Mattancherry
Palace
Location : Mattancherry, 10 km from Ernakulam.
Visiting hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on all days except Fridays.
Bolghatty
Island
In the historic town of Fort Kochi in Ernakulam
district, the commercial capital of Kerala, is the Bolghatty Island - your destination
of the month! This lush, lovely island is famous for its palace of the same name.
The
Hill Palace Museum
Location : 10 km from Ernakulam
town,central Kerala.
The Hill Palace, the official residence of the Kochi
royal family, is today the largest archaeological museum in Kerala.
Koyikkal Palace
Location : Nedumangad, about 18 km from Thiruvananthapuram
city on the way to the Ponmudi hill station and the Courtalam waterfalls, Thiruvananthapuram
district, south Kerala.
Aranmula
This month, head for Aranmula. This small village is world-famous
for its metal mirrors with no refraction, the Aranmula Kannadi kannadi means mirror
in Malayalam). The technology for this is not used anywhere else in the world.
Thangasseri
Location : About 5 km from Kollam town.
Thangasseri
was once a favourite settlement of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English in
succession, as Kollam was one of the oldest and most important port for international
cashew trade on the Malabar coast.
Dutch
Palace
Location: Mattancherry, 10 km from Ernakulam.
Built by the Portuguese in 1557 and presented to Raja Veera Kerala Varma
of Kochi, the Palace was renovated in 1663 by the Dutch.
The Museum of Kerala
History
One picture can say what a thousand words
cannot! That being the case, without further ado, we recommend that you pay a
visit to The Museum of Kerala History in Edapally, Kochi. And once you are on
the lush grounds of the museum...
Thrithala
Location : About 75 km from Palakkad on the banks
of the River Bharathappuzha near Thrissur, Palakkad district, north Kerala. Thrithala
is noted for its monuments and historic ruins and hence, has great archaeological
importance.
Kerala
Kalamandalam
Location : Cheruthuruthy,32 km
north of Thrissur.
One of the most revered places for the traditional art
forms of Kerala, the Kalamandalam is the cradle of Kathakali training in India.
Padmanabhapuram
Palace
Location : In Thuckalay, 64 km from
Thiruvananthapuram, situated in Tamilnadu, a neighbouring State.
Visiting
hours : 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on all days except Mondays. A magnificent wooden
palace of the 16th century, Padmanabhapuram Palace lies at the land's end of mainland
India.
Krishnapuram
Palace, Kayamkulam
Location : Kayamkulam, 47
km from Alappuzha.
The Krishnapuram Palace is a rare specimen of the Kerala
style of architecture - complete with gabled roofs, narrow corridors and dormer
windows.
Synagogue
Location: The Synagogue at Fort Kochi, about 10
km from Ernakulam town, central Kerala.
The Synagogue at Fort Kochi,constructed
in 1568, is the oldest in the Commonwealth. Destroyed in a shelling during the
Portuguese raid in 1662, it was rebuilt two years later by the Dutch.
Fort Kochi
Location: About 13 km from Ernakulam town.
Welcome to a 60-90
minute walking tour of the old streets of Fort Kochi. This is the ideal way to
discover a historic town brimming with tales of myriad seafaring visitors...
