Ooty

Ooty is most famous for its tea plantations. Connisseurwill find plenty to choose from; dust and leaf; black green bllack and white varrients and flacours such as masala jasmine cardamom and even chocolate.

Ooty (short for Udhagamandalam) is a resort town in the Western Ghats mountains, in southern India's Tamil Nadu state. Founded as a British Raj summer resort, it retains a working steam railway line. Other reminders of its colonial past include Stone House, a 19th-century residence, and the circa1829 St. Stephen's Church. Its 55-acre Government Botanical Garden lies on the slopes of Doddabetta Peak.