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1.5 million Area
Phone Code: 0422
You
may come here while traveling to Ooty or one of the other hill stations
in the Nilgiri Hills. Coimbatore is an industrial city with nothing
to see or do.
Information
The railway station is in the southwest part of the city. The two major
bus stands are about two km north of the railway station. There is another
bus stand, Ukkadam, which is one km south of the railway station.
You can
change money at the Bank of Baroda and
State Bank of India on Bank Rd. Canara Bank is on Oppankara
St. TT Travels, 102A-Block Raheja Centre, avanashi
Rd, about a five-mintue drive north of the railway station changes money
efficiently.
Some
bookshops are: Landmark (Lakshmi Plaza, 1089 Avinashi
Rd), Higginbothams and Pai (Big Bazaar,
near the railway station).
A
good e-mail and fax facility is Best Business Centre (235-538;
fax 233-894), on Kalingarayan St, near the Zakir Hotel. There is also
e-mail facility at Netserf (235-983), 205 Vivekananda
Rd (Rs 100 per hour) and the Residency Hotel (open
to non-guest).
Where to Stay—Lower
The Retiring Rooms at the railway station are Rs 175
and Rs 225 with A/C. Dorm beds are Rs 60.
Guru (223-0341), opposite the railway station, has
cheap basic rooms. It has a veg restaurant.
Hotel Sivakami (230-0271), Davey & Co Lane, has
basic rooms with bath for Rs 320/360. It is a friendly place.
Zakir Hotel, Sastri Rd, has basic rooms for Rs 160/200.
Sri Ganapathy Lodgxe "Coimbatore" e (223-0632),
1 Sastri Rd, near the State bus stand, has decent rooms with bath for
Rs 240/300.
Hotel Shree Shakti (223-4225), 11/148 Sastri Rd, opposite
the State bus stand, has clean rooms with bath for Rs 310/490. It is
convenient for an early morning bus.
Where
to Stay—Middle and Higher
TTDC Tamil Nadu (223-6311; fax 223-03511; Email: ttdcitd@vsnl.net),
Dr Nanjappa Rd, near the State bus stand, has rooms with bath for Rs
525/700 and Rs 800/1050 with A/C and TV. It is a good value.
Gateway, 517B Oppanankara St, is close to the Ukkadam
(local) bus stand.
Sri Aarvee (243-3677), 311A Gandhi-puram, has clean
modern rooms with TV for Rs 600/700 and with A/C for Rs 700/800.
Hotel Blue Star (223-0635; fax: 223-3096), 369 Nehru
St, has good rooms with bath for Rs 550/650. The rooms in front can
be noisy. Some rooms don’t have windows.
Nilgiri’s Nest (221-7247; fax 221-7131; Email:
nilgiris@md3.vsnl.net.in), Avanashi Rd, is a well-managed place with
comfortable A/C rooms for Rs 1500/1700. It is a good place.
Hotel City Tower (223-0681;; Email: hotelcitytower@sify.com3),
Sivaswamy Rd, off Dr Nanjappa Rd, a few minutes walk from the State
bus stand, has modern rooms with TV for Rs 1160/1300 and Rs 1500/1800
with A/C. It has two good restaurants. It is a well-managed, recommended
place.
Hotel Surya International (221-7751; fax 221-6110:
Email: Suryaint@rnd2.vsnl.com), 105 Racecourse Rd, has comfortable rooms
for Rs 1700/1850. It has a good restaurant.
The Residency (220-1234; fax 220-1414; Email: rescbe@vsnl.com),
Avinashi Rd, has good modern rooms for Rs 2800/3200. It has e-mail and
fax facilities.
Where to Eat
Royal Hindu Restaurant, near the railway station, has
good vegetarian food.
Indian Coffee House is on Raman Koil Rd.
Dakshin, Shree Annapoor Hotel, 47 E Aroklasamy Rd,
RS Puram, has a good A/C vegetarian restaurant.
Annalakshmi, 106 Racecourse Rd, is a very good veg
restaurant. It is managed by devotees of Shvanjali. Open Mon to Sat
for lunch, noon to 3 pm and daily for dinner from 6.30 to 9.30 pm. It
is recommended, but is not cheap.
Cloud Nine, Hotel City Towers, is a very good rooftop
restaurant, with good views (high-priced).
Dasa is a higher-end A/C veg place with good food and
ice cream.
Travel
Air The airport is 10km northeast of
the city. It costs around Rs 150 by auto-rickshaw or Rs 250 by taxi
to get downtown. From the airport, bus #20 goes to the bus station and
buses #10 or #16 to the railway station (Rs 25).
Indian
Airlines (239-9833), Trichy Rd, has flights to Delhi (1 daily,
$275), Mumbai (1 daily, $140), Chennai (6 weekly, $85), Trichy (4 weekly,
$75) and Kozhikode (1 daily, $40). The Air India office (213-393) is
on Trichy Rd.
Jet
Air (221-2036) has flights to Mumbai and Chennai.
Train
To get to Ooty you get the Nilgiri Exp #6605 at 5.30 am to Mettupalayam
(1 hr) and from there you take the miniature train (7.45 am). This trip
takes around 4½ hr. To get the Nilgiri Express it is best to
stay near the station or arrange transportation to the railway station
the night before, because it can be hard to find an auto-rickshaw early
in the morning.
Bangalore Cheran Exp #2674 (10.30 pm, 9 hr); Chennai Shatabdi Exp #2024
(7.25 am; 7 hr, except Wed), Cheran Exp #2674 (10.30 pm, 9 hr); Kozhikode
(Calicut) West Coast Exp (4½ hr). The Rameswaram Exp goes to
Madurai (6 hr) and then to Rameswaram (13 hr). The goes to. There are
also daily trains to Delhi and Kochi.
Bus
From the State bus stand, buses depart to Ooty (3 hr, 90km, every half-hour),
Coonoor, Bangalore (9 hr, 2 daily) and Mysore (11 hr, 3 daily). You
can book some long-distance buses in advance (9 am to 8 pm).
The Ukkadam bus stand on Cross Cut Rd, 5 minutes from the State bus
stand, has buses to Ooty (frequently), Pollachi (frequently), Chennai
(11½, 7 daily), Mysore (20 daily), Trichy (5½ hr, 12 daily),
Pallani (every half hour), Dindigul, and Madurai (6 hr).
Near
Coimbatore
Black Thunder Water Theme Park
This is a state-of-the-art water theme park, 40km from Coimbatore, with
a large pool with waves, water slides, and a canal which you can float
along. Admission is Rs 200 for adults and Rs 150 for children. Men must
wear Bermuda-style bathing suits. Open 10 am to 6 pm. There are regular
buses to here from Coimbatore and Ooty. Outside food is not permitted
in the park.
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