An 18th-century Travancore palace holding the Gajendra Moksha mural — one of the largest single-panel murals in Kerala.
Closed Mondays. Best combined with a drive south towards Kollam rather than as a dedicated trip.
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A converted rice barge with a bedroom, a cook and a deck, cruising Vembanad's canals and mooring…
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A three-hour state ferry across Vembanad Lake and up the canals, through exactly the same landscape as…
A wide beach with the remains of a 137-year-old sea pier, a lighthouse behind and the usual Kerala…
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A punted canoe into the narrow canals that houseboats are too big to enter, past coir-spinning yards…