Most beautiful beach in Kerala- Alleppey beach.

 Alleppey beach: Alleppey or Alappauzha beach is most beautiful tourist destination in Kerala, situated in southern region of India.

Alleppey beach

About this place

           Alleppey or Alappauzha is popular for house boating, backward water as well as clean and beautiful beaches. It is situated in southern part of India in Kerala. Alleppey beach is a most famous tourist destination of Kerala and has an old pier which extend to sea s over 151 years old. The charms of Alleppey have allured visitors since the time of immemorial as the place has almost everything to delight the heart of a traveler.  Local people also organize Alleppey beach festival, sand art festival and many more. The place itself is fantastic as well as there are house boating and rent the boat for trip. The local people come to the beach for jogging, walking in the morning and small children enjoy to make sand castle during evening.     

          This beach is crowded during seasonal time due to the tourist come to visit here, for riding boat in backwaters and kids play football, volleyball, basketball in the evening. These houseboats now come lined with the state -of- the art luxury and elegant services such as furnished bedrooms, embellished living rooms, modern toilets, a kitchen and also a balcony to enjoy the views and to give you a unique experience of the remarkable backwaters of the Kerala. The sun looks beautiful and amazing during sunset time. There are many pine and coconut trees on the other side of the beach. Restaurant and resort are available near the Alleppey beach. Besides an old lighthouse that stands nearby, is also a considerable attraction. 

How to reach there?

Alleppey beach is situated in western region of Kerala, India and very close to Arabian sea. It is 156 km from Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala and 83 km from Cochin International airport.  

                                     From other state(Domestic) to Alleppey

If you are travelling from other state of India to Alleppey beach, reach to Alleppey station which is the nearest railways station from Alleppey beach. It takes 5 minutes from station to beach. You can reach to Alleppey by car and buses too. The station of Alleppey is small, so the train halt for 3 minute and there are very few direct trains to Alleppey.

                                     From other country(International) to Alleppey
There is no any airport ( International or domestic) in Alleppey but the nearest airport are Cochin International airport around 83 km and Thiruvananthapuram International airport which is 156 km from Alleppey. There are two option available for tourist to reach Alleppey by train, bus and car after landed on airport.  So you can take bus (Government state bus) or train from Cochin International airport to Alleppey, if you landed on Cochin. It takes 2-3 hours from Cochin to beach by train. If, you are travelling by bus use Government state bus instead of private bus.

Accommodation

         Alleppey beach is most popular for tourist destination in Kerala, India so there is no problem of accommodation. From cheap to most expensive hotels and lodge are available here. The rate of lodge and hotels start from Rs300-7000/ night for 2 persons. So the lodges are cheaper than hotels, but you not get facilities of hotels in lodge like restaurant or food, entertainment and free Wi-Fi etc. The rate of hotels increases during seasonal time and it is difficult to get good hotels room in cheap price. So check the availability of hotels online and confirmation letter after booking the hotels and lodge. The check in time of hotels is at 12 pm and check out time is next day 11 am. Carry photo I'd card (Aadhar card, pan card, driving license, passport etc) for check in hotel.

Cuisine and restaurant

The food of hotels( where you book room) are expensive as compare to local restaurant. To save the money prefer local restaurant for food. There are many famous and delicious food of Kerala as well as other part of India like masala dosa, idli sambhar etc.

Some dishes of Kerala like

• Sadhya
• Puttu
• Appam
• Dosa
• Idiyappam
• Malabar biryani etc.

   Season to visit

The best time to visit Alleppey beaches in winter season between in the of month of Dec and March.  There are high tides and the level of sea increases during monsoon season, so avoid to visiting in rainy and summer season. And it is risky to visit in monsoon. The temperature rises upto 36 degree during summer season, and this is not good time to visit Alleppey beach.

  

Other places to visit

Amaze world 

This is the amusement park for kids to play and spend a time with family.  It is just 600 m from Alleppey beach and there is entry fee for this park between 5-10 rupees/ person. You can do activities like pedal boating, photography as well. The ticket for pedal boating is 50 rupees.

Alleppey pine forest

This fine forest is located in Kunnupuram and 400 m from Alleppey beach. It is called  mini pine forest and another tourist attraction near the beach for photography, shooting and spending time with family and friends.

Alleppey beach resort

There is one beautiful resort near the beach around 1 km. You can book this resort and enjoy sea view and night sky here. Sunset look very beautiful from the balcony of resort. The rate of room are too expensive between Rs1000 to 1500/ person. They provide free WI-FI, free parking, air-conditioned and laundry service.

Alleppey lighthouse

It is one of the oldest lighthouse on the south-west coast of india located in ccsb road, civil station and 450 m from Alleppey beach. There is entry fee for museum and to enter inside the lighthouse and get access to the top of the lighthouse and enjoy the sea view. And there is beautiful garden near lighthouse.

Udupi Shri Krishna temple

This temple is situated in Thondankulangara around 3.8 km from Alleppey beach. Sacred and ancient temple in Alleppey and dedicated to Lord Krishna. Must visit this temple too. The unique feature of the temple is that the deity is worshipped through the silver-plated window with nine holes.

Panoramic sea Resort

This resort is near the Kadalpalam and 70 m from the Alleppey beach. You can enjoy the facilities here, like outdoor pool, free breakfast, Wi-Fi, parking and Ayurvedic treatment. Most of the resort here are costly because of tourist spot. Hardly you get rooms below the Rs1000/night here.

Tips and trick to save money during travelling

  Follow the instruction which are given below:

1. Mode of transport: Use local train and government state bus instead of using Ola, rent car, auto rickshaw etc. the railways line is not connected in hilly area like Munnar, so there is one option to reach there by bus.
2. Hotels and lodge: The rooms of lodges are cheaper than hotels room. The hotels rooms are expensive because they charge for breakfast, Wi-Fi, parking and other services. Prefer lodge room and local restaurant to save money.
3. Be alert from fraud, cheaters and robbers: Its often happen with new tourist because they visit first time in that places. If you are confused regarding transport, restaurant and hotels or any other problem ask local people like shopkeepers, vendors, bus driver or conductor.

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