Things to do in Coimbatore

Coimbatore, the southern urban centre and the second-largest city in Tamil Nadu is a perfect destination for tourists that it extends a wide variety of things to do options. Ranging from going about to look at places of interest, shopping, festivals and events, restaurants and what not, Coimbatore accomplishes the mark of being a distinguished tourist destination with its adequate choices for holidaymakers.

Owing to its exquisitely fine and pleasing location, that is, surrounded by the Western Ghats range of mountains to the West, the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and reserve forests northwards, Noyyal River to the south, the city is the first choice among the tourist for its pleasant climate throughout the year. Besides, the city is the home of a lot of tourist attractions, shopping centres, restaurants and many more. The city extends a virtual guarantee that it will hold the visitants fully engaged throughout their visit.

Find below some of the things to do in Coimbatore options, which will come handy for people who plan to visit this lovely city. 

Sightseeing Options in Coimbatore

Attempting to explore the city of Coimbatore in a day is practically out of the question as the place offers a long list of tourist attractions that it certainly demands more than a day. Nevertheless, if you are on a short trip, proper travel plan would definitely work. Furthermore, it is always better to make up your mind about the type of visit beforehand, whether it is going to be a spiritual trip or a fun trip and segregate the places accordingly. Make a point that you are carrying a well-planned itinerary, hit the roads and get involved with the amazement the city has to offer.

Some of the popular tourist attractions of Coimbatore includes Bharathi Park, CSI Immanuel Church, Dhyanalingam Temple, Eachanari Vinayagar Temple, G.D. Naidu Museum and Industrial Exhibition, Government Museum, H A Gass Forest Museum, Kadhi Gandhi Gallery, Kasthuri Srinivasan Art Gallery and Textile Museum, Marudamalai Murugan Temple, Noyyal River, Perur Patteeswarar Temple, Race Course Children's Park, Sengupathi Falls, Singanallur Lake, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Park, Vaideki Falls, VOC Park and Zoo and many other places of interest.

Shopping Options in Coimbatore

Being fondly called as 'Manchester of South India', Coimbatore is the official address for a lot of textile companies. When it is coming to textiles, Coimbatore is a big name in south India with numerous textile retailers scattered across the length and breadth of the city. As a matter of fact, local population and visitors choose Coimbatore for assortment of items, which include wedding sarees, Kanchipuram silk sarees, samudrika silk sarees, Pochampally sarees, madisar silk sarees, silk cotton sarees, Banaras silk sarees, designer sarees, printed silk sarees, Dharmavaram silk sarees and many other cotton and silk sarees.

The city does not stop with just textiles, but it puts up a great deal for jewelry as well. Many reputed names in the list of jewelry retailers of South India have their strong presence in Coimbatore with a lot of regular customers. Some of the popular shopping locations of Coimbatore include Cross cut road, Raja Street, Big Bazaar Street, RS Puram, Oppanakara veedhi, Trichy road and so on. Apart from the textile and jewelry retailers, Coimbatore also houses many behemoth shopping malls, which are nothing short of the ones that are located in Chennai, Bangalore or Mumbai! The Brookefields mall located on the Krishnasamy Road leads the way for the other shopping malls and plazas of the city.

Festivals and Events in Coimbatore

As the city houses numerous historic temples and other religious sites, Coimbatore celebrates a lot of festivals throughout the year. The major festival of Coimbatore is the Natyanjali dance festival which is an annual fete celebrated on the name of Lord Natraja. Bharatanatyam dancers from all over the country gather in the city to perform and dedicate their respect to Lord Natraja.

Coimbatore is very fortunate to stage such an age-old traditional festival in its soil that it is not just a celebration but a tremendous process of upholding the country's rich heritage of performing arts for generations to come. Some of the other important festivals celebrated in Coimbatore with great enthusiasm include Koniamman Car Festival, Aadiperuku, Tirukarthigai, Navaratri,  Mariamman festivals and Thai Poosam.

Food Options in Coimbatore

A trip to Coimbatore will not be complete without tasting Coimbatore food. Even water in the city of Coimbatore holds eminent importance as the distributed drinking water i.e Siruvani water is considered as one of the tastiest waters in the country. The food is served in banana leaf, which reverberate the culture of the state that it is still practised widely across the city. A typical meal in Coimbatore would usually comprise of sweet, oorugai, poriyal, kootu, varuval, appalam, rice, parupu, sambar, rasam, vatha kuzhambu and thayir.

Although Coimbatore's culinary art is predominantly south Indian, the city houses a lot of multicuisine restaurants dotted across the city to cater the migrants and localites.

Getting Around Coimbatore

Getting around the city of Coimbatore is not so tough as hiring auto rickshaws and call taxis is a matter of few seconds. In addition, all the important points of the city are well connected by public transport buses that ply at frequent intervals. Some of the reputed and popular call taxi operators of Coimbatore include:

Goodway Call Taxi
Phone: (0422) 4270333

Connect Meter Taxi
Phone: (0422) 4999599

ABI Call Taxi
Phone: (0422) 2575757

Go Taxi
Phone: (0422) 4455667

Capital Taxi
Phone: (0422) 2454444

Fast Track Call Taxi
Phone: (0422) 2200000