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City in Kerala, India
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Samples of pre-colonial art and architecture, Moplah Bay is nearby.
Built in 1505 by the Portuguese. Very good garden and view to the sea. Short footpath into the sea near Malsyafed office.
Riverside village.
The science park is a small facility containing displays of scientific and technological topics meant for school students.
2-km long footpath into the sea, fishing village. Beautiful garden and beach at Chalil village. Spectacular beach at Meenkunnu.
4-km-long beach with strong sand, the longest drive-in-beach in India. The village has about 24,000 people (2011). Another beach is available at Edakkad.
Spectacular and private beaches are available at Thayyil, Kizhunna and Thottada. Adi-Kadalayi beach is a very peaceful place. Popular with European visitors. Locals are absent. Direct buses are available from State Bank area.
Very crowded place and popular with the locals. There is no esplanade, but there is a pretty little park. You can sit inside the park and watch the sunset. The park is less crowded because there is an entrance ticket. There is a very big statue of a sleeping woman made of grass inside the park. There is a perfectly formed cliff near the beach where you can walk and take photographs and this area is less crowded in spite of being more beautiful than the actual beach. The lighthouse museum has old types of lamps used by lighthouses around the world on display.
A temple which is unique in the whole of India, where there is no idol to worship, rather a ritualistic art-form (Muttappan Theyam) to worship. The temple is built in concept of Eternal Unity and Universal worship, and does have many legends. The Muttappan is believed to be a form of Lord Shiva, in a non-Brahmincal form, thus making it a general mass figure. Here regular performances of Theyyam are considered sacred and many unique customs are followed. Free food for visitors.
Moideen Palli
A 300 year old mosque built under the patronage of Arakkal Royal Dynasty
At Munderi Bird Sanctuary, near Varam. Many exotic birds can be spotted at Madayippara near Pashayangadi, 24 km.
Start walking from Caltex junction. Proceed to the collectorate and turn right to old bus stand. You will pass the police parade ground, exhibition ground and the oval stadium complex building. After the Stadium complex, you can turn left twice and walk in front of the policemen's houses and again turn left to reach Caltex junction. The total distance to walk is 5 km.
You can start from Thazhe Chovva bus stop and go beyond Chovva Railway Station up the hill. There are paved roads all around the hill, up the hill and down the hill. If you don't like such a steep climb, you can also access the hill from Marakkar Kandy village on the beach side. Please note that the locals here do not know that trekking is a hobby. They might stare at strangers but never attempts to interfere. But they are very helpful if you approach them speaking English.
The hills and grounds around Sri Narayana College, Thottada are an ideal place for peaceful walking because there is very little traffic and open spaces are more in this region. You can access Kizhunna beach and Ezhara beach from here. The famous Muzhappilangad drive-in beach is another 3 km from here.
All coconut and areca nut. Beautiful bridge wide enough for a small car. Two more islands called AKG Island and Polthuruthy are nearby.
Meditation centre. Free Sattvic food, meditation practice and lecture sessions. Beautifully furnished meditation hall upstairs.
Frequent passenger ferries are available from Azhikkode to Parassinikkadavu, Mattool and Valapattanam.
Naduvil village. 1,450 m above sea level. Limited facilities are available on the mountain track. Look for leeches and wild elephants.
Vismaya at Parassinikkadavu
White water rafting.
No parking facility.
The best place for Masala Dosai, a fermented crepe made from rice batter, black lentils, potato and onions. ₹35
Paid parking facility.
With a peaceful attic section. No parking facility.
No parking facility.
No parking facility.
No parking facility.
Little cosy restaurant. No parking facility.
Crowded eatery. No parking facility.
Favourite hangout of couples.
Good dosai and idlis.
Lunch ₹50, fish fry ₹60, Kada eggs ₹60.
Famous for lunch with fish fry
Old style Kerala lunch cooked on firewood. Ginger pickles are also available.
Biriyani Parcels on banana leaves. Big portions are given.
Exclusive Chinese & Tandoori dishes.
No parking facility.
Good biriyani. No parking facility.
Lunch only with exotic fish fry.
Famous for biriyani, samoosa and banana filling.
No parking facility.
For seafood.
Hotel Taj. No parking facility.
Beautiful period building with many private rooms for the diners.
Seats on two floors.
Good outdoor seats by the sea.
South of the Railway Station. You will get chappathis cut into portions that can go into forks.
Chattichor Lunch.
Air conditioned.
Comfortable attic seats with street view.
Near Nikshan Electronics.
Near Amana Wholesale Shoppe.
Famous for their cocktail juices.
Popular for their Mint Vanilla and Parotta Rolls.
Avil Milk Shakeː ₹40, Ginger Serbathː ₹15.
Lift facility available.
You have to show your ticket.
Run by the Government.
Government property.
Good ambience.
Lift facility.
Bus parking.
Riverside cottages. Complimentary breakfast.
Pool available
Two storey, fully tiled and well maintained house with a living area, dining area, one family room and 7 bedrooms either with fan or A/C. Attached bathrooms, shower and hot water.
Diego Maradona stayed in this hotel while he visited Kannur in 2012.
Well, some people consider eating the Muttayappam an experience in itself. Muttayappam is a kind of rice preparation in oil without adding any 'mutta' or egg into it. Only the shape resembles a huge fried egg. It goes well with chicken curry. It is not available in standard restaurants and you have to ask at roadside stalls. They have a tendency to disappear in minutes. This preparation originated in Taliparamba town, some 20 km from Kannur. This snack with a very plain taste can become quite addictive.
Very reputed confectionery. Very soft and sweet bread is their specialty. But the shop is a little bit crowded and their service is not so poor. Their little branch inside Mele Chovva petrol station is not very crowded.
An oval shaped buildling near the old bus station. Excellent place to buy clothes and gifts. There are no restaurants here but you can find fine ice cream parlours.
Many shops and bakeries in four levels. Several teashops, one vegetarian restaurant on the third level and one upmarket restaurant in a separate building. Paid parking facility. Very good place to walk around, sit and relax as this bus station is built in a spacious design. The reason for the quality of this bus station is that it is run by a private company. All other bus stations in Kerala are dirty and crowded because they are built and managed by the government agencies.
Well packed lunch packets with prawn fry and chicken included. They pack everything on banana leaves with aluminium foils on the outside.
Lagoon Tender Beef Biriyani.
By train
Direct trains are available from Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Coimbatore.
By bus
Direct buses are available from Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad and Mangalore.
By road
Kannur is on national highway 17 directly connected to Mumbai and Kanyakumari; however, the roads are bad, crowded and traffic jams and very frequent.
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