An absolute must for a cultural experience with a knowledgeable and relaxed guide Just back from a wonderful tour of Meenakshi Temple & Thirumalai Nayak Palace with our guide Mutha. Mutha was punctual, well organised, knowledgeable and friendly. We were picked up from our hotel in an A/C taxi at 8am taken on a well planned and informative tour of Meenakshi Temple. Mutha arranged for safekeeping of our valuables such as phone & smart watches during our visit as they are not permitted inside the temple. From there we went to the Palace. Again Mutha was knowledgeable about the history. Next we visited the Gandhi Museum (housed in a temporary building during renovation) and purchased Gandhi's autobiography for rs. 80. The stop at the market selling bananas was enjoyable, tasty & great photo opps. After that we ate a thali for lunch at Amman restaurant which was delicious and patiently explained to us by Muthu. The staff were efficient and polite and the restaurant & washroom were clean. After lunch we drove out to the pottery village about 7 km outside of Madurai. We heard from some of the women working there and found it interesting. Overall I would totally recommend this immersive cultural tour.

Madurai - Offbeat Experienced the culinary delights of Madurai. Took the Bazaars of Madurai walk. Visited the church and palace. Overall a great trip.

Madurai a real Authentic and cultural experience Our Madurai tour took us to experience some truly amazing places from the grandeur Meenakshi temple to the Gandhi museum . Our tour Guide Kannan enabled us to appreciate the true glory and bask ourselves in traditional architecture, religion and Indian culture . We also got to sample some local delicacies of Madurai . It’s a foodies heaven and Kannan helped guide us through authentic resteraunts.

Excellent Tour Company So when you're in a foreign country searching TripAdvisor for tours in south India, or any place in India for that matter, the tour guides such as Five Senses, will literally provide you with anything and customize any package for you. Don't just think about the tour as described, think about the tour you would want to have and have them customize that for you. I would say the itinerary for me, for this particular tour was almost perfect. It had a good mix of the Meenakshi Temple which is a must-see and interaction with the local community via markets, villages and schools which is my personal favorite. We did two tours with Five Senses and they worked to get to know us and improved based on our personal preferences, providing not only an excellent tour but also on-demand ground transportation. Guides Misters Kannan, Meenakshi and our driver Mr. Bhasker were all excellent. I highly recommend them.

Private Tour of Madurai City, Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi. Madurai is famous for Meenakshi Temple. It's huge and has beautiful architecture. Expect a minimum waiting line of 2-3 hours to visit the main sanctum but we were lucky enough to visit it in the fast lane. Our darshan was very good. Our guide : Mr. Meenakshi explained in detail about the Temple. He also took us for a good south Indian meal. The food was served in banana leaf and the good part of that restraunt was to sit and interact with locals at one table. They explained us the way a South Indian meal should be had. We also had madurai famous drink called jigar thanda which you get in a local shop. But anyone visiting south India, pls have rose milk and their paneer soda (recommended to us by our Tanjore guide- Mr.Kannan). It is really good for digestion and cools down the body system in scorching heat. We visited this beautiful palace called Thirumala Nayakkar Palace. The stuco architecture is inspired by Italy. The best part of this trip was visiting Rameshwaram Temple and Danushkodi. When visiting Rameshwaram, we visited important sites such as Arichalmunai which is the last point jutting out of India and afte 15 kms is the starting point of Srilanka. It is the confluence of a sea and an Ocean - Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. The green and blue colours of water can be seen distinctly apart. Our guide- Mr. Meenakshi informed us about main temple in Rameshwarm called Sri Ramanathswamy Temple. The corridors of this temple were huge and carvings were beautiful. The best part of the tour was to stand in the place where Ram Setu( Adam's Bridge) was built. The coral stone which was approx 92 kgs was floating in the water and we could take photographs with it. We visited Vilundi Teertham. It's a walkway in the middle of ocean where the water was drinkable and has a mythological significance to it. All these were explained well by our guide - Mr.Meenakshi. We thank 5 Senses and their team for the wonderful tour. Thanks, Pooja & Kush Bajaj

impressionnant Belle expérience à Maduraï où notre guide francophone Meenakshi nous a justement fait visiter le Meenakshi temple un des plus grands temples du monde où il serait si facile de se perdre. Visite guidée quasi obligatoire à moins d'avoir une journée entière devant soi. Le Nayak palace mérite aussi le détour grâce aux explications de notre guide. Encore un bon souvenir de voyage. Merci

Great tour with great guide Brilliant tour that was very kindly split over 2 days due to the main temple of Madurai being closed on the day that we booked. Our guide Meenakshi was great company and very knowledgeable and ensured that we got to see everything from temples and palaces to local villages and markets and a final stop at the Gandhi Museum. A fantastic evening and day and well worth it to check out all of the must-see sights of Madurai.

Excellent and varied tour of Madurai An excellent and fascinating tour. The Meenakshi Temple site was of course the highlight, but other parts of the tour delved into everyday life in the city, the banana and vegetable markets, the Sanskrit school were all really interesting too. My guide, Meenakshi Sundaram, was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and spoke excellent English. He was a real gentleman. Special mention too to our patient and careful driver. Highly recommend the tour

hindu faith in the 21st century This was the second part of our trip to visit the world heritage temples over south India, Tamil Nadur state, and Madurai was the largest city we were in. Nice hotel British style at the Heritage, and a magnificent Hindu temple to continue the splendid visit. This was very much alive temple, a bit crowded by locals making long ques to move around, but for us Europeans, a unique flavor of what is the faith and costumes of Hindu religion nowadays