Bangalore to Thanjavur : Route Queries

kshastry · 11th December 2007, 15:00

Hi,

I am planning a trip from Bangalore to Tanjavur in January. It seems the 'regular' route is Bangalore-Dharmapuri-Salem-Namakkal-Trichy-Tanjore, which is roughly about 400+ Kms.

I can't perhaps drive that in a strech and looking for a place to break the journey. Which is the recommended place for a overnight stop (which also has some sight-seeing points)?

I also contemplated doing Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Thiruvannamalai-Trichy-Tanjore. It seems big longish. I am not sure about the route or road conditions after Thiruvannamalai? Can someone tell me how to make it to Tanjore from TVM?

Thanks!

hvkumar · 11th December 2007, 17:11

You should be able to make it comfortably the same day. But if you must stop, maybe Namakkal has some good hotels. Plus you can visit the temple there.

If you chose to go via Tiruvannamalai, ideally you could join NH45 at Tindivanam, and go via Villupuram, Ulundurpet to Trichy. But the NH45 is being widened and is reported to have bad stretches after Villupuram.

mogambo · 11th December 2007, 17:55

Had been on the BLR-Kgiri-Thiruvannamalai Road last month.
K'giri - Thiruvannamalai requires a lot of patient driving.. Several bad stretches - hard to stay on 4th gear even on some of the parts.

ramkya1 · 11th December 2007, 18:50

Please go thro the travellogues, quite descriptive one from Bangalore to Tanjore. I broke off at Trichry for personal reasons, you can easily push to Tanjore in one day.

--Ramky

csentil · 11th December 2007, 19:00

Its better if you stick to the Dharmapuri - Salem route. However please be warned that from Krishnagiri till about 20kms before Salem the roads are bad and this whole stretch is also being widened into a four lane.

Krishnagiri - Tvmalai is also bad after the monsoon. Villupuram to Trichy is being widened.

However if you want to take this route..you could take Bangalore - Krishnagiri - Tiruvannamalai - Thirukoyilur - Ulundurpettai (then join NH45 from there) and then head towards Trichy. However I'm not uptodate on road conditions after Tiruvannamalai.

isacM · 11th December 2007, 21:01

I did a recent trip from blr - salem - trichy - tanjore-blr , did it in one stretch ,took me 8 hrs drive and 1.30 hr break , check http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...onditions.html this thread for my travelogue . The stress full stretch is 30 kms before salem and between namakkal and trichy [dense traffic and nonchalant bus drivers] otherwise pretty good drive and decent roads, regarding sight seeing all i could think of is malaikottai in trichy and there is some fort in namakkal . hotels Gloden palace / Nallas in namakkal , kurinchi / rajasugam in trichy .

kshastry · 12th December 2007, 08:45

Thanks guys for your posts and information. Any recommendation of Hotels in Tanjore with their phone numbers? I don't want to take chance for the week of Music festival and wish to book it in advance.

ramkya1 · 12th December 2007, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by kshastry

Thanks guys for your posts and information. Any recommendation of Hotels in Tanjore with their phone numbers? I don't want to take chance for the week of Music festival and wish to book it in advance.

TTDC: 04362 - 231421, 231325
OK.
Oriental Towers: 04362 - 230724, 231467, 230850
Pricey, but excellent.
email : tnj_hottowers@sancharnet.in
reservations@hotelorientaltowers.com
Homepage: www. orientaltowers.com

--Ramky

junky · 12th December 2007, 12:35

the roads are bad after the toll road ends, keep your tyre pressure low to sustain these roads,
sudden pot holes of 5-6 inches deep will keep u swearing

, try to keep as much to the center of the road (cannot due to oncomming traffic),
take a break at dharmapuri at meenakshi (not sure) hotel to the left. Do not miss the IDLY fry. (I loved it).

Overtake carefully on these roads as construction vehicles will be plying around.
Build up as much speed possible in these 4 lane roads/ toll roads so that you can compensate the time on the bad bumpy patchy roads.

There is also bypass road which connects hosur to thoppur u can take this route aswell, there is not much traffic, neat calm roads except at village stretches

hvkumar · 12th December 2007, 12:46

Also Hotel Sangam, but very expensive, the first choice for foreign tourists in Thanjavur, same management as Sangam Hotel in Trichy.

Hotel Sangam

blorebuddy · 12th December 2007, 13:01

You can go to Yercaud 20 kms from Salem for sight seeing and stay over night.

kshastry · 13th December 2007, 15:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramkya1

TTDC: 04362 - 231421, 231325
OK.
Oriental Towers: 04362 - 230724, 231467, 230850
Pricey, but excellent.
email : tnj_hottowers@sancharnet.in
reservations@hotelorientaltowers.com
Homepage: www. orientaltowers.com

--Ramky

Thank you Mr.Ramky. That was very helpful.

All the hotels have already got booked for the music festival. No rooms in TTDC. Managed to get a booking in Oriental towers. Bumped up this thread to alert others who may be headed there for the same reason.

kshastry · 25th January 2008, 18:08

Bumping this thread up to get the latest Road conditions from Bangalore to Tanjore. I am starting tomorrow morning. My planned route is BANGALORE - KRISHNAGIRI - SALEM - NAMAKKAL - MUSIRI - TRICHY - TANJORE.

Any update is greatly appreciated!

