Cochin Villas

Cochin is a city in India. It has many tourist attractions and is popular destination for tourism. It has many villas and there is demand for villas and villa luxury in the city. Villas can be of Indian style to add to the authenticity of the holiday.

Cochin International Airport is located in Nedumbassery approximately 29 km from the city.

Kochi , formerly known as Cochin, is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city is one of the principal seaports of the country and is located in the district of Ernakulam, about 220 kilometres (137 mi) north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It has an estimated population of 600,000, with an extended metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest urban agglomeration and the second largest city in Kerala after the capital.

Hill Palace Museum - The erstwhile Cochin Raja's palace, now converted to a museum along with a small zoo, is 12 Km south-east of Ernakulam at Tripunithura. Has paintings and epigraphy from the collections of the Travancore & Cochin royal families.
Museum of Kerala History - at Edappally, 10km. north of the city
Pareekshith Thampuran Museum contains oil paintings, old coins, sculptures and Mughal paintings, and models of interesting temples and traditional Kerala buildings.

Kochi is the headquarters of the Southern Naval Command, the primary training centre of the Indian Navy.

Chinese fishing nets at Fort CochinFort Kochi
Mattancherry There is a beautiful Jain temple here. It is great to visit at about 12:15hrs when the pigeons are feed by Jain mandir people, which they have been doing for the past 17 years. A huge number of pigeons first take three circles of the temple and listen to mantra before eating.
Willingdon Island - An large artificial island made out of sand dredged from the backwaters to deepen the Kochi Port.
Vypeen and Gundu Islands - The Island boasts a lighthouse at Ochenthuruthu, beaches and the early 16th century
Bolgatty - built in 1744 as Dutch Palace; one of the KTDC Hotels with green lawns and Golf Course.
Chinese fishing Nets - at Fort Kochi.
Dutch Palace - constructed by the Portuguese in 1568 for Maharaja of Kochi Veera Kerala Varma. Later rebuilt by the Dutch.
St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi - constructed by the Portuguese[1503]. Vasco da Gama was buried here [1524] and later his remains were transferred to Lisbon, Portugal. His tombstone can be seen inside the church.

St. Francis Church, Jew Street and Synagogue, Santacruz Cathedral- at Fort Kochi, Art Complex, Thirumala Devaswom Temple, Ernakulam Siva Temple, Durbar Hall Ground, Kalady - Birth place of Sri Shankaracharya, Kanjiramattam Mosque - Muslim pilgrim center, venue of Kudikkuthu Festival, 30km east of the city
Chendamangalam; Pallipuram Fort; Aluva Manalpuram; Cherai Beach:

There are many places to stay such as;

Brunton Boatyard, Malabar House Hotel, Ballard bungalow, Hotel fortqueen, Taj Malabar, Trident Hilton, Casino Hotel, Abad Plaza, Abad Fort, Gokulam Park Inn, Abad Metro, Hotel Mermaid, White House, Abad Airport, Abad Atrium, Best Western Avenue, The Grand Hotel, Hotel Ceylon Bakehouse. There are many villas in the city. There are many waterfront villas for sale at cochin. There are many riverside villas for sale in cochin.

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