{"id":2616,"date":"2022-01-04T10:26:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T10:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2022-03-09T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T08:14:34","slug":"hill-stations-in-karnataka-coonoor-hillstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/hill-stations-in-karnataka-coonoor-hillstation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hill Stations in Karnataka-Coonoor Hillstation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Coonoor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>About:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Coonoor is the second largest hill station in the Nilgiris, surrounded by tea plantations, at an altitude of 1839 metres. Its climate is milder than Ooty. It is a very popular weekend get away for the people in Coimbatore. Coonoor is essentially a small tea garden town where the weather remains pleasantly cool throughout the year.Coonoor is on the toy-train line between Mettupalayam (28 km) and Ooty. A popular pastime is<br>birdwatching, as an extensive variety of birds can be spotted. The main attraction is the Sim&#8217;s Park, a small well maintained botanical garden that has several varieties of plants. It is about 19kms to the south of Ooty and is accessible by both train and road.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Location info:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Address:<\/strong>Coimbatore, 100 km away.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>District:<\/strong>Nilgiris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nearest City:<\/strong>Coimbatore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Best time to visit:&nbsp;<\/strong>Winter &#8211; October to March<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Climate\/Weather:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>History:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interesting things to do:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interesting things to Visit:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mobile range info:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>How to reach?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nearest Railway Station:<\/strong>Nearest broad gauge railway head is Mettupalayam (46 kms). Major broadgauge railway junction is Coimbatore. It is connected with all major cities. Mettupalayam to Ooty, is connected by a Mountain Railway which is 4 hours journey.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Nearest Airport:<\/strong>The nearest airport is in Coimbatore, 100 km away. You can catch a direct flight to Coimbatore from Chennai, Kozhikode, Bangalore and Mumbai. Indian Airlines flies Delhi-Kochi via Mumbai and Coimbatore.<br>The nearest airport is in Coimbatore, 100 km away. You can catch a direct flight to Coimbatore from Chennai, Kozhikode, Bangalore and Mumbai. Indian Airlines flies Delhi-Kochi via Mumbai and Coimbatore.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Road Transport:<\/strong>Ooty is well connected by good roads.<br>There is a regular bus service from Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Calicut, Kanyakumari, Tanjavur, Tirupati and Cochin. Buses ply regularly to Mudhumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Kotagiri, Coonoor and Doddabeta.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nearest Visiting places:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.Sim&#8217;s Park<br>2.Pasteur Institute<br>3.Dolphin&#8217;s Nose<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nearest Petrol Pump:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Coonoor.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hotels\/Lodge\/Accommodation:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.Hotel Taj Garden Retreat Church Hill Road, Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2232776, 2232778,2230131<br>2.Hotel Velan Ritz Orange Grove Road, Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2230637, 2230484<br>3.Hotel Wellington Riga Apple by Road, Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2230523, 2232523<br>4.Velan Hotel Bed Ford, Ritz Road, Upper Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2230484, 2230632<br>5.Vivek Tourist Home Fig of 8 Road, Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2230658, 2231292, 2232568<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Things to carry:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tips &amp; Suggestions:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Help Line\/Phone Number:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Police Station:<\/strong>100<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nearest Hospital:<\/strong>1.Govt.Lawely Hospital Mount Road, Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2231050, 2230500<br>2.Sagayamatha Hospital Mount Road, Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2231919<br>3.Nankem Hospital Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2231550<br>4.Emanuel Eye Hospital Coonoor, Tamilnadu, India<br>2230244<br>5.Hospitals in Wellington<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Society\/Community Phone Number<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coonoor About: Coonoor is the second largest hill station in the Nilgiris, surrounded by tea plantations, at an altitude of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616\/revisions\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}