A virtual walk through Chennai
Sea breeze on the Marina, filter coffee in Mylapore.
Stroll Chennai nowFree, runs in your browser. 13 kinds of place: station, beach, lighthouse, temple, church, mosque, fort, heritage, museum, stadium, monument, street, park.
Places you can walk to in Chennai
- 🚉 Chennai CentralRed-brick terminus with its famous clock tower, opened in 1873.
- 🏖️ Marina BeachA long urban beach, kites by day and sundal stalls by evening.
- 🗼 Chennai LighthouseThe modern lighthouse on the Marina, with a view deck at the top.
- 🛕 Kapaleeshwarar TempleMylapore's Shiva temple with a towering, colourful gopuram.
- ⛪ San Thome BasilicaWhite neo-Gothic basilica by the sea in Santhome.
- 🛕 Parthasarathy TempleAncient Vishnu temple in the heart of Triplicane.
- 🕌 Wallajah Big MosqueGrey granite mosque with tall minarets, built by the Nawab of Arcot.
- 🏰 Fort St. GeorgeThe first English fortress in India, now the seat of the state government.
- 🏛️ Madras High CourtRed Indo-Saracenic domes and minarets in George Town.
- 🏛️ Ripon BuildingGleaming white home of the city corporation, with a central clock tower.
- 🖼️ Government Museum, EgmoreOne of India's oldest museums, famous for its bronze gallery.
- 🏛️ Connemara Public LibraryA domed reading hall with stained glass, beside the museum.
- 🏏 M. A. Chidambaram StadiumChepauk, the cricket ground that roars for the home side.
- 🏛️ Valluvar KottamA stone temple chariot honouring the poet Thiruvalluvar.
- 🛍️ Pondy BazaarT. Nagar's busy shopping street, now with a wide pedestrian plaza.
- 🌳 Guindy National ParkA forest inside the city, with blackbuck and spotted deer.
- 🏖️ Elliot's BeachBesant Nagar's calmer beach, beside the Karl Schmidt memorial.