Guidebook for Puducherry

Rémy & Amélie
Rémy & Amélie
Guidebook for Puducherry

Sightseeing

The best botanical garden in Pondy area
Auroville Botanical Gardens
The best botanical garden in Pondy area
A really nice one
Pondicherry University Beach
A really nice one
A few km away from town, nice place for boating and lovers of nature
13 locals recommend
Osudu Lake
13 locals recommend
A few km away from town, nice place for boating and lovers of nature
South of Pondicherry, about 20 min, and close to a boat house, a very touristic and nice spot.
46 locals recommend
Paradise Beach
Thiru Vi - Ka Street
46 locals recommend
South of Pondicherry, about 20 min, and close to a boat house, a very touristic and nice spot.
Must see
8 locals recommend
Goubert Market
8 locals recommend
Must see
Epicenter of Auroville with shops, restaurants, souvenirs and the matrimandir a few hundreds meters away
13 locals recommend
Visitor's Centre
Auroville Road
13 locals recommend
Epicenter of Auroville with shops, restaurants, souvenirs and the matrimandir a few hundreds meters away
Located on the main promenade
7 locals recommend
Gandhi Thidal
Beach Road
7 locals recommend
Located on the main promenade
21 locals recommend
Pondicherry Museum
Canteen Street
21 locals recommend
22 locals recommend
Bharathi Park
22 locals recommend
46 locals recommend
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
No. 9 Marine Street
46 locals recommend
9 locals recommend
French War Memorial
Mahe de Labourdonnais Street
9 locals recommend
One of the most popular beach in Pondy. You can also check on the catch of the day early morning if you want to buy fish on the spot.
8 locals recommend
Gulkand House, Serenity Beach
1 Serenity Beach Rd
8 locals recommend
One of the most popular beach in Pondy. You can also check on the catch of the day early morning if you want to buy fish on the spot.

Everything Else

A nice and on budget swimming pool
Aroma Gardens
A nice and on budget swimming pool
Medical centre
The Auroville Health Centre
Auroville Road
Medical centre
One of the best healing centre, best massages, alternative therapies
Quiet Healing Center
Auroville Main Road
One of the best healing centre, best massages, alternative therapies

Food Scene

Cheap and best snacks all day long
6 locals recommend
Frites Corner
Auroville Road
6 locals recommend
Cheap and best snacks all day long
Excellent North Indian food, mid-range prices, in a cool garden
8 locals recommend
Roma's Kitchen
8 locals recommend
Excellent North Indian food, mid-range prices, in a cool garden
Good restaurant, nice swimming pool, cheap formula for both on working days
10 locals recommend
Hotel Mango Hill by Poppys
Old Auroville Rd
10 locals recommend
Good restaurant, nice swimming pool, cheap formula for both on working days
Good pizzas, food delivery possible
38 locals recommend
Tanto Pizzeria
Auroville Road
38 locals recommend
Good pizzas, food delivery possible
Sea food restaurant, mid-range prices, excellent planchas, open every day
10 locals recommend
Theevu Plage Beach Resort
10 locals recommend
Sea food restaurant, mid-range prices, excellent planchas, open every day
Organic products from Auroville and small café (opposite main bakery)
Farm Fresh
1 Auroville Road
Organic products from Auroville and small café (opposite main bakery)

Arts & Culture

Surf courses every day, on demand, for kids and adults
8 locals recommend
Kallialay Surf School
Serenity Beach Road
8 locals recommend
Surf courses every day, on demand, for kids and adults

Shopping

All types of French breads and viennoiseries (closed on Sunday)
30 locals recommend
Auroville Bakery
Auroville Road
30 locals recommend
All types of French breads and viennoiseries (closed on Sunday)