What to expect
Highlights
- Fort Geldria and Dutch Cemetery, Pulicat — Site of the Dutch East India Company's first Coromandel capital, its best-preserved remnant being the colonial cemetery with carved skeleton tombstones.
- Pazhaverkadu (Pulicat) heritage town — A historic lagoon-side fishing town, once a major Dutch trading settlement, now blending colonial ruins, an old church, boat rides and birdwatching.
- Pulicat Beach — A quiet sandy shore near Pazhaverkadu where the lagoon meets the Bay of Bengal, backed by fishing hamlets and good for sunrise.
- Our Lady of Glory Church, Pulicat — A historic Roman Catholic church in the old port town of Pulicat, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and dating to the early colonial era of the settlement. It stands among the Portuguese and Dutch-period heritage of Pazhaverkadu on the Coromandel coast.
