Tirunelveli Reviews

Tirunelveli Experience: Just loved the place. Would love to visit again. It was extremely good.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Nellaiyapper temple is good.Hotel vairamaligai & arasan ice creams are really good.

Activities & things to do: nothing

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Better take any taxi like fasttrack & etc

Tirunelveli Experience: Both Tirunelveli & Kanyakumari are surrounded by beautiful tourist spots and ancient temples; worth visiting.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: At Tirunelveli, the Nellaiyappar temple, papanasam dam & temple, Agasthiyar falls, Tenkasi temple courtalam (only during season), The very beautiful Tiruchendur temple and at Kanyakumari, of course the very beautiful Bhagavathi Amman, Vivekananda rock and Padmanabhapuram palace are some of the not-to-be missed destinations.

Activities & things to do: Advance information about the tourist spots is very much essential; donot prefer travelling late night.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Be careful with cab operators; thoroughly negotiate the rates; get to know important places and routes before you commence your journey. Tour plan should be yours; you may take the views of cab operators also and finally you decide.

Tirunelveli Experience: We stayed in hotel Jankairam at Tirunelveli for one day. We took breakfast in the hotel and then proceeded to Tiruchendur. We had a darshan of God Murugan and enjoeyed sight seeing of Bay of Bengal. We left and came back and taken lunch in the hotel restaurant. The restaurant is also good food is delicious. We had a darshan of Lord Neliappar and Ammab and had dinner in Hotel sarvannan.in Tirunelveli.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Delicious food from restaurant of hotel Janakiram is available. We had shopping of Silk sarees and toys for children which are available in many varieties.

Activities & things to do: Hotel management is co-operative in guiding guests for travel plans. Also, people in the City are co-operative. There will be definitely language problem for people travelling from other states. We should plan our visit before hand by browsing in the nets. I planned 2 months before the travel by reserving tickets and prepared checklist of items and schedule of visiting places without retracting.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: As I am senior citizen, I preferred train travel most of the time. I booked cabs to reach the places. Though it is expensive, cab man will guide us. Only we should select the cab driver having knowledge of English and Hindi. In this way, I had darshan of god Dandayudhapani at Palani, Amman at Dingigal, Navagraha temples at Kumbhakonam and Tiruvannamali temple.

Tirunelveli Experience: Very good destination to enjoy nature in nearby viilages and towns. South inidan natural beauty is un-describable. A good location for relaxation.Connectivity to Kerala state is good. Variety of Hindu temples to be visited.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Lovely spots for sight seeing and mental relaxation. Water falls in Tenkasi (very close to this town) is a natural wonder. Health resorts are also available

Activities & things to do: Treck in small hills will be an added activity one can plan

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Connected by road and rail. nearest airport is about 50 Kms near Tuticorin

Tirunelveli Experience: Thirupudaimaruthur, an ancient temple based settlement which was once upon a time a marutham forest. A fortified settlement with rich history that is still evident from the settlement pattern and culture of the people.one must surely visit the place for the beauty of the fields, thamirabarani river and the bird sanctuary...

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: not any

Activities & things to do: pilgrimage (temple), swimming

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: stay at kallidaikurichi or cheranmahadevi or veeravanallur

Tirunelveli Experience: A small town, cost of living is very cheap . Many temples are in and around tirunelveli No air service. Very near to kanyakumari

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Both veg and non veg is available at affordable price Tirunelveli is near to kanyakumari. 80 km . Famous murugan temple at Tiruchendur is 50 km from tirunelveli. Water falls at Courtallam is worth seeing. It is famous for Halwa

Activities & things to do: Train facility is available to chennai coimbatore & kerala

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: 700 km from chennai from madurai about 150 km air service is available at madurai

Tirunelveli Experience: Good south indian destination. With a lot of temples to visit in and around the town. A dip in the river thamirabarani is a great attraction.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Generally south indian food is good. Pothy's and RMKV are shopping attractions. Temples around the town offer sight seeing

Activities & things to do: River dip and temple visit are the main attractions. Buying silk sarees and tirunelveli halwa are the other attractions

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By train most convenient.

