Must-see hotels in South India

  • Raj Residency

    Chennai (Madras)

    Sketchy-looking hallways open into spacious rooms that are basic and have scuffed walls, but are clean and totally doable if you're counting your rupees…

  • Mapusa Residency

    North Goa

    Rooms are in the bland-but-functional mould you’d expect from GTDC accommodation, but the borderline budget-midrange price tag is reasonable value for the…

  • Hotel Venkatesh

    Tamil Nadu

    Open to single travellers, the lemon-walled rooms here are tolerably clean and not bad value. No shower: water is by the bucket (₹40). It's on the…

  • YMCA International Guesthouse

    Kerala

    When not booked out by school groups, this is a drab but clean, secure and fairly helpful budget choice, though the very basic bathrooms have seen better…

  • Hotel EMS Mayura

    The Western Ghats

    A clean, bland midrange hotel with a decent restaurant, just 500m from Mettupalayam's bus station and 1km from the train station for Ooty.

  • Hotel West Tower

    Madurai

    The West Tower's best asset is that it's very near the temple, but it’s also tolerably clean and quieter than some other cheapies.

  • TM Lodge

    Madurai

    The walls are a bit scuffed, but the rooms are clean, mattresses are good, and TM is efficiently run. Not bad at all for the price.

  • Hotel Ramnath

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    Tired, pine-furnished rooms that aren't horrible but need some attention. It's clean, but you can do better elsewhere.

  • Vasco Residency

    South Goa

    Secure, central and bland as they come, the GTDC’s Vasco offering is serviceable if you get lost in Vasco.

  • Karuna Residency

    Kerala

    Cheap, cheerful enough and very basic budget guesthouse in a busy, central bazaar area.

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