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 beach complex includes 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 Vacation 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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