HappyWheels · 25th January 2008, 22:45

did this stretch a month back, for christmas holidays, and the route from Krishnagiri to Salem was not that good, but its drivable. lot of patch work was present, but should have been corrected (hopefully) by now.

but due to the 4 laning work, there are some good stretches (recently built ones which are unofficially opened).

the trip, to trichy, took me 7hrs compared to the usual 6hrs.

rrnsss · 25th January 2008, 23:47

Thiruvannamalai route is bad. full of potholes. You have to go through Chengi , Panruti Neyveli, Kumbakonam , Thanjavur

11th December 2007, 15:00	#1
kshastry BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 48 Thanked: 11 Times	Bangalore to Thanjavur : Route Queries Hi, I am planning a trip from Bangalore to Tanjavur in January. It seems the 'regular' route is Bangalore-Dharmapuri-Salem-Namakkal-Trichy-Tanjore, which is roughly about 400+ Kms. I can't perhaps drive that in a strech and looking for a place to break the journey. Which is the recommended place for a overnight stop (which also has some sight-seeing points)? I also contemplated doing Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Thiruvannamalai-Trichy-Tanjore. It seems big longish. I am not sure about the route or road conditions after Thiruvannamalai? Can someone tell me how to make it to Tanjore from TVM? Thanks!
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11th December 2007, 17:11	#2
hvkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 7,369 Thanked: 3,454 Times	You should be able to make it comfortably the same day. But if you must stop, maybe Namakkal has some good hotels. Plus you can visit the temple there. If you chose to go via Tiruvannamalai, ideally you could join NH45 at Tindivanam, and go via Villupuram, Ulundurpet to Trichy. But the NH45 is being widened and is reported to have bad stretches after Villupuram.
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11th December 2007, 17:55	#3
mogambo BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 138 Thanked: 38 Times	Had been on the BLR-Kgiri-Thiruvannamalai Road last month. K'giri - Thiruvannamalai requires a lot of patient driving.. Several bad stretches - hard to stay on 4th gear even on some of the parts.
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11th December 2007, 18:50	#4
ramkya1 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Palakkad, Keral Posts: 1,826 Thanked: 431 Times View My Garage	Possible In One Day Please go thro the travellogues, quite descriptive one from Bangalore to Tanjore. I broke off at Trichry for personal reasons, you can easily push to Tanjore in one day. --Ramky
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11th December 2007, 19:00	#5
csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	Its better if you stick to the Dharmapuri - Salem route. However please be warned that from Krishnagiri till about 20kms before Salem the roads are bad and this whole stretch is also being widened into a four lane. Krishnagiri - Tvmalai is also bad after the monsoon. Villupuram to Trichy is being widened. However if you want to take this route..you could take Bangalore - Krishnagiri - Tiruvannamalai - Thirukoyilur - Ulundurpettai (then join NH45 from there) and then head towards Trichy. However I'm not uptodate on road conditions after Tiruvannamalai.
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11th December 2007, 21:01	#6
isacM BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 37 Thanked: Once	I did a recent trip from blr - salem - trichy - tanjore-blr , did it in one stretch ,took me 8 hrs drive and 1.30 hr break , check http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...onditions.html this thread for my travelogue . The stress full stretch is 30 kms before salem and between namakkal and trichy [dense traffic and nonchalant bus drivers] otherwise pretty good drive and decent roads, regarding sight seeing all i could think of is malaikottai in trichy and there is some fort in namakkal . hotels Gloden palace / Nallas in namakkal , kurinchi / rajasugam in trichy .
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12th December 2007, 08:45	#7
kshastry BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 48 Thanked: 11 Times	Thanks guys for your posts and information. Any recommendation of Hotels in Tanjore with their phone numbers? I don't want to take chance for the week of Music festival and wish to book it in advance.
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12th December 2007, 12:35	#9
junky BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 31 Times	the roads are bad after the toll road ends, keep your tyre pressure low to sustain these roads, sudden pot holes of 5-6 inches deep will keep u swearing , try to keep as much to the center of the road (cannot due to oncomming traffic), take a break at dharmapuri at meenakshi (not sure) hotel to the left. Do not miss the IDLY fry. (I loved it). Overtake carefully on these roads as construction vehicles will be plying around. Build up as much speed possible in these 4 lane roads/ toll roads so that you can compensate the time on the bad bumpy patchy roads. There is also bypass road which connects hosur to thoppur u can take this route aswell, there is not much traffic, neat calm roads except at village stretches
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12th December 2007, 12:46	#10
hvkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 7,369 Thanked: 3,454 Times	Also Hotel Sangam, but very expensive, the first choice for foreign tourists in Thanjavur, same management as Sangam Hotel in Trichy. Hotel Sangam
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12th December 2007, 13:01	#11
blorebuddy BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 594 Thanked: 257 Times	You can go to Yercaud 20 kms from Salem for sight seeing and stay over night. Last edited by blorebuddy : 12th December 2007 at 13:03.
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25th January 2008, 18:08	#13
kshastry BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 48 Thanked: 11 Times	Bumping this thread up to get the latest Road conditions from Bangalore to Tanjore. I am starting tomorrow morning. My planned route is BANGALORE - KRISHNAGIRI - SALEM - NAMAKKAL - MUSIRI - TRICHY - TANJORE. Any update is greatly appreciated!
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25th January 2008, 22:45	#14
HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,106 Thanked: 537 Times	did this stretch a month back, for christmas holidays, and the route from Krishnagiri to Salem was not that good, but its drivable. lot of patch work was present, but should have been corrected (hopefully) by now. but due to the 4 laning work, there are some good stretches (recently built ones which are unofficially opened). the trip, to trichy, took me 7hrs compared to the usual 6hrs.
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25th January 2008, 23:47	#15
rrnsss BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 397 Thanked: 346 Times	Thiruvannamalai route is bad. full of potholes. You have to go through Chengi , Panruti Neyveli, Kumbakonam , Thanjavur
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