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Optional add-on to Chennai
Day 0 – Fri 6 Nov
We’ll meet at London Heathrow airport at 06.40 to check in for British Airways flight BA035 arriving at Chennai…
Included: Flight and in-flight meals. Not included: travel to Heathrow, incidentals
Day 1 – Sat 7 Nov
…at 00.50 from where our coach will take us to our hotel. The morning will be free to relax and adjust your body clock after the long flight. To introduce you to India we’ll take an afternoon trip into the town of Mamallapuram on the Coromandel Coast to visit the 7th century Shore Temple and the amazing rock carvings. You’ll be able to hone your haggling skills with local vendors! In the evening we’ll find a nearby restaurant and discuss the adventure ahead.
Included: Airport transfer, accommodation, breakfast, dinner. Not included: other meals, sightseeing, incidentals.
Day 2 – Sun 8 Nov
This morning we visit one of the first settlements of the British in India, Fort St George, established in the mid 17th century, where Robert Clive (Clive of India) started his career in the East India Company. It now houses a museum to 300 years of British Indian history and includes within its walls St Mary’s church, the first protestant church in South India. After lunch in a nearby restaurant we’ll take a coach tour of the city.
Included: Breakfast, lunch, coach tour, Fort St George, accommodation. Not included: other meals, incidentals.
Day 3 – Mon 9 Nov
After checking out of our hotel there are two options available this morning. You can either visit the Government Museum with its impressive collection of Chola bronzes, statues of the gods that came from some of the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu. Alternatively take a tour around the Royal Enfield motorcycle factory where this classic British motorcycle, little changed since 1955, is still manufactured. We’ll have a relaxed lunch before heading to the airport for our flight to Calcutta. Arriving around 7.30, we’ll be taken to our hotel for the first of two nights.
Included: Breakfast, bus transport, Museum or motorcycle factory entry, lunch, flight to Calcutta, bus from airport, dinner, accommodation. Not included: other meals, incidentals.
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