Kochi

Hidden gems in Kochi

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Pallipuram FortThe first fort Europeans built in India, standing quietly in a palm grove
URU Art HarbourSerious contemporary art in Mattancherry in the years between Biennales
Cochin Dharmanath Jain TempleThe noon pigeon feeding in a Gujarati marble courtyard most visitors walk past
Dhobi Khana (Vannan Community Laundry)A working three-hundred-year-old craft, five minutes off the tourist trail
Kumbalangi Model Tourism VillageVillage life shown by the villagers themselves, mangrove canoes included
Puthuvype Lighthouse & BeachA lift to the top of Kerala's tallest lighthouse, and the harbour laid out below
Paliam Palace & Muziris Heritage CircuitThe spice-port world that predates Kochi: a palace, a nalukettu and a synagogue
Dutch CemeteryA hundred and four Dutch epitaphs, read through the bars at golden hourDetails →
Kadamakkudy IslandsFlooded paddy fields catching the last light, twenty minutes out of townDetails →
Areekal WaterfallsA monsoon waterfall Kochi drives out to and tourists have not found yetDetails →
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