“Take the time it takes to know yourself. Just by knowing yourself, you will travel.”
Gilles Vigneault
A luxury seaside resort
The Radisson Blu Resort Temple Bay sits at the entrance of Mahābalipuram — very quiet and very clean, with rooms, suites and apartments, most with balconies. This is a luxury hotel where you are treated like a royal guest: the setting is beautiful, if completely impersonal. Its swimming pool is gigantic — one of the largest you will ever see.


Coordinates and prices
57 Covelong Road, Mahābalipuram 603 104, Tamil Nadu.
Prices: $200–300 per night (≈ 17 000 to 26 000 Rs).
Features and services
Recently renovated, the resort offers a kids’ and teens’ club, 24-hour room service, a children’s pool, an on-site day spa, a golf course and mini-golf, free Wi-Fi, limousine service and valet parking. The rooms have a private terrace, minibar and slippers; the bathrooms include bathrobes, shower and hairdryer. Two restaurants, laundry, and all the services of a large luxury hotel — with friendly, smiling staff.

