Top Places to Visit in Chennai | Chennai City Travel Guide | Things to do in Chennai

Top Places to Visit in Chennai | Chennai City Travel Guide
Chennai has many places to visit, and without a plan you can easily miss out on some really interesting ones . Here are some travel tips from Chennai, a city I have fallen in love with over the last few years.
These tips will take you across Chennai, to some hidden off-the-beaten track places which will let you experience the city in a very non-touristy way.
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Breakfast at Ratna Cafe
00:32 Govt. Museum Egmore
01:38 Connemara Public Library
03:05 Buhari Restaurant
03:54 MGR Memorial
04:35 Amythyst Cafe
05:25 Vivekanand House
06:38 Marine Beach
07:28 St Thomas Basilica
07:47 Kapaleeshwarar Temple
08:50 Thousand Lights Mosque
09:25 Dinner at Murugan Idli
10:14 Kovalam Beach
10:45 Breakfast at ECR Cafe
11:21 Fort St. George
12:17 St Mary's Church
12:26 Goodbye Chennai
Hope you enjoy this video :)
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[@shohebsayyad7270]

Traveling ,exploring and sharing the experiences about Chennai with you it was awesome brother. See you soon and we will plan the next location 😉.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

The pleasure was all mine! Let’s catch up again to explore one more place 😍😍

[@akashs126]

Thank you Shoheb and Siddharth for this! ❤

[@shohebsayyad7270]

@@akashs126 I missed you in the previous comment. This trip happened because of you only. Love you Thambi ❣️

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

@@akashs126 Yes a big thank you to Shoheb :)

[@ranjeethpala9202]

4🌹4

[@indugraff8989]

What a fascinating city Chennai is. Full of history and stories.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Yes! Indeed 🤗🤗

[@nithishpellai]

Kovalam beach is the best place ever ❤️

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

👍👍👍

[@kitseofsuburbia3911]

man the fact that you added subtitles made me a subscriber immediately! Pls continue w english lang subs, the markets you will reach would be incredible

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much! Yes I do plan to always add subtitles to all my videos 🤗🤗🤗

[@prbatin1]

I must add a thank you for this video. I already wanted to go to chennai and this video confirmed it to me. I have just spent a week in the city, and followed many of the recommendations in this video. It was a fantastic week and I would like to spend more time there to do the things we missed

[@randomaccessmemories311]

Great video: All aspects like facts, fun info., low volume music when talking (great music as well), video angles, editing... everything is top notch! You deserve more views and subs! Good wishes!

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🤗🤗🤗

[@AfrinsLifestyleStudio]

Thanks for sharing.planning to go there soon. This video is informative for me ❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

You are most welcome 🤗

[@ProblematicElephant]

Im from Chennai myself, many things i didn't know. Loved this video. You've covered the bits not a lot cover. Most come to beach and leave. Amazing video!!!!

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much! Hopefully in Part II I’ll cover some more interesting places there :)

[@amanmahavir1080]

Chennai has so much to offer. A very underrated city.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Indeed. You are completely right there 🤗

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

@Elena P. Chennai is the right choice for that. It’s close to many ancient temples - two major ones are Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram, but many others are also relatively close. The second choice would be Bangalore which has some old temples in the vicinity.

[@thefilmyladka7578]

You Nailed it Sidhartha. What a lovely experience I got from this film. Mindblowing Sound design and the way of talking to the camera I never seen before. ❤👌

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 😍😍🙌🙌

[@ShahPadayachee]

Hi thank you for sharing the great video ,it was very informative and helpful I am visiting India next month and I will be visiting Chennai and Pondicherry the place of my grandparents which will be highlight of my holiday, looking forward to eat good food and temple, watching from South Africa

[@AJ-pk2uu]

I discovered the vlog now after my first visit to Chennai and a month before i will be there again. Felt like i was travelling. ❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you! Wishing you a good second trip there 🙌🙌

[@arvind7884]

Chennai is one of my favorite place to expand my holidays and also famous for it's food❤❤❤❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Absolutely 🙌🙌🙌

[@enakshimukherjee2309]

Am going for my industrial training in Chennai. And your video helped me a lot to know about the place. Thankyou 🤗

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

You are most welcome Enakshi! Have a great time exploring Chennai 🙌

[@binayprasad5042]

We friends are actually planning for A Chennai Trip coming January and then I found your video which is a life saver. Thank you ❤️

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s awesome to hear! Enjoy your trip 🤗🤗🤗

[@binayprasad5042]

@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms wholesomely by god's grace.

