Guindy
Guindy is a neighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Guindy is a neighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Kathipara junction where Anna Salai, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Inner Ring Road, 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road, and GST Road meet here. It is one of the important nodal points of road traffic in the metropolitan area. It is also a commercial hub. Here is headquarters of Ashok Leyland This junction serves as the entry point to the city limits from the suburbs. It is surrounded by Saidapet in the North, Kotturpuram and Adyar towards the East, Velachery in the South, Adambakkam and Alandur in the South-West, Parangimalai in the West and Ekkatutthangal in the North-West. Guindy is home to many important landmarks in the city, the most famous amongst them being the Guindy National Park. It also serves as a main hub for several small and medium scale industries. Transportation to/from the neighborhood is catered by Guindy railway station and Guindy metro station.
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Worth seeing in and around Guindy
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Guindy National Park
Guindy National Park is a protected area, located in Chennai, India. Spread across 2.70 km2, it is one of the smallest National Parks in India and one of the few national parks situated inside a metropolitan area.
1.2 km · national park in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 02Anna University
Anna University is a public state university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Guindy.
1.8 km · state-run university in Guindy, Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 03ITC Grand Chola Hotel
The ITC Grand Chola is a high-end luxury hotel in Chennai, India. It is located in Guindy, opposite SPIC building and along the same row of buildings as Ashok Leyland Towers.
400 m · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Anna Centenary Library
The Anna Centenary Library is an established state library of the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is located at Kotturpuram, Chennai.
2.3 km · Public Library in India · Wikipedia - 05Birla Planetarium
B. M. Birla Planetarium is a large planetarium in Chennai, India. The fifth B. M. Birla planetarium in the country, it is located at Kotturpuram in the Periyar Science and Technology Centre campus which houses eight galleries, namely, Physical Science, Electronics and Communication, Energy, Life Science, Innovation, Transport, International Dolls and Children and Materials Science, with over 500 exhibits.
2.6 km · planetarium museum in Chennai, India. · Wikipedia - 06The Raintree Hotel Anna Salai
The Raintree Hotel Anna Salai is a five-star hotel located on Anna Salai in Chennai, India. It is the second hotel of The Raintree hotels opened in July 2010 at a cost of ₹ 2,000 million.
3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 07Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
400 m · state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 08Kathipara Junction
Kathiparai Junction is a major road junction in the Indian city of Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated at the Alandur area, between the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road, Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai and Mount-Poonamallee Road.
1.8 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 09Le Royal Meridien, Chennai
Le Royal Méridien Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel in Chennai, India. Initially built as Madras Hilton at an investment of ₹ 1,650 million, the hotel was, however, opened as Le Royal Meridien Chennai in 2000.
1.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 10Trident, Chennai
Trident, Chennai is a five-star hotel located on GST Road at Meenambakkam, Chennai, India, directly across GST Road from the Chennai International Airport, about 20 minutes from the Chennai city centre. Managed by the Oberoi Group of Hotels, the hotel is built on 5 acres of land and is the first airport hotel of the city.
4 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Guindy
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 6 km · Tirupati (TIR), 101 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 273 km
- Stations
- Guindy railway station, 900 m · St. Thomas Mount railway station, 2.6 km · Mambalam railway station, 3.6 km · Nanganallur Road metro station, 3 km · Indira Nagar railway station, 3.3 km
- Tirupati → Guindy111 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · ₹940–1,180
- Bengaluru → Guindy284 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · ₹2,090–2,620
- Tiruchirappalli → Guindy294 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · ₹2,050–2,560
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No local-transport research exists yet for Guindy
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Guindy. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe two terminals are near each other, and it is better to tell your exact destination to the taxi/auto-rickshaw driver.
- Get inThe two terminals are near each other, and it is better to tell your exact destination to the taxi/auto-rickshaw driver.
- Get aroundThe fares of Chennai auto-rickshaws have been an enormous political topic for many years and have contributed to the perception that the city's auto-rickshaw drivers never use meters and continually fleece passengers.
- Get aroundHowever, despite the reputation, trips by auto rickshaw actually are quick, but rarely based on the metered price.
- Get aroundAuto rickshaw meters are being outfitted with GPS and electronic digital receipt printers.
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Next door to Guindy
Guindy is 11 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Adyarlarge neighbourhood in south Chennai4 km
- Nandambakkamneighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3.5 km
- St. Thomas Mounthillock and neighbourhood located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3 km
- St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaramhuman settlement2.2 km
- Velacheryneighborhood in Chennai metro area3.4 km
- Saidapetsuburb of Chennai1.9 km