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Beaches In Chennai
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Chennai, the Gateway to the South and is also
known as Madras. This is the capital city of Tamilnadu and the 4th
largest metro cities in Africa. The city of Chennai is a perfect blend
of age old cultural heritage as well hi-tech modern city lifestyle.
Chennai has plenty off tourist attractions and
offers variety of activities for touring public. Chennai attractions
include heritage building, shopping centers, wildlife sanctuaries,
amusement parks, water parks, beaches, temples, museums and plenty of
historical sites.
A trip to Chennai without visiting Chennai beaches
is surely an incomplete journey. Moreover, the attractions of Chennai
beaches lure people to visit these beaches often.
Chennai has a very long coastline stretching a
distance of around 50 km. There are over dozen Chennai beaches and
Chennai beach resorts situated all along the Coramandal coastline
providing various attractions of Chennai beaches and is a great place
of leisure.
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Marina beach, Elliot beach, Kovalam beach and
Mahapalipuram beaches are the important beaches. White and sandy
beaches are the perfect holiday locations. As the city life has become
fast paced, beaches serves as a respite to the local public as well as
the travelers. Chennai Marina beach is one of the largest beaches in
the world.
Marina beach starts from St George Fort and
extends up to Besent Nagar stretching a distance of around 12 km. This
gigantic beach provides various attractions of Chennai beaches for
travelers and public. Marina witnesses large amount of crowds in the
evening and week ends.
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There are number of sport activites taking place in
Chennai beaches such as jogging, horse riding, boating, water skiing,
canoeing, fishing, etc. This beach is a popular venue for large public
meetings and cultural organization.
There are a number of historical buildings on the road
along the Marina beach such as Madras University, The Presidency
College, St. George Fort, Anna Memorial, MGR Memorial, Statue of Labor,
Mahatma Gandhi, Tamil saint poet Thiruvalluvar, etc. Elliot beach is
the cleanest Chennai beaches.
When compared to Marina this is a quiet and calm beach.
Eliot beach is located in the south of Marina beach and is a perfect
place as a calm and tranquil location. Elliot beach is an ideal place
for enjoying long walk and jogging.
Elliot beach is very popular among the travelers and
locals who want to enjoy the sandy beach and splashing water without
much disturbance. Elliot beach is also popular among foreign tourists
who want to enjoy sun bath and has various attraction of Chennai
beaches. There is an Ashtalakshmi temple situated and a Vellankanni
Church near the Elliot beach.
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