[@r.ssumedh7626]

Well please do it between October & February. The heat will melt you in then rest of the year.

[@shriarul1409]

Wow thanks for uploading. Each time I visited Chennai it was all about shopping & food. I didn't know Chennai had such nice places to visit. Would definitely visit soon ☺️

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s great to hear! Chennai has a lot more too - hopefully I’ll make a Part II also :)

[@lucianawahu5952]

This helps alot I'm really enjoying my time here

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s wonderful to hear!

[@PeruanaqueamaindiaviviendoenOZ]

Loved your video, thanks for adding english subs 🙏🏼 planing to go this end of the year and this video was very helpful. Greetings from Australia.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much! Makes me really happy when someone appreciates the subtitles - it takes a lot efforts to do them :)

[@chaitanyagaikwad4400]

Very nice information ❤

[@siddharths4724]

Thanks for capturing my city beautifully 🥰

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

You are most welcome Siddharth 🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️

[@pratickbhowmick4796]

Thank you, this was very insightful.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

You are most welcome 🙌

[@richardhunt1258]

I went to Madras some 20 years ago as a UK backpacker and now I am going again on business just for a few days (at age 52) to Chennai. This video made me want to rent a two-wheeler and go surfing at Kovlam....I wonder if the boss will miss me for a day :-) Things have changed I see, Metro?!

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Things have certainly changed and the metro line is good too, though it’s still quite limited. Go for Kovalam - I plan to learn surfing too on my next trip there 😍

[@NandhithaShree]

I just love the vibe of chennai

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Yes 🙌🙌🤗🤗

[@travelinindia2080]

Loved this travel guide

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌❤️❤️

[@juhi3291]

Woww Extremely Beautiful place with imperial architecture & intricately designed temples ..👌 & this is really amazing & enlightening travel guide 🙌

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much Juhi ❤️❤️🙌🙌

[@indiafotos9681]

Loved this well presented city guide..

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌🙌

[@Little_Grey_Cells]

I'm planning to visit Chennai so I searched KZbin videos and saw your vlog.. it's pretty good ❤ever visited Kerala??if not try to come n visit munnar,wayanad, trivandrum and Cochin.. love from Kerala❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you! And yes I’ve he been go Kerala many a times - but I hadn’t started making videos then. Certainly a video coming from there soon 🤗🤗

[@xhobdo]

Just loved the Vlog 🤗❤️💯

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much Rupam 🙌🙌❤️❤️

[@SonuSaravana18]

Perfect update ❤❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you 🙏❤️

[@TaskSwitcherify]

Thanks for this video, I wish you showed more of the city and streets to understand the vibe and surroundings

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

[@RadhikasDailyLife]

Love from Bangladesh ❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@JosephineEstoque-co7ey]

I like that place for a spend time 🙏🔥❤️

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

The pleasure was all mine :)

[@jinshasnam]

Amaze to see this

[@TravelingBook19]

This is really a beautiful travel vlog 👍

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌🤗🤗

[@shlokatiwari]

Travelling to Chennai next month and this definitely is going to act as the Bible! Thanks

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s awesome! Have s good time there 🤗

[@nelsonchinasamy9857]

I don't know if we are only being shown the good clean places or the whole of Chennai is like this. The reason I say that is that I have have watched many videos of the North and wasn't impressed at all by the cleanliness. My impression was that the whole of India was untidy with litter everywhere. This is very impressive. Love to visit someday, that's where my grandparents came from.

[@ProblematicElephant]

Hey!! I'm a non-Chennaite, have been living here for quite a bit. Whatever's shown is true. A few years ago, I would call Chennai dirty. But the city corporation has made Chennai very beautiful now. Only that metro construction is happening everywhere in the city, causing massive traffic. The city otherwise is beautiful. But even though the whole city has been rebuilt and renovated, some areas remain a little backwards and dirty, but as a whole, it's good. You're always welcome here, Nelson!

[@jaisonjs9614]

I love the presentation, nice 👌 great efforts and explained well ❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you!

