Room, 1 King Bed, Pool View (Heritage) at Taj Connemara

The property began operating as the Imperial Hotel in 1854 and is described as South India's oldest hotel.

The 2016–2018 renovation preserved the hotel's colonial-era identity while rebuilding its interiors for contemporary use.

The property combines a retained Art Deco façade and heritage elements with a tower-block composition and linking pool associated with Geoffrey Bawa.

Wooden carvings sourced from 16th- and 17th-century temples in Mahabalipuram form part of the preserved decorative character.

The hotel has 134 rooms and 13 suites arranged across its Heritage and Tower wings.

Rooms and suites feature four-poster beds, vintage prints and objets d’art.

Raintree presents Southern Chettinad cuisine as the hotel's principal fine-dining concept.

The dining collection comprises Raintree, the all-day global café The Verandah, and The Lady Connemara Bar & Lounge.

The grounds retain a dramatic old raintree and two nagavalli trees identified as preserved elements during the renovation.

The hotel sits on Binny Road near Anna Salai, Chennai's historic downtown, commercial and civic corridors.