Self drive car & bike rental in Padmanabhapuram
Most people come to Padmanabhapuram for the palace, and most of them see it as one stop on somebody else's timetable. A car for the day is the difference between forty minutes in the palace and a morning in it, with the rest of the day for the temples and the coast rather than a coach back.
Getting a vehicle in Padmanabhapuram
Padmanabhapuram is about 20 km from our base in Nagercoil, and we deliver rather than asking you to come and collect. Give us the address and a time; the vehicle arrives with its papers, a full tank noted down and the KM reading written in front of you.
The palace closes for a long lunch and on Mondays, which catches out a lot of visitors — worth checking before setting off. Parking near the entrance fills by mid-morning in season, and there is more of it a short walk back towards Thuckalay. A self drive car in Padmanabhapuram is handed over at the palace end of Thuckalay or at your door, so the day starts where you are rather than in Nagercoil.
Around Padmanabhapuram
Known for the wooden palace of the old Travancore capital.
- Padmanabhapuram Palace, the largest wooden palace complex in Asia
- The old fort walls around the palace
- Thuckalay town, a few minutes away
Drives from Padmanabhapuram
- Thiruvattarabout 14 kmThe Adikesava Perumal temple, on the river
- Colachelabout 14 kmSouth to the coast and the harbour
- Nagercoilabout 20 kmBack towards the district town
Rental cars in Padmanabhapuram
- Self drive cars
Hatchbacks, sedans and SUVs
- Bikes and scooters
By the hour, day or week
- Wedding cars
Decorated, for the season
- Tourist vehicles
With a driver, for groups
- Monthly rental
Cheaper the longer you keep it
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What we would bring
Maruti Suzuki Swift, Toyota Glanza Automatic, Hyundai Grand i10, Maruti Suzuki WagonR, Toyota Rumion and Toyota Innova. Rates for all of them are on the tariff page, and they come down on a longer rental.