Posts in Vegetarianhttps://payaniga.com/en-INhttps://payaniga.com/vegetarian-homestays-chikkamagaluru/https://payaniga.com/vegetarian-homestays-chikkamagaluru/Estate stays where the kitchen is fully vegetarian, tested over three monsoon trips.Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT<img src="https://payaniga.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/chikkamagaluru-cover.jpg" alt="Rolling hills and coffee plantations near Chikkamagaluru" /><blockquote> <p>Dummy post for theme development.</p> </blockquote> <p>Finding a fully vegetarian kitchen in coffee country takes some asking. These five are places we’ve stayed ourselves.</p> <ol> <li><strong>Hillside Estate Stay</strong> – four rooms, home-style Malnad food.</li> <li><strong>Riverbend Cottages</strong> – quiet, by a stream, great for families.</li> <li><strong>Coffee Trail Homestay</strong> – the hosts run a short plantation tour.</li> <li><strong>Misty Ridge</strong> – best views, steep last kilometre.</li> <li><strong>Old Bungalow Retreat</strong> – a restored planter’s bungalow.</li> </ol> <blockquote> <p>Names are placeholders for the dummy site.</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="https://payaniga.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malnad-thali.jpg" alt="Malnad-style vegetarian thali"></p> homestayshttps://payaniga.com/bengaluru-to-mysuru-road-trip/https://payaniga.com/bengaluru-to-mysuru-road-trip/The expressway is fast, but the old road has the good breakfast.Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT<img src="https://payaniga.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mysuru-road-cover.jpg" alt="Mysuru Palace illuminated at night" /><blockquote> <p>Dummy post for theme development.</p> </blockquote> <p>The expressway gets you to Mysuru in under two hours. If you have time, take the service road for a few stops.</p> <h2 id="our-stops">Our stops</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Channapatna</strong> for wooden toys</li> <li><strong>Maddur</strong> for vadas, obviously</li> <li><strong>Srirangapatna</strong> for the Ranganathaswamy temple and Daria Daulat Bagh</li> <li><strong>Mysuru Palace</strong> on a Sunday evening when it’s lit up</li> </ul> <p><img src="https://payaniga.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/maddur-vada.jpg" alt="Maddur vada with chutney"></p> weekend-getaways