Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Where Chennai sits in India

These notes are AI-generated starting points, not verified travel advice — worth checking locally before you plan around them. Suggest a correction.

• Marina Beach

  Beach

  The city's long urban shorefront with the lighthouse and memorials

  From Chennai, in city · Best Nov-Feb

  Confidence: High

• Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore

  Temple

  Dravidian gopuram temple at the heart of old Mylapore

  From Chennai, in city · Best Nov-Feb

  Confidence: High

• Fort St George and Museum

  Heritage

  The East India Company's first fortress, now the state secretariat

  From Chennai, in city · Best Nov-Feb

  Confidence: High

• Government Museum, Egmore

  Museum

  Outstanding Chola bronze gallery in an Indo-Saracenic campus

  From Chennai, in city · Best Year-round

  Confidence: High

• San Thome Basilica

  Church

  Built over the tomb attributed to St Thomas the Apostle

  From Chennai, in city · Best Nov-Feb

  Confidence: High