Tirunelveli Experience: Tirunelveli is my home town so it's always great. Greens had turned into building blocks that's very much sad to see.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Nil

Activities & things to do: Nil

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Nil

Tirunelveli Experience: Tirunelveli is best for tourist and pilgrims, it have many attractions like Water falls, Dams, Wild life parks etc. for Pilgrims, lots of shiva temples in and around tirunelveli

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Viara mahal is one of the best non veg restaurant in tirunelveli, please do not forgot to try tirunelveli Halwa.

Activities & things to do: Water falls, Dams, Wild life parks etc. for Pilgrims , lots of shiva temples in and around tirunelveli

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: From railway station around 50 - 60 kms you reach the spa of south india.. one of best waterfall in india. beware of monkey. lots of monkey around waterfall area

Tirunelveli Experience: We have to see atleast twice a year to go nava tirupathi so that you have a family trip

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: They have to improve the quality and quantity of food and also reducing the cost of sight seeing

Activities & things to do: We have to maintain the hotel and the surrounding area in a neat

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: It is better to go by train to tirunelveli from take a cab to go to the other places.

Tirunelveli Experience: The place is worth visiting. Thirunalveli Halwa is something that one shouldn't miss. Its taste is really relishing. The place is known also for the famous textile shops which are unique in every respect.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: The place is a good destination for shopping. Famous textile shops are spread over the place and it offers a good shopping experience. The food at Madras Cafe' was good.

Activities & things to do: One can visit ancient temples at Thirunalveli. There are places for shopping throughout the day. Thirunalveli Halwa from Iruttu kada is too delicious.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: It is easy to reach Thirunalveli by train. We reached there by train and it was a comfortable journey.

Tirunelveli Experience: The places which u actually call as city is really really very small but it is a corpn, it has many villages. It is still very much like the old India u can say comparing with delhi, chennai etc

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Well there was not that much places for shopping. everything was on a single place, food is nice and sight seeing is superb....

Activities & things to do: One can travel to sankaran coil, and don't forget to have iruttu kada halwa

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Reaching there by train will be better because you have better lodging facilities near junction...

Tirunelveli Experience: Good sight seeing, locality was good, food was good, easy access to all areas.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Shopping street, locality was good

Activities & things to do: Natural sight seeing,

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Trains are available from chennai, bus services are also good

Tirunelveli Experience: Tirunelveli is a wonderful Town. In and around this Town there are lost of interesting places to visit. It has both spiritual places and Picnic places where one can spend time peacefully and enjoy.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: As far as Vegetarians Janakiram Hotel offers variety of South Indian dishes and taste is very nice. Due to popular demand, it seems they have started preparing North Indian dishes also. The famous Agasthiyar falls and the papanasam dam are really worth to visit.

Activities & things to do: Visit as many temples as there are lot around Tirunelveli. Can visit nearby villages and can enjoy the hospitality of the people there.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By air to Trivandrum or Madurai and can take road to reach Tirunelveli. Well connected by Rail.

Tirunelveli Experience: Tirunelveli is one of the ancient towns in Tamilnadu and is closer to the birth place of Tamil. Agathiya rishi, who is considered to be the originator of Tamil lived in the Hills of Tirunelveli and the exact place Papanasam is around 60KM from this town. Famous Temple - Nellaiappar Kanthimathi Ambal temple is at the heart of the city.This huge temple includes One thousand Pillar hall within the boundary. Tirunelveli is well known for 'Halwa' - the wheat -ghee sweet and is very popular for ages.Mahatma Gandhiji tasted Tirunelveli Halwa during his visit to Tirunelveli. Theplace where he stayed during his visit is very close to the Town bus terminus and near to the temple. Tirunelveli is also famous for the Car Festival held during the month of June. Other important places closer to Tirunelveli (a.k.a) Nellai are: Courtallam - Water falls (around 50 KMs) , Kanyakumari (around 80KMs) and Mundanthurai - Tiger reserve (around 50Kms). Tirunelveli is praised by scholars as the Cambridge of the South as this city has famous colleges running for more than 150 years.River Tamirabarani flourishes the entire district with its Copper rich mineral water. Due to this river Tirunelveli is surrounded by Paddy fields and hence the name to the city (Nel in Tamil means Paddy,Veli means fence)

