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Stylish 6 room bed & breakfast in South Chennai

Footprint is a private 6-room bed & breakfast located in a quiet, up-market residential neighbourhood close to the Boat Club Area in South Chennai. Our B&B is located on the 2nd floor of an eight-unit apartment building, and is managed by Rucha and Ashish Gupta, who bring with them rich experience in hospitality & travel management - Ashish is co-founder of the Barefoot Group, based in the Andaman Islands.

The six rooms are spacious and well furnished with large twin beds, spring mattresses and premium linen. All rooms come with air-conditioning, direct-to-home satellite television, tea/coffee maker, and free WiFi Internet connectivity. Ensuite bathrooms are western-style with showers and hot & cold running water.

Public spaces are fully-air conditioned. There is a small living room to entertain visitors or chat with fellow guests. A common dining area has a small sit-out (for smokers). A library nook has books and magazines on travel and nature for reference. A computer with free Internet connectivity is available for all guests.

Breakfast is served in-room or in the dining area. Guests have a choice of full-Western or Indian breakfast. For other meals, a range of order-in menus from neighbourhood restaurants are available.

Spend half-day local sightseeing visiting Fort St George (bastion of the British East India Company), San Thome Cathedral (where the Apostle Thomas was interred); and the Bronze Gallery at the Madras Museum. Visit the ancient Kapaleeswarar Temple at Mylapore and drink a traditional yard-long kapi (coffee). Or gawk at the scale of one of India's largest vegetable wholesale markets at 4 am in the morning.

Make longer day trips out to Mamallapuram, 5th century UNESCO World Heritage Site with its rock temples; see the magnificent living temples of Kanchipuram; or visit former French colony Pondicherry with its heritage Quarter and Creole cuisine.