Pondicherry French Quarter & Auroville Weekend
★ 5.0 (1)📍 Pondicherry· by Plan The UnplannedVerified ✓
Highlights
- ✦ Guided walk through the French Quarter's yellow streets
- ✦ Auroville and the Matrimandir viewpoint
- ✦ Sunrise on the Promenade before the traffic returns
- ✦ Boat to Paradise beach across the backwater
- ✦ Cafe hopping through White Town
- ✦ Scuba or kayaking at Chunnambar
Quick facts
- Group size
- Up to 22
- Transport
- tempo-traveller
- Stay
- hostel
- Difficulty
- easy
- Duration
- 3D2N
- From
- Bangalore
What's included
Stay
- ✓ 2 night(s) stay — hostel
Food
- ✓ Meals as listed in the day-wise plan
Transport
- ✓ AC tempo traveller / bus from the boarding hub
- ✓ All local transfers, tolls, parking and driver charges
Team
- ✓ SoloTrips-verified trip captain throughout
- ✓ First-aid kit and emergency support
Not included
- ✕ Meals not listed in the itinerary
- ✕ Entry fees and camera charges unless stated
- ✕ Personal expenses, tips and anything not in inclusions
- ✕ Travel insurance
Day-wise itinerary
Day 1 — Bengaluru → Pondicherry, Promenade evening⌄
Leave at 6 am via Krishnagiri, reaching Pondicherry by early afternoon. Check in near the canal, then a guided walk through the French Quarter as the light drops, finishing on the Promenade when it closes to traffic.
dinner
🏨 Hostel, White Town
Day 2 — Auroville, Paradise beach and cafes⌄
Auroville and the Matrimandir viewpoint in the morning, back for lunch, then the boat across to Paradise beach for the afternoon. Evening free for the cafes on Rue Suffren.
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🏨 Hostel, White Town
Day 3 — Sunrise, Aurobindo Ashram and return⌄
Sunrise on the rocks, breakfast at a bakery, and the Sri Aurobindo Ashram before checkout. Drive back after lunch, Bengaluru by 9 pm.
breakfast
Cancellation policy
| Cancel before | You get back |
|---|---|
| 15+ days | 90% refund |
| 7+ days | 50% refund |
| 3+ days | 0% refund |
Refunds processed within 7 working days.
About the organiser
Plan The Unplanned✓ Verified
1450 trips completed · since 2016 · ★ 4.6
Plan The Unplanned curates treks and backpacking trips across South India and the Himalayas, built around the idea that a first-timer and a seasoned trekker should be able to share the same bus. Departures run every weekend from Bengaluru, with fixed group sizes and a captain-to-traveller ratio they publish on every trip page.
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★ 5.0 · 1 reviews
★ 5 · First trek and I survived
I had never trekked before and was nervous about the difficulty rating. The pace was patient, breaks were frequent, and someone stayed with the slowest group the whole way up.