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Featured · BeachOpen 6 AM – 10 PM

Promenade Beach

4.5(9,671)

717 m from Anna Salai · White Town

Open 6 AM – 10 PM

Featured · BeachOpen 6 AM – 6 PM

Eden Beach — Blue Flag

4.6(1,840)

4.4 km from Anna Salai · Chinna Veerampattinam

Open 6 AM – 6 PM

Featured · ViewpointOpen 9 AM – 5 PM

Matrimandir View Point

4.3(920)

Auroville

Open 9 AM – 5 PM

Featured · AshramSamadhi 8 AM – 12 PM, 2 PM – 6 PM

Sri Aurobindo Ashram

4.4(5,600)

White Town

Samadhi 8 AM – 12 PM, 2 PM – 6 PM

Featured · BasilicaOpen 5:30 AM – 8 PM

Sacred Heart Basilica

4.6(3,200)

Town

Open 5:30 AM – 8 PM

Featured · LandmarkViewing 9 AM – 5 PM; inner chamber by booking

Auroville Matrimandir

4.0(8,900)

Auroville

Viewing 9 AM – 5 PM; inner chamber by booking

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Food · 10 min read

Food streets of Pondicherry

Where to eat like a local: tiffin halls, Tamil nights, and the White Town bakeries everyone photographs.

Shopping · 12 min read

Shopping in Pondicherry: Best Markets, Street Shopping & Places to Shop

Traditional markets, terracotta streets, Mission Street boutiques, MG Road bargains, White Town design shops and Auroville crafts — a walking guide to where to actually shop.

Heritage · 10 min read

Beautiful places in the French Quarter

A walking map of White Town: mustard villas, pink churches, and the sea at the end of every second street.

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Sunday heritage walk, White Town

Bharathi Park gate

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Promenade evening

Goubert Avenue

Late October 2026

Diwali in the French Quarter

White Town & local temples

24–25 December 2026

Christmas in White Town

Churches of White Town

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