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In-Depth Information
(734 Avinashi Rd; mains ?90-300; 10am-10.30pm) This place is not bad at all if you're hankering
after Tex-Mex, pasta, sandwiches or indulgent cakes.
Information
ATMs MAP GOOGLE MAP (State Bank Rd) State Bank of India and Canara Bank, among oth-
ers, have ATMs outside the train station.
9am-10pm) Cramped and sweaty
Travel Gate
MAP
GOOGLE MAP (Geetha Hall Rd; per hr ?25;
internet cafe.
Getting There & Away
AIR
The airport is 10km east of town, with daily direct flights to domestic destinations includ-
ing Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai on Air India (
2303569;
www.airindia.com ) , IndiGo ( www.goindigo.in ) , JetKonnect (
2243465; www.jetkonnect.com ) or SpiceJet
( www.spicejet.com ) . SilkAir (
4370271; www.silkair.com ) flies three times weekly to/from Singa-
pore.
BUS
From the SETC Bus Stand MAP GOOGLE MAP (Thiruvalluvar Bus Stand; Bharathiyar Rd) , govern-
ment express buses head to Bengaluru (?367 to ?700, nine hours, five daily), Chennai
(?360, 11 hours, nine buses 5.30pm to 10pm), Ernakulam (?139, 5½ hours, three daily),
Mysore (?147 to ?300, six hours, 13 daily) and Trivandrum (?300, 10½ hours, eight
daily). The Ooty Bus Stand (New Bus Stand; Mettupalayam (MTP) Rd) , northwest of the centre, has
services to Ooty (?52, four hours) via Mettupalayam (?21, one hour) and Coonoor (?40,
three hours) every 20 to 30 minutes from 1.30am to 9pm, plus hourly buses to Kotagiri
(?32, three hours, 5.15am to 7.15pm), 18 daily to Mysore and eight to Bengaluru. Buses to
Trichy (?140, six hours) and Madurai (?125, six hours), both every 15 minutes from
5.30am to 6.30pm, go from the Singanallur Bus Stand (Kamaraj Rd) , 6km east of the centre: take
city bus 80 from the Town Bus Stand
GOOGLE MAP (cnr Dr Nanjappa & Bharathiyar Rds) .
MAP
Ukkadam Bus Station MAP GOOGLE MAP (NH Rd) , southwest of the centre, has buses to
southern destinations including Pollachi (?25, 1¼ hours, every 10 minutes), Kodaikanal
(?120, six hours, 10am) and Munnar (?140, 6½ hours, two daily), plus some services to
Madurai and Ernakulam.
 
 
 
 
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