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Sankhumugham Beach Kerala, Travel Information
Located
8 kms from Thiruvananthapuramcity and adjacent to the Thiruvananthapuram
Airport and Veli Tourist Village is the Shankhumugham Beach. The beach has a long
stretch of clean sand but the water here is not suitable for bathing. This beach
provides good facilities like an indoor recreation club, children's traffic training
park and a star shaped restaurant.
Shanghumugham is a popular city beach
near Thiruvananathapuram airport. On holidays, the city comes out to the beach
for a weekly refreshing. Long and wide sandy beach can accommodate tens of thousands.
An indoor recreation club, children's park and a star shaped restaurant are some
of the facilities at the beach.
A large, enticing mermaid sculpture
greets visitors. During temple festivals, Shanghumugham beach witnesses ritual
washing of temple idols. That the beach is a fishermen village ensures an interesting
sight of fishermen having their daily catch
LOCATION: 8 Kms From
Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala
MAIN ATTRACTION: Matsya Kanyaka, The
Sculpture Of A Mermaid
MAIN VIEW POINT: Sunset
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: Veli Tourist Village
Located 8 kms from Thiruvananthapuram
city, the Shankhumugham Beach is a favourite haunt of sunset watchers. The
beach is adjacent to the Thiruvananthapuram Airport and Veli Tourist Village.
An indoor recreation club, the 'Matsya Kanyaka', a gigantic 35 m long
sculpture of a mermaid and a restaurant shaped like a starfish are the major attractions
here. The long stretch of clean sand is located near the airport. The water here,
however, is not suitable for bathing.
Shankhumugham Beach is a popular
city beach situated near to the airport. This beach provides good facilities like
an indoor recreation club, children's traffic training park and a star shaped
restaurant. |
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swaying curtain of coconut palms, irresistibly photogenic, beautiful beach huts |
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Beach | |
Cluster of little islands
on the Vembanad Lake, part of the Kuttanad region. The bird sanctuary spread across
14 acres is a favourite haunt of migratory birds and an ornithologist's paradise.
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migratory birds like the Siberian storks. The best way to watch the birds of the
Kumarakom sanctuary is a boat trip. |
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| Beypore
Beach | |
Prominent ports and fishing
harbours of ancient Kerala, also known for its ancient ship building industry. |
| |
| Chapora
Beach | |
A lot busier than most north
coast villages, dependent on fishing and boat building, many regular cafes and
restaurants |
| |
| Varca
Beach | |
Community of Christian fisher
folk, palm thatched long houses, grassy dunes. |
|
|
| Dona
Paula Beach |
| fine view of the Marmagao Harbour nestled on the south
side of the headland that divides the Zuari and Mandovi estuaries, former fishing
village, today's commercialised beach resort, idyllic spot to relax and sunbathe. |
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Beach |
| sea is safe for swimming generally jellyfish-free,
village area near beach side boasts a few serviceable bars and restaurants, various
culinary delights of the seafood, most succulent, competitively priced seafood
in Goa. | | |
| Cavelosim
Beach |
| last major settlement in southwest Salcete, visit to
Mabor, South Goa largest, and most obtrusive, package tourist enclave. |
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| Condolim
Beach |
| - good options to stay offering better value, a good
first stop to head North. | | |
| Bogmolo
Beach |
| - a small-scale beach resort, reasonably safer site
for swimming, quite good eating joints and shopping options. | |
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| Miramar
Beach |
| - just 3-km away from the capital city of Panjim. |
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| Pololem
Beach |
| - a favourite beach destination, crescent shaped bay,
swaying curtain of coconut palms, irresistibly photogenic, beautiful beach huts. |
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| Vagator
Beach |
| - cool rural area, no big shopping complexes . |
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