| Check-in time: 12:00 PMCheck-out time: 12:00 PM. It's 33 km from the NH32. A 10-minute walk from the long-standing Shore Temple, which overlooks the Bay of Bengal, this casual budget hotel is 16 minutes' walk from Pancha Rathas, a series of ancient carved-rock temples. Breakfast (surcharge) is available, as is parking for cars and motorbikes. Relaxed, simply furnished rooms, some with terraces or balconies, feature flat-screen TVs and en suite wet rooms. Amenities include event space and a rooftop pool
Chennai International Airport 1 hr 20
Krishna Mandapam (3 min)
History and architecture Varaha Cave (3 min.)
Cave temple & UNESCO World Heritage Site with intricate life-sized sculptures frescoes & columns. Mahabalipuram Beach (16 min.)
Unassuming sandy beach featuring swimming surfing & views of the 8th-century Shore Temple. Mahabalipuram Light House (6 min)
Lighthouse India Seashell Museum (18 min.)
Collection of approximately 40 000 seashells & marine fossils from around the world. The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust And Centre For Herpetology (18 min.)
Longtime reptile zoo & crocodile sanctuary/breeding center with feedings & a night safari. Mandapam (7 min.)
Cave and architecture Descent Of The Ganges (3 min)
Sculpture monument elephant and art Tiger Cave (10 min.)
A cave with tiger-head carvings is among the ruins of this 8th-century carved-stone Hindu temple. Krishna S Butter Ball (7 min.)
Offbeat tourist attraction featuring a massive granite boulder perched on a downhill slope. Pancha Rathas (16 min.)
Series of temples dating to the 7th century carved from stone & shaped like chariots. Ganesha Ratha (4 min.)
Intricate exterior carvings adorn this Hindu temple cut from pink granite in the 7th century. Group Of Monuments At Mahabalipuram (7 min)
World Heritage-listed shoreline stone temple complex dating from the 7th 8th centuries. Arulmigu Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Tirukovil Divya Desam (3 min)
Ancient temple dedicated to Vishnu & famed for its painted stone statues & scenic shore location. | 
