Kovalam - The Paradise of South India
Kovalam offers an excellent diversity with Kovalam beach to suit all desires and occasions. Three curve shaped beaches, alienated by stony outcroppings, from the major attraction of this coastal resort.
Backed by precipitously mounting headlands and covered by fertile coconut palms, the beaches, especially the southern most part of lighthouse beach.It is also lined with a host of shops and shacks offering all kinds of services; creating an unmistakable resort atmosphere. Curio shops, hawkers of Kashmiri and Tibetan products, moneychangers and beachwear shops, between the surplus of restaurants and hotels, do brisk business during peak tourist season.
The sea port of Vizhinjam is about 3 km away and famous for its special varieties of fish, old Hindu temples, big churches and a mosque. The Proposed International Trans shipment Terminal at Vizhinjam is also close to Kovalam.
Kovalam was among the most famous traveler spots in India during the hippy epoch. It still has a high rank among tourists, who arrive mostly from Europe and Israel. Kovalam is finding a new implication in the light of several Ayurvedic salons, and healing and renaissance resorts which supply a wide variety of Ayurvedic treatments for tourists.
Photo: Kovalam Beach( Foreigner Enjoying)
Kovalam tourism is not just confined to sightseeing, swimming and lip-smacking cuisines, but there are more adventurous sports at Kovalam beach which are really pleasurable. This includes water diving, parasailing, wind surfing and many more. In Kovalam, you can see lots of Ayurveda resorts and there are numerous packages from which you can select the apt one fitting your need and budget. This ancient practice in Kerala has been proved of having immense medical benefits and hence Ayurvedic massages are popular among both the local as well as foreign tourists. Kovalam is also suited for honeymooners and it one of the best honeymoon destinations in Kerala
Photo: Sunset at Kovalam
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 and
catamaran cruising are some of them. 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.
Video: Introduction To Kovalam Beach( Jewell of South India)
Accommodation facility for tourists at Kovalam ranges from five star
hotels to budget hotels and the choice of food is available at
restaurants and cafeteria ranges from Continental varieties to South
Indian tastes.
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. The City of
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.
Getting there
Nearest railway station: Thiruvananthapuram Central, about 16 kmNearest airport: Trivandrum International Airport, about 10 km