Beaches, backwaters, temple towns, hill stations. Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Puducherry — the Dravidian south, where the monsoon arrives first and the coffee is brewed strongest.
STATES IN SOUTH INDIA
Puducherry
3.6/104 destinations
Karnataka
4.6/10Bengaluru · 30 destinations
Kerala
2.8/10Thiruvananthapuram · 30 destinations
Tamil Nadu
4.0/10Chennai · 35 destinations
Andhra Pradesh
3.4/10Amaravati · 22 destinations
Telangana
5.4/10Hyderabad · 15 destinations
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