Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Indian Coffee House
(GH Rd; ?10-60;
CAFE
8am-9pm)
For tasty snacks and great coffee.
Information
There are HDFC and State Bank of India ATMs in town, and several internet cafes.
UAE Exchange
MAP
2762772; Bank Rd;
9.30am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat, to 1pm
Sun)
Close to the Hyson Heritage hotel.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Calicut airport is about 25km south of the city in Karipur. It serves major domestic routes
as well as international flights to the Gulf.
Air India
( 2771974; 5/2521 Bank Rd, Eroth Centre)
flies daily to Mumbai and Chennai, and twice-weekly to Kochi.
Jet Airways
( 2712375; Cali-
cut Airport)
has one daily flight to Mumbai, while
Spicejet
(
www.spicejet.com
; Calicut airport)
also
flies to Chennai and Mumbai.
BUS
The
bus stand
(Mavoor Rd)
has government buses to Bengaluru (via Mysore, ordinary/AC
?256/355, eight hours, 10 daily), Mangalore (?250, seven hours, three daily) and to Ooty
(?100, 5½ hours, three daily). There are frequent buses to Thrissur (?70, 3½ hours) and
Trivandrum (via Alleppey and Ernakulam; ordinary/express/deluxe ?270/300/350, 10
hours, eight daily). For Wayanad district, buses leave every 15 minutes heading to Sultan-
batheri (?55, three hours) via Kalpetta (?35, two hours). Private buses for various long-
distance locations also use this stand.
TRAIN
The train station is 1km south of Mananchira Sq. There are frequent trains to Kannur
(2nd-class/sleeper/3AC ?67/140/250, two hours), Mangalore (sleeper/3AC/2AC ?147/
365/625, five hours), Ernakulam (?140/343/640, 4½ hours) via Thrissur (?140/275/625,
three hours), and all the way to Trivandrum (?181/498/745, 11 hours).
Heading southeast, trains go to Coimbatore (sleeper/3AC/2AC ?120/303/610, 4½
hours), via Palakkad (?140/278/625, 3½ hours).
Getting Around
