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Promenade Beach

'' Promenade Beach (or, known as, "Pondicherry Beach") is the popular stretch of beachfront in the city of Puducherry, India, along the Bay of Bengal. This promenade beach has 1.5 Km long promenade running along the beach which is the pride of Pondicherry. Most of the landmarks are on the sea front such as the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, statue of Jeanne d’ Arc, statue of Dupleix, the elegant war memorial raised by the French and the 27 meter tall old lighthouse. ''

The Promenade Beach and the monuments around speak of the rich heritage of Pondicherry. Some of the important monuments of the city are on the shores of this beautiful beach. They include the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Joan of Arc and Dupleix, the War Memorial etc.A lot of information pertaining to Pondicherry can be acquired through the information centre which faces the beach.

Best Time to Visit Promenade Beach

The best time to visit the Promenade Beach is October - March.

How to Reach there

Air: Pondicherry don't owns airport for self. Chennai [135 km] and Trichy [220km] are more frequently used nearest airports for reaching Pondicherry by air travel.

Rail: In the recent years train journey to Pondicherry become more comfortable as many new train journey links / direct trains are started from New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, CHennai & other cities for train journey to Pondicherry.

Road: Pondicherry is best accessed by road travel various cities of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are connected with Pondicherry on bus route.