Marina Beach

The most famous place in Chennai is that marina.Marina Beach is a natural urban beach in the city of Chennai.second longest beach in the world.

  Marina beach is a major tourist attraction of the city. People visiting Chennai make a point to visit the beach. It is also the main place for the local people to escape from the summer heat.The beach is popular for its shops and food stalls run by about 500 shops run by about 1,212 vendors. The memorials and statues, morning walk, joggers' track, lovers' spot, aquarium, and the like make it a hangout for people of all ages. Kite flying and beach cricket are common sports at the beach, and there are also facilities for pony rides. Beach cricket at the Marina dates back several decades. However, Chennai City Police has banned it at different points due to its interference with traffic and beach walkers.The sea is generally rough and waves are strong. There are fishermen colonies present at both ends of the beach. There are also joyrides, merry-go-rounds and mini giant wheels along the stretch, although they are installed without permission from any government agency.

   In the morning time, the marina beach looks very beautiful. At that time people are doing their morning walking, jogging and children playing cricket and some other children do their scatting practice. In the months of November to January the entire marina cover by snow at the morning time. In that time the sunrise view will cannot tell. That looks very gorgeous.

Colourful madness when the sun goes down. Fairground rides I wouldn't let my kid go on. Shooting games and oodles of food and brightly colored items for sale. Gives a real sense of the buzz of Chennai.

It does not cost much to spend your time at the beach. And, don't forget to have the Burmese food and chili &onion bajjis(a south Indian snack) from the cart vendors at the beach