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Kovalam Beach
Location :
Just 16 km from Thiruvananthapuram city,south Kerala.
Best time to
visit: September to March, though it is an all year destination.
Kovalam is an internationally renowned beach with three adjacent crescent beaches.It
has been a favourite haunt of tourists,especially Europeans,since the 1930s.A
massive rocky promontory on the beach has created a beautiful bay of calm waters
ideal for sea bathing.
The leisure options at this beach are plenty and
diverse-sunbathing, swimming, herbal body toning massages,special cultural programmes,
Catamaran cruising etc.The tropical sun acts so fast that one can see the faint
blush of coppery tan on the skin in a matter of minutes.
Life on the
beach begins late in the day and carries on well into the night.The India Tourism
Development Corporation (ITDC) has developed Kovalam as an integrated seaside
resort.
The beach complex includes the Ashoka Beach Resort (owned by
ITDC),a string of budget cottages,Ayurvedic health resorts, convention facilities,
shopping zones, swimming pools, Yoga and Ayurvedic massage centres etc.Thiruvananthapuram,the
capital city of Kerala, is just 16 km away from Kovalam and getting there is no
hassle.
But if you are on holiday it is better to stay in Kovalam and
visit the city.Thiruvananthapuram has interesting places to see like the Napier
Museum,
the
Sri Chitra Art Gallery,the Padmanabhaswamy Temple,Ponmudi hill station etc.SMSM
Institute, a State owned handicrafts emporium,is the ideal place to pick up ethnic
curios and other articles.To know more about the crafts on sale here see Treasure
Chest from the Archives dated 14 January '99 to 15 July '99.
Getting
there: Nearest railway station : Thiruvananthapuram central,about
16 km
Nearest airport : Thiruvananthapuram International Airport,about
10 km.
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