I chose to do the morning tour and learn about the old town and it’s streets surrounding the temple.
The tour started at 7am outside one of the temple gates.
There was only three of us, but the guide had a great system of earpieces for each participant, and a mic if there was a larger group.
The tour wasn’t strenuous and offered a fun and interesting tale about the residents, mythology and history of Madurai.
Our guide took us through the market streets and we visited some land marks I never would have noticed, or found on my own.
Because of the early start time we had the streets to ourselves. No noise, no traffic and no dust.
The tour finished with a delicious local breakfast and it offered a chance to talk, and swap advise with my fellow travellers.
Our guide was warm, friendly and had a good sense of humour.
What she couldn’t answer (which wasn’t much) she looked up or got back to me with an email with the answer.
The company are professional, and responded and communicated very quickly and efficiently.
I thoroughly recommend doing this tour, and recommend the company Story Trails.
