Kovalam Beach
Kovalam, Kerala, India
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Kerala Ayurveda Retreat Experience
Kovalam, Kerala
The monsoon-season panchakarma tradition at its source — beach and backwater retreats where 5,000-year medicine meets sea air.
Vizhinjam & Azhimala Shiva Cliff
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
The new mega-port bay beside Azhimala's cliff-edge Gangadhareshwara — Kerala's largest Shiva sculpture gazing over surf.
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
The gold-vaulted shrine of Vishnu reclining on Anantha — the world's richest temple, its Dravidian gopuram mirrored in the Padma Theertham tank.
Shanghumukham Beach & Veli Tourist Village
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
The city's sunset beach with its famous mermaid sculpture, beside Veli's lagoon pedal-boats and the floating bridge.
Napier Museum & Trivandrum Zoo
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
The 1880 Indo-Saracenic jewel-box of Travancore art beside one of India's oldest zoos and the Sri Chitra gallery of Ravi Varma paintings.
Poovar Island & Golden Sand Estuary
Poovar, Kerala
Where the Neyyar river, a golden sandbar and the sea meet — floating cottages, mangrove boat-safaris and an untouchable ribbon of beach.
Neyyar Dam & Agasthyakoodam
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
The lake-and-lion-safari reservoir under Agasthyarkoodam (1,868 m) — the sage's peak of medicinal forests, trekked by permit each season.