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Kappad Beach
Location: 
About
16 km from Kozhikode town. For the people of Kozhikode, this pleasant stretch
of rock studded beach is Kappakkadavu. To the tourist it is one of the most charming
of Kerala's beaches. Kappad finds mention in history and geography texts as the
gateway to the Malabar coast.
Here, 501 years ago, 170 men led by the
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed in and stepped into Kerala
to create a new chapter in history. The story of a long and tumultuous socio-political
relationship between India and Europe.
It was the spices and wealth of
Malabar that first brought the Arabs, the Phoenicans, the Greeks, the Romans,
the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English to Kerala. Kappad has witnessed many
such landings.
Kozhikode was then the most important trade centre of
the Malabar region and the Zamorins who ruled this mighty land were powerful and
shrewd.
Though the Portuguese were welcomed in Kozhikode they were not
too well encouraged or entertained for long by the Zamorins, which might be the
reason they shifted their base to Kochi and Kollam down south.
Today
only a little stone monument is left at the Kappad beach to speak of its great
historic importance. On the rocks nearby is a temple believed to be 800 years
old.
To the tourist, however, this little sea faring town is a haven. The best route
to Kappad is along the backwaters.
Unspoilt and uncrowded, the picturesque
backwaters of Kozhikode offers a bewitching experience. A ride down the backwaters
through the Korappuzha river brings you to the beach.
Getting there:
Nearest railway station: Kozhikode, about 16 km.
Nearest airport: Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode about 23 km from
Kozhikode town.
Kappad
Beach, Kerala Beaches
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