[@geetasart2294]

Chennai is my favorite place,i shifted from chennai to Bangalore, really missing chennai

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Chennai is indeed a fantastic place! 🙌🙌🙌

[@bangisidappa27]

Bangalore is better than Chennai in all aspects lol

[@siddharths4724]

​@@bangisidappa27Bangalore is overrated and will surely get saturated in coming years

[@joyji1in]

Any govt tourisam bus available for day tour

[@urly999]

thanks a lot :) in next month I will visit Chennai, and your trip shoved me beauty of this place. so I just cant wait to be there :)

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Have fabulous trip to Chennai! 🤗🤗

[@urly999]

@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms thank you 😘

[@saipradeepkonda5700]

Iam planning on visiting chennai. I found your video to be quite informative and it has a good vibe in general. Thanks

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much Sai 🙌🙌🙌

[@prayasdogra]

Best chennai vlog till now. See you Chennai in November coming from Chandigarh

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌 Have a good time in Chennai!

[@storieswithshekar]

This is so beautiful... lovely video Sid ❤️

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much Shekar ❤️❤️🙌🙌

[@laxminarayana80]

Madras is an EMOTION

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

True 🙌🙌🙌

[@sathyavanimaiya959]

Our college South-india trip included Chennai from Hyderabad in 1980.😍🤣🥰😅 We stayed in the bhogi n dressed in gr8 waiting rooms of Indian Railways 🤣🥰😅😍

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Wow! Chennai must’ve been so amazing back then - calmer and greener (I think) too :)

[@kandasaravanan1441]

Chennai is much different than in 1980...

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

@@kandasaravanan1441 Wow! That's a long time back...

[@anjurajiev9169]

Very Informative video.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@janthaianongnat9750]

Wow! Absolutely loved the video. Thank you.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@ramoji567]

Your patience is in peak level, replying for every comments😅

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Haha! Frankly my channel is tiny and I don’t really get that many comments 🥲

[@divijparashar]

thats so cool

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

🙌🙌🙌

[@arvind7884]

Awesome place ❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Yes 😍😍

[@ILIFEZONE]

Super video bro

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@arjundileep9106]

Chennai is spectacular

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Indeed it is 😍😍

[@nikhilgotmare5015]

Beautiful Vlog 🙂

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 😊🤗

[@kenisoliezuo6542]

Beautiful

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much! 🙌🙌🙌

[@KamalSingh-ei2ul]

Lovely video

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you 🙏🙌🙏

[@southernbong]

Staying in Chennai since 7 years but still didn't visit so many places.... Buttttt now I will...

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Happy exploring this lovely city 🤗🤗

[@yayam7788]

I will visiting Chennai soon. I am worried about snakes. LOL

[@jonudias]

Same here 😅

[@railtv3378]

Excellent

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌

[@vedanshsrivastavamirzapur910]

Loving Chennai

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Me too :)

[@karunya007-ik6gd]

Yes it is an emotion

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ENGSk998]

Very nice place I like this place

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Yes it is 😍😍

[@yaminishekharan8417]

What a beautiful vlog! I loved the music and content equally. However I think you missed on some famous temples in your video.. your vlog was different from other vlogs..your hard work 👍🏻

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much Yamini! I completely agree that we missed some major temples that day. I’ll hopefully make more videos on Chennai and will cover other places :)

[@ashutoshs3189]

beautiful madras city 👌👌👌👌👌

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

🙌🙌🙌

[@mrswagmg5414]

Awesome video sir ❤️❤️ Love form Bihar..

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you! 🙌🙌❤️❤️

[@ashwintiwari5929]

Very nice ❤

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@pankajsontakke4024]

Wonderful 👌👌👌👌👌👌😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌

[@vijaybharwad6528]

Nice information sid ✨

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thanks a lot buddy! 🙌🙌🙌

[@aadi_Muranjan]

thanks, Siddhartha I'm landing on the 18th there I'll sure I'll check out all those whatever you've shown

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Perfect! Have a great time in Chennai and I hope you explore even more than what I did :)

[@aadi_Muranjan]

@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms ❤❤

[@user-gb7uv8lt8v]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@yokesh1616]

Love from Tamilnadu 😊

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you Yokesh 🤗🤗🤗

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

Awesome video! But please visit vandalur zoo, and Guinea national park, and dakshina Chitra for the history and architecture of south India, you won’t regret it! Thanks for sharing about my home city, chennai 👍

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thanks for sharing these! I’ll certainly have to make a Part II for this video - I did miss out on a bunch of places there. More coming soon :)

[@rameshkumarpalanichamy7400]

And its not guinea national park, its Guindy national park

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

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[@namanbhushanchauhan2754]

Ratna Giri Cafe Marina Beach - Largest Beach in India Royapettha - Evening Kapalweshwar Temple

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Good ones 👍👍👍

[@shahabuddinalam2830]

Nice vlog

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you 😊

[@Art-by-Taniya]

