.Now time is 8 am and we are getting to visit Auroville. And if you like to walk in sands of the beaches, then make sure you get to the beach after 3 pm so that its perfect time to be on the beach.Ok. Lets continue. Its 8am, breakfast over, now take the vehicle and slowly enjoy the ride to Auroville. Lets first go to visitors centre. Because we can see the golden globe at around 11 am, it will be great. Now time is 10 am & you reached the visitors center. There are two things you should keep in mind here.There will be no bottled or packaged water.You should walk 15 minutes from visitors center to Matrimandir view point (golden globe view point). They just have it that way because there are few places to see on the way. If you got old people, then they can use the van services, no issues. Also, while returning from view point to visitors center, you dont have to walk, they provide bus facilities.Now we are in visitors center. My favorite place in recent times. Its a clean, beautiful place to spend time. Have some snack, enjoy your chai, visit handmade product stores and maybe buy something.Now let’s walk.After 10 minutes of walking, you will reach matrimandir view point. Spend some 30 minutes there, relax and get back to the visitors center through the bus/van facilities provided.Now it is 12.30 pm, and let’s eat and relax.When you are back to the visitors center, lunch will be ready. Also in the mornings breakfast also will be there, so if you’re coming from the north side, i mean from chennai, you can directly go to Auroville first day and finish your day there.So you can either start your day from Auroville or either from Pondicherry. Don’t go to auroville after going to Pondicherry, It’s just not smart.———–Ok. So now we are at visitors center to finish our lunch.Finish your lunch at visitors center and time is now 1.30 pm. Relax there itself a bit and wait for 3 pm to go to auroville beach.It is 5-7 km from the visors center. So enjoy the beach time there and when its time for the dusk, head to your staying place, preferably in Pondicherry because the next day you can start your day without any travel.
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