Colonial furniture, both amusing and hybrid, fills the high-beamed spaces as you awake in four - poster beds or lounge in remarkable easy chairs which risk - all too often - a mixing of reading with intermittent siestas.

Walk barefoot on cool red or ivory floors. Tread the Savonnerie durries which have been revived on the pit loms of Jaipur. Admire the fine cotton blinds, the chintzes and indiennes, reprinted to orginal 18th century designs.

The artifacts of the area adorn the living and public spaces: Ravi Varma oleographs kitsch terracottas polychromed in garish colours, carved wooden bedlegs turned into lamps, dowry chests which serve as luggage racks. Large, old mirrors shows new faces as you wonder back though the time-warp tunnel that Pondicherry is.

Postcards that were mailed out of Pondicherry to France, now return to their soil revealing black and white photographs of a bygone era. The Sisters of Cluny's work continues across the road in the finest embroideries.

Rooms : Total : 21 Double: 20 Suites: 1

Room Facilities : Room service, H/C running water, Telephone, Fax, TV, safe deposit, channel music, car parking, children's play ground, taxi service.

Other facilities : Banquet & conference facilities, Shopping arcade, beauty parlour, health club, childrens playground, car parking, taxi service, docor on call, money changer, credit cards, garden and sea side views, doctor on call, Laundry, money changer, Safe deposit, taxi service.

Per head meal rates  :  Breakfast : RS 100/-  Lunch : RS 250/-  Dinner : RS 250/- to 350/-

Taxes : Taxes and surcharge on food, beverages and accommodation as per the Government regulations.Extra beds possible in every room @Rs 300 except in Gingy.

Cancellation charges are: 25% if cancelled ten days in advance ,50% if cancelled seven days in advance, 100% if cancelled five days in advance.

Access : 175 kms from Chennai Railway Station  and  160 kms from Chennai Airport. Car pickup on demand.

Choose from 10 suites and rooms named after former French comptoirs, loges and factories.

Sail the river of time flow back to a graceful era when leisure was no idle man's sin.

In the Carte Blanche restaurant, adorned with rare old maps, savour the renowned Creole cuisine, where Tamil spices mix with French restraint, to take your taste buds on the route des Indes.

Per head meal rates  :  Breakfast : RS 100/-  Lunch : RS 250/-  Dinner : RS 250/- to 350/-

Taxes : Taxes and surcharge on food, beverages and accommodation as per the Government regulations.Extra beds possible in every room @Rs 300 except in Gingy.

Cancellation charges are: 25% if cancelled ten days in advance ,50% if cancelled seven days in advance,
100% if cancelled five days in advance

Access : 175 kms from Chennai Railway Station  and  160 kms from Chennai Airport. Car pickup on demand.