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Pondicherry · since 2012
A two-hour guided ride at sunrise through the French quarter, the markets and the fishing village. Every day, 7 to 9 am. Give time a break.
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Give time a break.
Quiet streets, yellow walls and the sea at the end of every road: Pondicherry at its softest, before the day begins. Come and see it from a saddle.
Plan your visit
Ready-made days that fit together perfectly, with the usual timings and one clear price. Pick one, or tell us how you would like to change it.
The classic Pondicherry day: ride through the old town at dawn, then cook and eat your own South Indian lunch.
See the streets where kolam is drawn every morning, then learn to draw your own with rice-flour powders.
Henna in the morning, a saree in the afternoon: two hands-on workshops in the villa, at a gentle pace.
Groups and private sessions
We create private tours and tailor-made workshops around your numbers, your wishes and your dates. Tell us what you have in mind and we reply with a clear proposal.
Request a proposalWhat you will experience
Hands-on classes in cooking, art, dance and well-being, taught by people of Pondicherry. Every class is practical: you leave with a skill, not just a photo.
Cook with Swathi, a Pondicherry local: visit the market, prepare four recipes of your choice and eat them together.
Draw the rice-powder patterns that decorate every Tamil doorstep.
One hour of music, movement and laughs with our dance teacher.
Prepare your own henna paste and draw your own temporary tattoo.
Learn three different drapes and the styling secrets behind them.
Our guests say
Why Sita
Ride at sunrise with a local guide and see the Pondicherry most visitors never find.
Cook, draw kolam, drape a saree or dance with local teachers, and leave able to do it again at home.
Ten guests at most, in English, French or Tamil, planned around you.
Kolam, henna, saree and cooking, passed on hand to hand by the people who live them.
French cooking classes, classical ballet and the colonial quarter, all around one blue villa.
Our story
Sita opened in 2012 in a blue colonial villa in the French quarter of Pondicherry, so that visitors and locals could meet the many sides of Indian arts and a true French cultural house.
In 2014 we ran the first guided cycle tours in Pondicherry. In 2020 the pandemic closed the doors and tested us hard, but we held on. Today the same house is still here, with the same dedication, keeping its traditions alive through practice.
A cultural house for South Indian arts and French culture, in the French quarter.
The first guided cycle tours in Pondicherry, on vintage-designed cycles.
The pandemic stopped travel and tested us hard. We held on and kept the house alive.
The same house, the same dedication, and the same promise to every guest.
Sita is a cultural house in the French quarter of Pondicherry, open since 2012. We offer guided cycle tours, hands-on cooking classes and workshops in kolam, mehendi, saree wearing, crafts, dance and yoga.
Our Wake-up Pondy Cycle Tour: a two-hour guided ride every morning from 7 to 9 am through the French quarter, the Indian town, Goubert market, the Ashram quarter and the fishing village.
Sita is at 22 Candappa Moudaliar Street, Pondicherry 605001. Our front office is open Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 7 PM. The cycle tour starts at 7 am every day, and the cycle rental opens at 7:30 am every day, when our team opens the door just for those two services.
Our guides and teachers speak English, French and Tamil.
Yes. On the cycle tour, children from 8 years ride their own kids’ cycle and children under 5 travel on a baby seat. Many workshops welcome children too; ask us for the details of each one.
Yes. We create custom tours and tailor-made workshops for groups, families and teams. Send us your dates and numbers on WhatsApp and we will reply with a proposal.
