How To Reach Ooty

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Ooty is a beautiful hill station of Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the most sought after tourist destinations in Southern India. The place is also famous from the name of the Scotland of the east among tourists and often visited by tourists for spending holidays. The town is located picturesquely on the hills of range Nilgiris at a height of 7347 feet above the sea level. The town has several spots and sites, which include scenic landscapes, long stretched tea gardens, hills, and valleys. Owing to its compelling beauty, national and international tourists come here for spending holidays. If you are also planning holidays in this beautiful town, then look information about how to reach Ooty.
Bangalore and Chennai are located at a distance of 564 km and 296 km from the Ooty. As it is at a distance of few hours journey from the two cities, tourists come here for spending their weekends. The closest airport to this Ooty is Coimbatore airport, which is at a distance of three and half hours by road. The airport of Coimbatore is connected to all the major cities of India. Some of the national and international flights, ...
... which go to Coimbatore, are Singapore, Sharjah, Colombo, Air Deccan, Indian Airlines, Jet and Go Air, Air Deccan, Paramount, and Indian Airlines.
Ooty is connected to the Chennai city by a train at night hours. The train named Nilgiris Express leaves from Chennai at night and reaches Mettupalayam, a small hill stations railway station. The station of Mettupalayam is located at distance of 47 km from Ooty. From outside of the station, one can take taxi or buses to reach the Nilgiris. Train services are available to this town from other stations such as Coimbatore, Bangalore, and Mysore. There are also direct trains from the town of Canoor to this place. Taxi charges from this railway stations to Ooty is around Rs 1,000.
Information about how to reach Ooty by road is given further. Buses are available from terminus Bangalore, Mysore, Kanyakumari, Chennai, and Trivandrum to Ooty on daily basis. Tourists can take government buses or Volvo buses to reach this town. One can also come by taxi form other places such as Aravankadu, Wellington, Lovedale, Ketti, Bellikkal, and Coonoor. The climate of this town stays and cool all round the year, therefore it can be visited any month of the year.