South India · City in Tamil Nadu, India

Coimbatore

Coimbatore, also known as Kovai, is a metropolitan city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Every way there

Calicut → Coimbatore
132 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · ₹1,200–1,500
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Kochi → Coimbatore
141 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · ₹1,250–1,560
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Kannur → Coimbatore
200 km · quickest by road, 5h 34m · ₹1,770–2,220
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The field note

What is in and around Coimbatore, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Coimbatore has

YScheduled flightsCoimbatore (CJB), 9 km
YTrains and coachesTransitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

11.001°, 76.963°

It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. It is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai in terms of population and the 16th largest urban agglomeration in India as per the census 2011. It is the administrative capital of Coimbatore District and is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation which was established in 1981.

Get in

Getting to Coimbatore

The city has six major arterial roads and three National Highways, NH-47 (Kanyakumari–Salem), NH-67 (Nagapattinam–Ooty) and NH-209 (Bangalore–Dindigul) passing through the city. The city has a civil airport at Peelamedu and an Air Force base at Sulur. Broad-gauge trains connect it to all parts of India. A bypass tollway was built to avoid unnecessary traffic into the city.

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Coimbatore International Airport
02
Coimbatore Junction
The major station in the city, well connected by trains from Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram.
03
Singanallur Bus Station
For buses from Madurai, Trichy, Karur, Tanjavur and nearby towns.
04
Gandhipuram
Route 20A connects the bus stand to the airport.

See

Worth seeing

01
VOC
The park includes a zoo and a children's park.
02
GD Museums
Also closed on Republic Day, May Day & Independence day).
03
Gedee Car Museum
The museum was founded by GD Gopal in 2015 as a commemoration of his late father, Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu.
04
Gass Forest Museum
Natural history museum with exhibits and artifacts related to forests and their wildlife.
05
Eachanaari Vinayaga Temple
06
Marudhamalai Murugan Temple
Arulmigu Subramaniyaswamy Thirukoil (15 km north west of Coimbatore),.

Things to do

There are three good water theme parks. The entry fees are ₹800 to 1000 for adults, while children get a discount of ₹100-300 per head. Black Thunder (near Ooty foot hills). Kovai Kondattam (en route to Siruvani Dam). Isha Yoga Center Coimbatore, Velliangiri Foothills, Ishana Vihar Post (about 35 km from Coimbatore, 1 hour's drive without traffic), info@ishafoundation.org.

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Race Course
There are various installations, which include the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Red Fort and many more.

Eat

Where to eat

When visiting Coimbatore, taste the food and "Siruvani Water". Coimbatore is an ideal stop to rest while on the way to Ooty, Bangalore or Kerala. Sample the best of South Indian idlis, dosas, vada, chutney and vegetarian rice meal from the Annapoorna Chain of Veg Restaurants, Shree Anandhaas Chain of Veg Restaurants, Aaryaas Veg Restaurant and non-vegetarian food from Kovai Biriyani Hotel, Angannan's, Anjappar,…

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