Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
8 places · showing 1–8
1
Cantilevered shore-operated nets introduced by traders from the court of Kublai Khan, still lowered by four men at a time on the Fort…
2
A two-kilometre loop through Dutch cemeteries, Portuguese houses, spice warehouses, colonial bungalows and street art from the Biennale.
3
Kerala's classical dance-drama, performed nightly in Fort Kochi with an hour of make-up application beforehand that you can watch.
4
Built in 1568 and the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth, with hand-painted Cantonese floor tiles, no two alike.
5
A 1555 Portuguese-built palace given to the Kochi raja, holding some of India's finest surviving Hindu murals.
6
Built in 1503 and the oldest European church in India, where Vasco da Gama was buried before his remains were moved to Lisbon.
7
A long stretch of sand on Vypin island with backwaters running parallel behind it, 25 km north of Fort Kochi.
8
The Kochi royal family's 49-building palace complex, now Kerala's largest archaeological museum, in 52 acres of gardens.