Very much

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

🙌🙌

[@sureshmanthi4222]

Traveling experience

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

🤗🤗🙌🙌

[@AruntamizhSentamizh]

Second largest beach in Asia not the world ....🙏🙏🙏👍👍 Continue 🙏🙏

[@SCSArumugaperumal]

no dude check it out

[@utpalroy5812]

Nice

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you 🙏

[@iamafsarshaikh]

You deserve more subscribers

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@abhishekghosh5550]

Very nice video. Chennai is really cool! So, any other recommendations especially of temples? And any non-veg tamil restaurant? How long should we take to see Mahabalipuram, if we love temple architecture? Is it advisable to visit most of the places in the evening because of the intense sun?

[@sathishkumar-hm1ww]

Triplicane partha sarathy temple, kalikambal temple in mannady, vadapalani murugan temple, kundrathoor murugan temple, mylapore kabalishwar temple, sholinganallur temple (forgot the name).... mahabalipuram will take 1 to 2 hrs from chennai central railway station.

[@abhishekghosh5550]

@@sathishkumar-hm1ww Thank you sathish. Your suggestions are precious to me. I really like to immerse myself in Tamil culture and history. Nandri

[@sivakumarbalasubramanian5925]

Temperature frim December to February mid around 28 max so you can explore whole day

[@namanbhushanchauhan2754]

Ratna Giri Cafe Marina Beach - Largest Beach in India Royapettha - Evening

[@RishikeshPal-rx5qf]

Can you please link the music that you have used here that's mind-blowing.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thanks a lot Rishikesh! I use all my music from Epidemic. You can check them out here - share.epidemicsound.com/sh4f92 🤗

[@l.kishorekishore2518]

Iam traveling Chennai next month

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Have fun 🙌🙌

[@LifestyleanditsVibes]

Emotion and city = India

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

🙌🙌❤️❤️

[@LifestyleanditsVibes]

😍😍

[@LifestyleanditsVibes]

I once visited chennai. No doubt its an awesome place to visit

[@poojandpunya]

you made my trip to Chennai awesome brother.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

You are most welcome 🙌🙌🙌

[@tejodeepthid7222]

Pl visit our Chennai Rail Museum ICF CHENNAI-38, also

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Hopefully next time 🙌

[@ektar1821]

Please let us know how and where can we rent car with a driver in Chennai?

[@RahulYadav-7]

Nic ..

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Thank you so much 🙌🙌

[@rehanmehta-iz6xt]

Superb video, my wife and I are coming for honeymoon.

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Great! Do plan to visit Pondicherry if you are going there for your honeymoon - it’s more romantic than Chennai :)

[@nileshpatil1311]

Please give Information on Bike renting in Chennai

[@sivakumarbalasubramanian5925]

Not available but you have bike taxi

[@divijparashar]

visit it

[@ChopraTraveller]

Can we visit chennai in June month .will it be comfortable weather ?

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

It’ll be quite hot then. The best time to visit is winters (Chennai doesn’t have much of winters though) in my opinion - Nov to Feb.

[@annutomar6216]

Please suggest a good affordable place to stay in Chennai. Is there any family that host guests?

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s a good question but unfortunately I don’t know any specific place like that. I typically use Airbnb or Booking to find affordable places to stay. Also Hostelworld is a great resource. Have a fun trip to Chennai :)

[@EasyToScroll]

Background music name

[@somadhar1203]

Museum in Mumbai also allows photography with mobile

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s great to know 🙌🙌🙌

[@userkumaraguru]

vdo k starting m v kya marina beach h bo ?

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

That’s on the East Coast Road…

[@mklouis]

You missed the give info about St thom church

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

You are right - maybe in the next video 👍

[@user-en8bh6qi9p]

Where is SINDHI TEMPLE in chennai?

[@rajlaxmisisodiya4794]

Is there any place where I can have photoshoot in traditional saree???

[@nikitasharmaNaveen]

Kovlam beach to yr trivendrumm h

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Good point. Kovalam Beach is on the outskirts of Chennai too and it's second name is Covelong beach. Of course, there's one in Kerala too.

[@Heresheis0818]

3:36

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

The chai?

[@anshulagrawal3062]

bring back soheb

[@raktimmajumdar6584]

3:49 - Tea was that bad? Or was that 5 stars?

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Yea was ok. I typically like tea with ginger and less milk, but since I was there to have their tea, I just drank what was offered. Would I drink it again? Yes sure :)