Muzhappilangad Beach, Kannur

Muzhappilangad Beach: Muzhappilangad Beach, one of the longest beaches in Kerala is located 15 kms south of Kannur, near Thalassery. This is the only drive-in beach in India. The drive across Muzhuppilangad beach attracts many tourists. Dharmadam Thuruth and Thalassery Fort are nearby attraction. Tourists can walk to Dharmadam Thuruthu during low tide time but during high tide they need boats to come back. Brhannan College situated very near to Dharmadam Thuruth. Myuzhuppilangad beach is very close to NH 17 just 5 km from Thalassery towards Kannur.

The Thirumullavaram Beach in Kollam, Kerala

The Thirumullavaram Beach in Kollam, Kerala is situated at a distance of around 6 kilometers to north of Kollam. Unexplored and untouched by time, the beach offers unadulterated tranquility and peace of mind. Thirumullavaram Beach in Kollam, Kerala is ideal for activities like swimming and sun bathing. Thirumullavaram Beach is excellent for bathing. about a quiet day far away from the madding crowd If that sounds like something you'd really enjoy, This secluded beach is a beautiful picnic centre. About one and a half kilometre into the sea is the Nyarazhcha Para. Tourists can reach here by road from Kollam. There are many local tourists spending their days here.

Cherai beach tourism Mela – Cherai Beach Festival

Cherai Beach Festival or Cherai Beach Carnival is organized by Pallipuram grama panchayat of the Vypeen Island. This festival of tourism is organized to encourage tourists to share the feel of Kerala beaches and its cultural heritage. Cherai is one of the most popular beaches in central Kerala. Tourists visit Kochi can easily reach Chwerai by road. The Cherai beach tourism Mela – Cherai Beach Festival is celebrated during first week of the new year. The programs include chendamelam (Drums), karimarunnu prayogam (fire works), pattom parathal (kite flying) etc.The Cherai beach tourism Mela – Cherai Beach Festival is organized in support with KTDC – Kerala Tourism Development Council. The one week long festival display traditional art forms of Kerala. Several tourists visit Kerala and Kochi specially during this festival to enjoy Cherai beach to its full.

Fort Kochi Attractions

Fort Kochi Beach: The beautiful beach extends from Kamalakada to the entrance of Kochi harbor. Along the beach are many colonial bungalows, which retain the ambience of the bygone era.

Pierce Leslie Bungalow: This magnificent mansion is a blend of Portuguese, Dutch and Kerala architectural styles. It was the office of Pierce Leslie &Co. and is noted for excellent wood work.

The Kovalam beach

Kovalam is a beach town on the Arabian Sea in Kerala, a state in south India. It is located around 13 km from downtown Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). One can reach here by air from Trivandrum Airport, by Rail from Trivandrum Railway Station and by Road also. This beautiful beach is located around 235 km from Kochi. The Kovalam beach, is full of coconut palms, has become one of the most popular beach in India. The Kovalam beach consists of three curve shaped beach sections - Lighthouse Beach (the most popular beach located at the southern part), Samudra Beach (ideal place for nature lovers ) and The famous Hawa Beach. Kovalam is the most prominent tourist spots in India during for tourists from Europe and Israel. Tourists come to Kovalam will stay there for few days. There are tourists who made their home near Kovalam, imagine the calling beach in the bank of Arabian Sea. Enjoy sunset and sun rise from this beach, you can see fishermen going to see and coming back.

Cherai Beach Kochi

Cherai Beach Kochi is one of the most beautiful and neat beaches in India. Cherai Beach Kochi is located just 30 km away from Kochi in Vypin island. Tourists can reach Cherai Beach Kochi bu road from Kochi. The long stretch of neat and clean sandy beach arouse any tourist. Tourists from across the glob visit Cherai Beach Kochi and enjoy swimming, sun bathing and the sun set. There are many hotels and resorts available around this beach. Also many home stay facilities are available. Cherai Beach Kochi offers much more than a beach, in this traditional village you will find lush green coconut palms and paddy fields, fishing nets, paddy fieldss and lagoons. The main attraction of Cherai is the lagoon 'Poyil'. When you go to Cherai make sure that you enjoy a water scooter ride or motor boat race. Enjoy the grace of Arabian sea and the Vembanad Kayal sharing the small land strip between. Munambam Beach Kochi is very near to this beautiful beach.

Kuzhupilly Beach

Kuzhupilly beach Kochi is en-route to Cherai Beach. If you are little early for Cherai Beach you can spend a couple of hours in the pine shade here. This beach is enroute to famous Munambam Beach Kochi Munambam Beach Kochi and Cherai Beach Kochi.

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Munambam Beach Kochi

Munambam Beach Kochi is very near to the famous Cherai Beach Kochi. It is around 25 km from city and yoiu can reach here by road through Gosree Bridge. Munambam Beach is famous for the Kerala Kite Festival, organized by Rotary Club of Cochin Lords in association with DTPC. Munambam Beach is also called as Pulimuttu by local people. If you watch the satellite picture you can observe a one kilometer strech of rock that formed the land. Pulimuttu is the 1 km long bridge made of stone stretching in to sea. You can watch a large row of Chinese fishing nets and fishermen fishing using these tets. During the Kite Festival a lot of tourist gather to this beach and there will be cultural events arrange by organisers. Munambam Beach is one of the popular place that is arranged recently in a modern manner.
Munambam is a small fishing village - and you can find traditional food courts around. Fresh fish curry with kappa are popular combination.

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Fort Kochi

Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and Ernakulam are the three major townships that constitute the city of Kochi. Kochi the queen of Arabian Sea is one of the most beautiful natural harbours of the world. Fort Kochi is one of the major attractions of European tourists as it hold a lot of monuments of the colonial era. Fort Kochi is a colonial town, with Portuguese, Dutch and English footprints. Its main tourist attractions are Indo Portuguese museum, Chinese Fishing Nets, Beach, Dutch Cemetery, Southern Naval Command Maritime Museum, Cochin Thirumala Devaswom Board Temple, St. Francis Church, Santa Cruz Basilica, Bishop's House, Jewish Synagogue etc. Starting from the Chinese Fort Kochi holds several monuments of its trade ties with foreign countries. Dutch, Portuguese and the English traded with Fort Kochi and stayed there for years. You can watch several land marks there.

Fort Kochi is just a couple of kilometres away from the mainland. You can reach there by road or by boat. This can be a perfect Sunday out for a student who wants to learn colonial history. You can by some antiques and coins from the row of antique shops there or by a live sish that cought using a Chinese fishing net or walk through the beaches enjoying the breeze.