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Angengo | Ponmudi
| Agasthyakoodam | Govt. Observatory | Aruvi Waterfalls | Neyyar Dam &
Lion Safari Park | Neyyar
Wild Life Sanctuary | Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
| Kovalam Beach | Sankhumugham Beach | Varkala Beach | Akkulam
Lake | Veli
Tourist Village | Aanchunthenghu Fort | Padmanabhapuram Palace
| Kuthiramalika
(Puthenmalika) Palace Museum | Kanakakkunnu
Palace | Koyikkal Palace | Kaudiar Palace | Napier
Museum | The National
History Museum | Chacha Nehru Children's
Museum | The Science and
Technology Museum | Government
Art Museum | Sree Chithira Art Gallery | Places of Worships | Padmanabha Swamy Temple
| Sree Mahadeva Temple |
Attukal Bhagavathy Temple
| Varkala | Beemapalli
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| Mosques |
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| Veli Tourist
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Located
8 km from Thiruvananthapuram city, the
Veli Tourist Village is bordered by
the Veli lagoon and the Arabian sea.
The lagoon here is separated from the
sea by a narrow sand bar.
The Veli Tourist Village on the outskirts
of Trivandrum is a delightful waterfront
park which has become extremely popular
with Keralites. It is a nice place for
tourists with young children to spend
an afternoon. There are lots for the
kids to do, and they will meet many
of their young Keralite counterparts,
all of whom will be eager to make new
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The
main attraction at Veli is water - a
large inland lake, separated from the
ocean by only a narrow sandbar. For
a few rupees, rides can be had in motor-driven
safari launches and power boats, or
a family can drift about in a pedal-boat
or a row boat. There are kayaks, and
even hovercraft, for the more intrepid.
While skimming over the lake, visitors
will see the local fishermen readying
their boats, working on their nets,
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is a floating bridge and a floating restaurant
too. Open every day; boat rides available until
6.00p.m., after which the lake reverts to the
sole use of fishermen. For very small children,
there is a tiny lake within the park, with sturdy,
round "tub boats", equipped with miniature
paddles. A small cafeteria serves ice-cream, cold-drinks
and snacks, and the grounds are dotted with interesting
climbing sculptures designed by the well-known
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| Aanchunthenghu Fort |
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Located
36 kms from Thiruvananthapuram. The
historic remains of the fort built by
the British East India Company in the
17th century and an adjoining cemetery
are the noteworthy relics of this first
major British trading station on the
Malabar Coast.
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Padmanabhapuram
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The
Padmanabhapuram Palace, about 60 km
from Tiruvananthapuram, was once the
home of the Royal family of Travancore.It
is one of the biggest palaces in India
with intricate carvings and beautiful
woodwork.
Travancore, which was a princely state
for over 400 years, included a large
part of present-day Kerala and the western
part of Tamil Nadu. Though the palace
is now in the State of Tamil Nadu, it
was once the traditional home of the
royal family of Travancore, so it is
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The
palace is one of the best examples of
the traditional wooden architecture
of Kerala. The Padmanabhapuram Palace
is a well-preserved wooden palace, a
glorious testimony to the traditional
architecture of Kerala.Step inside the
palace and you are sure to travel down
the corridors of history where every
carving, every shuttered window will
tell a story. Look out for the carved
rose and teak wood ceilings with 90
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designs,
the windows with coloured mica, the Durbar Hall
with shiny black floor made of egg white, jaggery,
lime, burnt coconut, charcoal and river sand,
the Belgian mirrors and the pagoda like tiled
roofs. All of which will give you some wonderful
memories for a lifetime |
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