Mahabalipuram Reviews

Food, sight-seeing and shopping
As soon we reached to Mahabalipuram from Pondicherry, we went for the sightseeing. Everything can be covered within 3-4 hours if you don't go into too much detail. Its a small city and all the locales like Arjuna's Penance, Varaha Cave Temple, five rathas etc are separated by 0.5-1 km on an average. The main attraction is of course the shore temple and is a must visit for any body going to Mahabalipuram. The autowalla charged us Rs 200 for the sightseeing.

Activities & things to do
Next morning we decided to be at hotel and enjoy the surrounding. We had booked our room in Mamalla Beach resort and believe me they are the best in Business considering the price factor. 1300 for room and rest for food. So we had candle light dinner right at the sea shore and a morning walk with the sun rising from the sea. It was just beautiful. Since the sea current is high here as compared to Pondy. Its always advisable to take a dip into the sea at Pondy only and not here.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc.
We went from Pondicherry to Mahabalipuram via Bus. There are buses operated by Tamil Nadu govt plying to Chennai. Take the bus which goes through East Coast road. We hired a taxi to drop at Chennai station to catch shatabdi to Bangalore. So two ways to visit the Coastal Couple from Delhi 1. Delhi - Bangalore(Only when You want to visit Bangalore or have friend working there whom you wanna meet) - Take Luxury bus to Pondicherry - hire taxi or Govt bus to Mahabalipuram (will take 2 Hrs approx) - Chennai (2 hours again) - Train or Bus to Bangalore - and WAPAS Delhi 2. Delhi - Chennai - Pondicherry - Mahabalipuram (any of the two can be visited first since Mahabalipuram falls between Chennai and Pondy) ? Wapas- Chennai and then Delhi