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Ooty (Udhagamandalam) Travel Guide Ooty-Guide page 1 Famous For : HillHill StationNature / In season, Ooty can be a crush of tourists. WildlifePlaces To VisiMountain But the secret to getting the best out of this Jan Ooty Best Time : Apr,May,Sep,Oct,Nov ‘Queen of Nilgiris’ is: spend time in the Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Max: 30.8°C Min: 18.8°C Rain: 6.1mm Usually referred to as the Queen of Languages : Tamil periphery of the town and visit in low season. You will get a heady cocktail of hill stations, Ooty Altitude : 2486 m Feb rolling hills, tea plantations, villages, (Udhagamandalam) is a STD Code : 0423 Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. unbridled greenery, unexpected lakes. And Max: 33.5°C Min: 20.0°C Rain: 11.2mm picturesque little town amidst in the low season - when every comfort is Ooty (Udhagamandalam) serene lakes, lofty mountains and still on offer, and an umbrella and a change Mar (Udhagamandalam) is nurtured in the sprawling grasslands. Ooty is of socks can see you through much- look Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Nilgiris or the 'Blue Mountains', it is a situated at an altitude of 2,240 out for sharp fragrance of ghostly pines Max: 35.7°C Min: 21.9°C Rain: 23.4mm spellbinding little hill station in Tamil Nadu. lining misty  roads; the sun lighting up meters above sea level and has The serene hill station has pleasant weather Apr a hill even as the one beside remains abundant vegetation and tea all year round that makes it a perfect shrouded in dark velvet; ponies chomping Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. gardens. A huge number of tourists hideout in the summer. The lush green tea grass by the kerb; acacias in full bloom; the Max: 36.1°C Min: 23.6°C Rain: 44.2mm are attracted to the annual Tea and plantations and dense forests are a sight to bright gold of witches’ broom dotting every Tourism Festival which takes place treasure. South India’s most famous hill May hill; the aroma of hot filter coffee and even station was a realm of tribal people and here. hotter sambhar. Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, shola forests till the British annexed the umbrella.   Nilgiris in 1799 and John Sullivan, Collector Max: 34.8°C Min: 23.6°C Rain: 65.5mm The exhilarating train journey commencing of Coimbatore, made the first stone house from Kallar to Coonoor is a marvellous Jun here in 1823.  Over the years, Ooty- experience and is extremely popular among Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. hardly ever called by its original name, tourists. Come to Ooty for the pristine Max: 32.3°C Min: 22.7°C Rain: 37.9mm Udhagamandalam- took its place as a beauty of the place and the calm that it Nilgiris tea-plantation hot spot, served as Jul offers to everyone who comes here. The the summer headquarters of the sahibs Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. scenic and very popular destination is who ruled from Madras and got its own Max: 31.3°C Min: 22.1°C Rain: 27.2mm actually a fantastic option if you are churches, bungalows and picnic spots. Much planning a trip in the lap of Mother Nature. Aug of which now makes it one of the most Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. popular holiday destinations in India. Max: 31.8°C Min: 22.1°C Rain: 30.8mm In season, Ooty can be a crush of tourists. But the secret to getting the best out of this When To Sep ‘Queen of the Nilgiris’ is: spend time in the This Pdf and its contents are copyright © Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. 2013,ixigo.com, all rights reserved. ixigo logo, the character and all other marks displayed herein are periphery of the town and visit in low Max: 32.5°C Min: 22.2°C Rain: 49.8mm registered and/or common law trademarks of ixigo.com and/or third parties. season. VISIT Oct   Ooty-Guide page 2 Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, different world charm to it, giving a different Parking Facility, Taxi Services, Doctor on Call, umbrella. Bell Mont touch to your stay. Choose from variety of Laundry Service, Games Room, Yoga Max: 31.5°C Min: 22.1°C Rain: 164.0mm rooms that includes Executive, Deluxe, Classes, Gymnasium, Airport Transfer, Fortune Retreats is set on Tiger Hill Road, Nov Luxury and Semi-deluxe rooms. The in Railway Station Transfer, Sightseeing, Guide Ooty. The hotel is one of the leading house restaurant doles out some exotic Service, Spa, Bicycles on Hire, Shuttle Service Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, properties in the panoramic location of the umbrella. Indian and Chinese fare, with an added Room AmenitiesCable TV, DVD Player, city. It is 90 kilometers away from Max: 29.8°C Min: 21.0°C Rain: 137.6mm option to dine at the terrace lounge. Intercom