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Palakkad is well connected to the rest of Kerala and most of the main express trains travelling through to Chennai, Bangalore and points further north stop at Palakkad's
railway station
, 6km to the northeast. The KSRTC
bus stand
is slap in the centre of town; most
accommodation
, in budget Indian-style lodges, is nearby. The
Ammbadi
, on TB Road, opposite the town bus stand and 500m from the KSRTC bus stand (tel 0491/531244; Rs200-600), has comfortable rooms, some a/c, and the restaurant serves Indian and Chinese food. Far more upmarket, the modern
Hotel Indraprastha
, English Church Road (tel 0491/534641, fax 539531; Rs600 and upwards), boasts large rooms, some with a/c, a gloomy but blissfully cool a/c restaurant serving a mixed menu of Indian, Western and Chinese cuisine, a bar and a pleasant lawn.
Fort Palace
, W Fort Road (tel 0491/534621; Rs400-1500), is also reasonable, with some a/c rooms, a bar and a restaurant serving good Indian food. Another alternative is to head out to KTDC's
Garden House
at Malampuzha (tel 0491/815217; Rs400-900) which has a range that includes large, ordinary doubles as well as some comfortable a/c rooms.
Around the corner from the
Indraprastha
, the DTPC's
tourist office
is at Fort Maidan (Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm; tel 0491/538996). They offer colourful leaflets but not much else, though you can coax them for travel information. Both the
Indraprastha
and the
Fort Palace
A
change money
for residents and, in theory, so can the State Bank of India, next door to the
Indraprastha
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