Tranquebar

Insider Tips

There is no smoking lounge - you will have to pop into a smoking room outside or in Cheroot
• The staff will happily make you classics on request, though Cheroot is a better option for robust Manhattans and sours. There is live music on the weekends, check ahead, though
• Tranquebar was a Dutch outpost on the Coromandel Coast, a few hours down from Pondicherry. The Dutch Fort by the Bay has now been converted into a Neemrana hotel