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  1. Pondicherry
    May 22, 2026 · Pondicherry, India

    Pondicherry: the French-speaking town that out-conspired Madras

    On the Coromandel Coast, an 18-square-kilometre former French colony still files property deeds in two languages and serves baguettes that out-Paris Paris. Five reasons it's not the obvious South India weekend.

    "An 18-square-kilometre former French colony still files property deeds in two languages."