Bengaluru to Cherai Beach & back: Route taken & food recommendations

I had lunch at Hi Lite Mall Kozikode and a coffee break at Bulbul Cafe Kannur (both detours were worth it).

BHPian SilverSurferHC recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

Thank you all for your help. I had a wonderful week-long road trip: Bangalore -> Cherai Beach (with a visit to Guruvayur Temple) -> Udupi -> back to Bangalore.

I left Bangalore at 6:30 (Rajajinagar), took the Nice Road via Electronic City, and ate breakfast at A2B (I suggest you avoid it). Google kept prompting me to take a detour from Nice Road, not the one from Hosur. I followed the advice here and kept moving towards Rayakottai. The route was a mixed bag, with excellent surfaces and narrow roads. I reached Cherai beach around 5:30.

Return Journey: Headed to Cochin Airport and then towards Mangalore. Heard about Swamy's cafe (Since 1969). Since we were missing dosas and coffee, we did not mind the detour. The road towards Mangalore was a mixed bag, with NH construction ongoing in many places. We missed a few completed sections because of Google prompts. I had lunch at Hi Lite Mall Kozikode and a coffee break at Bulbul Cafe Kannur (both detours were worth it). A special mention - Keralites have taken Swachh Bharat seriously. Hats off to their Civic sense. I reached Udupi at 9:30 PM for a 7:00 AM start from Cherai.

On the return, we took the Karkala ->Ujre -> Dharmastala route. Lunch, as always, is at Sagar Ratna Ujre. A word of caution, Shiradi is far from complete. I dread the monsoon, and some stretches feel like driving through a quarry. Watch out for trucks carrying rocks and maintain a safe distance. I reached Bangalore at 7:30 with a massive jam between Peenya & Goragunte palya. I prefer driving back on a Saturday or a weekday to avoid the Sunday rush.

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