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Sri Barani Hotels, Tirunelveli Halwa stalls and evening Parotta stalls. Attractions: Krishnapuram Temple for stone idols, Tiruchendur - famous Murugan Temple, Papanasam and Kalakadu - Tiger Reserve (Mundanthurai range), Courtallam water falls, Scenic ride to Quilon by train and by road, Cape Kanyakumari. Dont miss RMKV Textiles for Pattu Sarees.

Activities & things to do: Enjoy bathing in numerous waterfalls at Courtallam, dip in river Tamirabarani, Wild life sighting at Kalakadu, Papanasam and temple dharsans at Nellaiappar temple, Murugan Temple - Tiruchendur, Kanyakumari boat ride.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Train - Nellai Express, Ananthapuri, Kanyakumari, Guruvayoor express stops at Tirunelveli junction. Air - Madurai airport - 150 KMs. Tiruvanathapuram - 100 KMs, Tuticorin - 60 KMs. Tirunelveli is well connected by road and rail services. Buses ply from almost all major cities in Tamilnadu.

Tirunelveli Experience: Overall the area is good. The town is also maintaining clean and good.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: For Food Hotel Janakiram is good and very tasty. The Nellai temple is also marvelous.

Activities & things to do: There is no entertainment in town.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: The number of trains are less. but from chennai we can find more trains.

Tirunelveli Experience: Beautiful temple. ground water not sufficient. Marvelous Police Department.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Nellaiapper Temple. Shoping RMKV, Chennai Silks, Kumaran Jewellary and upcoming Reliance Mall

Activities & things to do: Safe and Best Service from Police Department.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Easy by Bus.

Tirunelveli Experience: My trip to T'veli is temple visit. My better half's familly temple is at that location. Tirunankoil. Besides, the huge temple Nallaippar/Gandhimathi temple lies there... Also Getwell Anjaneyar Temple, nr to bus stand...

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Food: at Janaki Ram, Aryaas [100% drinking water], Iruttu kadai for T'veli Halwa [5:30pm to 7:30pm] Shopping: RmKv, Vannarpettai.

Activities & things to do: Temple visit.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc:

Tirunelveli Experience: Nice place to visit. Extremely warm people. The place has the rural feel intact even in this day and age of modernisation across the world.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: The stay at Janakiram was just about average. Not even a proper hot water facility and we had to shift rooms twice during our two day stay. Our trip was made memorable by our tour guide cum cab driver Mari. We had intended to cover the Nava Kayilayam yatra in 2 days. As a bonus, he also guided us to 6 out of the Nava tirupatis and optimised our time. I recommend Mari's services to people who are looking to travel in and around Tirunelveli and the near by places like Madurai, Tiruchendur, Kutralam, Trivandrum, Kanyakumari and also people who intend to do Nava Kayilayam/Nava tirupati yatras.

Activities & things to do: Visit a lot of temples.Dont miss the iruttu kadai alwa.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Use the local dialect to impress localites.

Tirunelveli Experience: Overall the trip was nice though tight scheduled.The Nellai Express maintained its arrival time at Tirunelveli Junction.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: The Food at Saravana was good. Do not miss the pickles supplied to the Curd Rice.It was tasty. We also managed to buy some ORIGINAL Iruttukadai Halwa opposite to Nellaippar temple before catching Nellai Express back to Chennai.

Activities & things to do: One could cover the nava Tirupathi in one day as also few more templesnear around. There is a well maintained Venkatachalapathy Temple at Vana Thirupathy similar to Thirupathy.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Since the trip was pilgrimage much of attention was not given for other activities and shopping.