Day 1
Spain - Chennai
Arrival and transfer to the hotel. In the morning, panoramic tour of Chennai: Fort St. George, Basilica of St. Thomas in Milapore. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, rest.
Day 2
Chennai/Kanchipuram/Mahabalipuram
Departure by road to Kanchipuram, “City of 1,000 temples”. Here we visit the Ekemberswer Nath Temple and the Kailash Nath Temple, then lunch at a local restaurant.
Day 3
Mahabalipuram
Breakfast at the hotel, we leave to visit the monuments of Mahabalpuram, the temple of five rathas, the shore temple, the butterball, the descent of the Ganges River and the Tiger Cave. Lunch at a local restaurant.
Day 4
Mahabalipuram/Tanjor
Breakfast. In the morning we will leave by road towards Puducherry, visit Aurobindo ashram and then on the way the Chidambaram temple of Dravidian architecture, by road to Darasuram, where we will visit the Airavateshwara Temple and the Gagaicondachlapuram temple. Lunch in a restaurant and continue to Tanjore.
Day 5
Tanjore/Trichy/ Madurai
Breakfast, we leave for Madurai on the way we visit the rock fort temple and the Sri rangam temple, the largest in the world still in operation.
Day 6
Madurai
Breakfast. In the morning we visit the city: the Meenakshi Temple, the Thirumalai Nayak Palace and the Thiruparangundram Temple, with a facade with blue and yellow dragons. In the evening, we will attend the ceremony that takes place in the temple, where the priests parade the god and celebrate his rites.
Day 7
Madurai/Periyar (Kerala - 146 km) Hotel- Cardamon County
Full board. Departure by road to Periyar, one of the most beautiful nature reserves in India. In the afternoon, elephant ride around a private garden. Visit to a spice plantation and in the afternoon an Ayurvedic massage.
Day 8
Periyar
Breakfast, we go to see the Periyar lake (two hours) it is a reserve here visit the Tigers, elephants, bison, wild boar, other wild animals. In the afternoon a theater to see traditional wrestling of the state of Kerala.
Day 9
Periyar/Allepey
Breakfast we go to Allepey also known as the back waters and Venice of India arrival at lunch time after lunch the boat takes you for a walk and to see the canals, the houses and the rice fields.
Day 10
Allepey/ Cochin
Breakfast departure to Cochin we arrive and visit
The old Jewish Synagogue in Mattancherry (closed Fridays and Saturdays). We will see the fishermen, the Church of San Francisco, the Dutch Palace and we will walk through the streets of old Cochin in the afternoon Kathakcali show.
Day 11
Cochin - Spain
Includes
- 10 Nights in 3 and 4 star hotels
- transportation in air-conditioned car.
- The accompanied guide speaks Spanish
- The entrances to the monuments.
- The bottles of water in the car
- The Ayurveda massage.
- The Kathakali show in Cochin
- The flight Cochin - Varanasi
Does not include
- Dinners
- your own
- Personal Expenses