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Hotels in St. Thomas Mount, Chennai
St. Thomas Mount is one of the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai (Wikidata: "hillock and neighbourhood located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"). Its centre is 12 km from the city centre. 5 places to stay in this guide are counted here, listed nearest the area centre first.
- Places to stay
- 5of 394 in Chennai's neighbourhoods
- From the city centre
- 12 km
- Nearest station
- Nanganallur Road0.6 km · OpenStreetMap
- Nearest main sight
- Thousand Lights Mosque8.7 km
- Restaurants, cafes and bars
- 13OpenStreetMap, by nearest area centre
Where to stay
Places to stay in St. Thomas Mount
Nearest the area's centre point first, by straight-line distance. Chain properties link to their own websites; hotels recorded in Wikidata link to their encyclopedia article where there is one.
| # | Place to stay | From the area centre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OYO 11305 Hotel NK Exotica | 0.3 km |
| 2 | OYO 9764 Hotel St Thomas Inn | 0.5 km |
| 3 | Collection O 84759 Mount Alagar Residency | 0.8 km |
| 4 | Capital O 28343 Madurai Velnachiyar Guest House | 1.0 km |
| 5 | Le Royal Meridien, Chennai | 1.3 km |
Visiting
What to see, eat and drink in St. Thomas Mount
OpenStreetMap maps 9 restaurants, 3 cafes and 1 bar or pub counted in St. Thomas Mount, and 5 named sights: museums and galleries, parks, monuments, viewpoints and other attractions. They are counted the same way as the places to stay: each place goes to the area whose centre is nearest, within that area's reach. This rule has no boundaries, so places near the edge can fall in a neighbouring area's count.
| What | Mapped | Rank in Chennai |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 9 | 26 of 74 |
| Cafes | 3 | 21 of 74 |
| Bars, pubs and beer gardens | 1 | 9 of 74 |
| Museums and galleries | 0 | |
| Named parks | 0 | |
| Monuments, viewpoints and other sights | 5 | 4 of 74 |
Rank 1 has the most among the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai; areas with equal counts share a rank. A zero means none is mapped in OpenStreetMap, not that there are none: coverage varies from place to place.
The 5 best-known sights counted in St. Thomas Mount
Named sights OpenStreetMap maps for which the centre of St. Thomas Mount is the nearest area centre (there is no boundary for St. Thomas Mount in this data, so a few may lie in a neighbouring area): those linked to Wikidata or Wikipedia first, then by the number of Wikipedia language editions covering them. Distances are in a straight line from the area's centre point.
| Sight | Type | From the area centre |
|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas Mount | Place of worship | 0.0 km |
| St Patricks Church | Place of worship | 0.4 km |
| Lt. Col. Samuel Dalrymple (Madras Artillery) Cupola | Memorial | 0.9 km |
| Mother Teresa | Memorial | 0.1 km |
| Pope John Paul II | Memorial | 0.1 km |
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026.
Stations
Stations nearest the centre of St. Thomas Mount
The nearest stations OpenStreetMap maps within 3 km of the centre of St. Thomas Mount, and the nearest of each kind (rail, metro, light rail, monorail, funicular) within the same distance. Tram and bus stops are not included.
| Station | Serves | From the area centre |
|---|---|---|
| Nanganallur Road | metro | 0.6 km |
| Alandur | metro | 0.9 km |
| Saint Thomas Mount | rail and metro | 1.3 km |
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026. Distances are in a straight line, not walking distance.
Distances
How far St. Thomas Mount is from Chennai's main sights
| Sight | From St. Thomas Mount |
|---|---|
| Thousand Lights Mosque | 8.7 km |
| Kapaleeshwarar Temple | 8.9 km |
| Government Museum, Chennai | 10 km |
| Hafiz Ahmad Khan Mosque | 10 km |
| Triplicane Big Mosque | 10 km |
| Parthasarathy Temple | 11 km |
| ISKCON Temple Chennai | 12 km |
| St. Mary's Church, Chennai | 13 km |
| Fort St. George | 13 km |
| Armenian Church, Chennai | 14 km |
Around the area
Stations and sights in and near St. Thomas Mount
Sights in St. Thomas Mount
- Butt Road Jumma Masjid · mosque · 0.5 km
- St. Thomas Garrison Church · church · 0.5 km
Nearby
Areas next to St. Thomas Mount
Questions
St. Thomas Mount: questions travellers ask
How many hotels are in St. Thomas Mount, Chennai?
5 places to stay in this guide are counted in St. Thomas Mount: those for which its centre is the nearest of the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai. The nearest to the area centre is OYO 11305 Hotel NK Exotica, 0.3 km away.
How far is St. Thomas Mount from the centre of Chennai?
12 km in a straight line from the area's centre to the city centre point Wikidata gives for Chennai.
How far is St. Thomas Mount from Fort St. George?
13 km in a straight line from the centre of St. Thomas Mount. The nearest of Chennai's main sights is Thousand Lights Mosque, 8.7 km away.
Which stations are nearest the centre of St. Thomas Mount?
As mapped in OpenStreetMap: Nanganallur Road (metro, 0.6 km), Alandur (metro, 0.9 km) and Saint Thomas Mount (rail and metro, 1.3 km), in a straight line from the area's centre point.
How many restaurants, cafes and bars are there in St. Thomas Mount?
OpenStreetMap maps 9 restaurants, 3 cafes and 1 bar or pub counted in St. Thomas Mount (each place in the area whose centre is nearest).
Areas: the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai that Wikidata records as a neighborhood located in the city. Places to stay are not assigned by boundary: each is counted in the area whose centre is nearest, and only when it is within that area's reach (twice the radius of a circle the size of the area where Wikidata gives its size, otherwise 1.5 km) and no nearer the centre of a neighbouring town in this guide; 394 places to stay are counted this way. Sights are counted the same way. Main sights: the 10 sights in these areas covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. Stations: railway and metro stations in Wikidata. All distances are straight-line from the area's centre point; on foot or by road they are longer.
Sources: the area, sights and stations from Wikidata (CC0); St. Thomas Mount on Wikipedia; places to stay from each operator's own public pages and from Wikidata. How this guide is made.