Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Madurai teems with cloth stalls and tailors' shops, as you may notice upon being ap-
proached by tailor touts. A great place for getting clothes made up is the Pudhu Mandapa.
Here you'll find rows of tailors busily treadling away and capable of whipping up a good
replica of whatever you're wearing in an hour or two. A cotton top or shirt can cost as
little as ?350. Drivers, guides and touts will also be keen to lead you to the Kashmiri craft
shops in North Chitrai St, offering to show you the temple view from the rooftop - the
views are good, and so is the inevitable sales pitch.
Information
GOOGLE MAP
(West Veli St)
Has foreign-exchange desks and an
State Bank of India
MAP
ATM.
Supreme Web
(110 West Perumal Maistry St; per hr ?30; 7am-11pm)
An efficient place with browsing,
printing, scanning and photocopying. Take your passport.
10am-5.45pm Mon-Fri)
Reasonably helpful.
Tourist Office
(
2334757; 1 West Veli St;
Getting There & Away
AIR
SpiceJet
(
www.spicejet.com
)
flies at least once daily to Bengaluru, Chennai, Colombo, Delhi,
Hyderabad and Mumbai. Further Chennai flights are operated by
JetKonnect
(
2690771;
MAP
2341795;
www.airindia.com
; 7A West Veli St)
once daily.
BUS
Most government buses arrive and depart from the
New Bus Stand
(Melur Rd)
, 4km northeast
of the old city. Services to Coimbatore, Kodaikanal and Ooty go from the
Arapalayam bus
stand
(Puttuthoppu Main Rd)
, 2km northwest of the old city. Tickets for more expensive (and
mostly more comfortable) private buses are sold by agencies on the south side of the
Shop-
ping Complex Bus Stand
GOOGLE MAP
(btwn West Veli St & TPK Rd)
. Most travel overnight.
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