Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hotel Solai
( 2222996;
hotelsolai@gmail.com
;
26 Babu Rao St; s/d ?315/473, with AC ?520/825; )
If you can get a
room, this almost-new hotel is probably the best value, near the hospital. It has clean
rooms, reasonably airy walkways, and a back-up generator for those power cuts.
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Darling Residency
( 2213001;
www.darlingresidency.com
; 11/8 Officer's Line; s ?1882-2118, d ?2235-2471, all incl breakfast;
)
It's not five-star, but rooms are clean and comfortable (if forgettable), staff are
friendly and the hotel has four restaurants, including the cool and breezy
Aaranya Roof
Garden Restaurant
(mains ?100-150;
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$$
6.30-10.45pm)
. It's 1.5km south of Vellore Fort entrance.
Hotel Palm Tree
( 2222960;
www.hotelpalmtree.co.in
; 10 Thennamaram St; s/d ?524/770, with AC s ?1079-1319, d ?1187-1499;
)
On a narrow street off Officer's Line, 750m south of Vellore Fort entrance, the Palm
Tree offers clean, spruce rooms with IKEA-style furniture, and its staff are very helpful.
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Hotel Arthy
(Ida Scudder Rd; dishes ?20-60, meals ?45-75; 6.30am-10.30pm)
A bunch of cheap veg restaurants
line Ida Scudder Rd, but this is one of the cleanest, with tasty North and South Indian fa-
vourites including good thalis and cheap, yummy biryani.
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Information
Sri Apollo
(Ida Scudder Rd; internet per hr ?30.;
8.30am-9pm)
GOOGLE MAP
(Officer's Line)
About 700m south of Vellore Fort
State Bank of India ATM
MAP
entrance.
Getting There & Away
BUS
Departures from the New Bus Stand:
Bengaluru
?138, five hours, every 30 minutes
Chennai
AC Volvo buses ?161, 2½ hours, about hourly; other buses ?81, three hours,
every 10 to 20 minutes
Kanchipuram
?41, two hours, every 15 minutes