Facility, Mineral Water, Iron & Coimbatore airport whereas nearest Ironing Board, Sofa, Dining Table, Study railhead, Mettupalyam is at a distance of 60 Dec Table, Daily Newspaper, Balcony/Sit Out, kilometers. Fortune Retreats is close to all Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Safe Deposit Locker, Electronic Safe, Max: 29.4°C Min: 19.0°C Rain: 42.6mm major tourist attractions like Botanical Piped/Channel Music, Fireplace, Room 2 Hotel Beaumount Garden, the Rose Garden, Thread Garden, Heater, Shower Area, Hot/Cold Water, Children's Park, the art display at Lalith Kala Where To Geyser in Bathroom, Bathroom Toiletries, Academy and Thothapetta. Equipped with Bath Tub, 24 Hrs. Room Service Hotel world class infrastructural efficiencies, the Beaumount offers 37 elegantly furnished hotel provides the guests a relaxed and Stay rooms divided into 3 categories as Cottage, pleasant stay. Fortune Retreats features an 9 Hotels Super Deluxe and Deluxe rooms with room extensive range of accommodation to suit service.DiningIndoor Restaurant: 1, Coffee Budget for every budget and taste. It has 40 Shop: 1, Dining Hall: 1 Internet: Available, spacious cottages. The hotel also supports Parking Facility: Available" superb dining facilities. Hotel 1 Sherlock Hotel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FacilitiesGarden, Parking Facility, Restaurant, Dining Hall, Room Service, Camp Fire, Travel Tiger Hill Road, Upper 3 Fortune Retreats Desk, Security for 24 hrs.Recreational Thalayatimund, Ooty 643001, India 88/89 Club Road, Near District Facility: Arrangement for trekking and Collectors Office ₹ 1100 onwards hikingRoom AmenitiesLiving Room, Dining Hall, Cable TV, Refrigerator, Intercom with +91-94870-00111 Hotel Beaumount is a deluxe modern hotel that provides numerous facilities, efficient ISD Facility, Hot/Cold WaterThe hotel offers services and luxurious a sum of 40 cottages.DiningThe multi- It's a mid budget hotel with some nine well- accommodation.Hotel Beaumount is well cuisine restaurant at the hotel provides the equipped rooms. The basic amenities here placed at Club Road near District Collector guests several lip smacking and sumptuous includes free Internet, parking, and free Office. Coimbatore Airport is 100 km delicacies.Internet: Not Available & breakfast as well. More than a hotel, it feels whereas Udhakmandalam Railway Station is Parking Facility: Available Check-In Time: like a retreat. just 1 km from the property. Hotel 12:00 Noon & Check-Out Time: 12:00 FacilitiesLawns/Gardens, Executive Lounge, Noon " More so, for it was a private mansion Internet Facility, Indoor Restaurant, Dining during the British rule in India. The Hall, Coffee Shop, Travel Desk, Bonfire, architectural beauty of the place adds a Ooty-Guide page 3 must-have is their sumptuous buffet Mid breakfast (Rs 350 for walk-ins, included in the room tariff for inhouse guests). The spread includes excellent breads and 4 Sagar Holiday Resorts croissants, eggs cooked as you ask for, pancakes or idlis/ vadas and dosas, hashbrown potatoes, baked beans, fruits, juice. The twilight hours in the morning and evening are bird times at King’s Cliff. There’s One of the most striking looking hotels a busy cacophony in the trees and you can around, this was a mansion once upon a do a spot of birdwatching even as you sip time. Needless to say, an old world charm is your tea. There are beautiful walks in the still an inherent feature of King's Cliff. This hotel at Ooty offers a range of 21 hills surrounding the property that take you There's a special dining hall, a lounge, a hall rooms at a price that's modest enough. through plantations, village habitations and and a refectory apart from the rooms. Located at the Grand Duf Road, Ooty, Sagar Offering everything that makes for a woods. Holiday Resorts has 36 well equipped comfortable stay, Meadows Residency Ooty With a total of nine rooms for visitors, each rooms. With all the little luxuries in place, it has Executive, Platinum, Pearl and more having a name that owes from the famous also has a lounge that, usually, has a happy such room variants for the visitors. Luxury chracters by Shakespeare, log fire burning. King's Cliff is a different stay option Oven, the multi cuisine restaurant at the altogether. And yes, completing the settings 7 Highland Hotel Snuggle around in the lounge with a book hotel offers food that tastes quite like home, are working fireplace in each of the rooms. for company or enjoy the three course and has the best of flavours as well. There's Now this is what you call a vintage stay dinner that's a speciality of the place. And also a special desk for travel related queries option. It is a charming 130-year old don't forget that the food here comes with a and car rental.
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