Local guide
A short guide from the drivers who know the town — the seafront, the French Quarter, Auroville and the backwater beaches.
Explore
Pick the places you would like to see and we will plan the drive around them.
Beaches & backwaters Goubert Avenue
Pondicherry's seafront walk runs along the Bay of Bengal, lined with heritage buildings, statues and the old lighthouse. Mornings and evenings are the favourite times for a stroll.
Driver's tip: Ask your driver to drop you at one end and pick you up at the other.
Heritage Between the canal and the sea
Quiet, tree-shaded streets of French-colonial villas in mustard and white, with bougainvillea, cafés, galleries and boutique stays.
Driver's tip: The lanes are best explored on foot — we can wait nearby while you walk.
Spiritual North of Puducherry
An international township founded in 1968, known for its golden Matrimandir, green forest and community-run cafés and shops.
Driver's tip: Visits to the Matrimandir viewing point usually start at the visitors' centre; check current arrangements before you go.
Beaches & backwaters Near Chunnambar
A sandy, palm-fringed beach reached by boat through the backwaters — a popular half-day outing from town.
Driver's tip: Combine it with the Chunnambar Boat House, where the boats leave from.
Beaches & backwaters Chunnambar backwaters
The starting point for boat rides along the Chunnambar backwaters, with a café and riverside seating.
Driver's tip: Boat services can change with the season and weather; we can help you check before setting off.
Spiritual White Town
A spiritual community founded in 1926, with a peaceful main building in the heart of the old town.
Driver's tip: Please dress modestly and keep silence inside the ashram.
Heritage Subbiah Salai
A Gothic-revival church with twin spires and stained-glass windows, one of Pondicherry's best-known landmarks.
Driver's tip: Easy to combine with a White Town drive.
Day plans
Popular combinations our drivers suggest. Tell us what you would like to change — the plan is yours.
Colonial streets, the seafront and the town's best-known landmarks.
A boat ride through the backwaters to the sand, then the seafront at sunset.
Auroville's visitors' centre and Matrimandir, then back to town through the French Quarter.
Tell us what you enjoy and how much time you have — we will suggest a route.
