What was once a getaway from the steamy summers of the plains for the British elite of the Madras Presidency is now a hill station that caters to weekend holidaymakers from all over the South of India and honeymooners from across the country. Its freshness and neat tea lined slopes have beguiled many, including Hindi film producers scouting for Hindi film locales!

At 2286 metres above sea level, Ooty is essentially a small town that bustles and bristles with the activity of locals going about their daily business, kids rushing towards and rushing away from school and tourists ambling in the streets. A little outside town, plantations of cardamom and tea, and eucalyptus forests take over the landscape. Snuggling in the Nilgiri Hills, enveloped in the blue mist that the name implies (nil=blue, giri=mountain), Ooty continues to exude the charm of a laidback beautiful little town that it is.

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