Kochi, popularly called as Cochin, is one of the must visit places in India. It is a port city that is surrounded by the beautiful waves of the Arabian Sea. This city has the history dating more than 600 years ago of trade and even today is one of the busiest commercial ports that are present in India. One can find traces and influences of various leaderships starting from the Portuguese to Dutch, British to even the Chera Dynasty (India) here.
Kerala is known as God’s own country and Kochi highly contributes to this name and status of Kerala. Kochi is an absolute delight for just about any occasion and is suitable to be traveled with any group. It has a little bit that could be catered to all. The city is filled with forts with wonderful history and brilliant architectures, catering to people interested in history as well as people who are fond of architecture. The city has beautiful beaches filled with activities; one can even opt to indulge themselves in some water adventure sport here.
Below is a list of the few places that one should not miss while in Kochi. For the ease of traveling and sightseeing, one can hire car rental in Kochi and visit all these mesmerizing places.
Kochi: For people visiting Kochi, Fort Kochi should be placed at the top of the list for the places to see. This is one of the best parts of the city wherein, one can observe the modern era blending it in the perfect manner to the old history of the place.
Mattancherry Palace: This palace is also known as the Dutch Palace and is a beautiful Portuguese Palace that is present in Mattancherry, Kochi. This palace has several Murals that have beautifully depicted the portraits of the several Kings (Rajas) of Kochi.
There is no denying that Kochi is a wonderland in itself. However, there are several other beautiful places in Kerala that is in easy access to this port city, Kochi that one needs to visit.
One such place to travel is Munnar. At just 126.8kms away from the city of Kochi, one can hire a Cochin Airport to Munnar cabs if one wishes to visit this heavenly hill station of Kerala. Munnar is famous for having one of the largest tea plantations in India. Apart from these, this hill station is blessed with picturesque landscapes with the calm environment, perfect for de-stressing you.
One of the places that one needs to visit apart from the obvious tea plantations is:
Mattupetti Dam: This dam is situated 1700m above the sea level and is an ideal picnic spot in Munnar wherein one can enjoy the view and also indulge in various activities like horseback riding alongside the beautiful view and also speed boating.
Another place that one can visit from Kochi is Alleppey. At a mere 53kms away, this place is a heaven for all the nature lovers and for all the people wanting to take a break from the regular life in the city. The place is famous among the crowd for housing the backwaters of Kerala. One can simply hire a Kochi to Alleppey taxi and reach to this place.
Also known as the Venice of the East, this town is one of the oldest towns present in Kerala. This place is famous for the houseboats or basically boating through the several canals, beaches, backwaters, and lagoons. One needs to go to this town to experience the backwaters in the houseboat and to also experience the village that resides by the shores of the backwaters.