A walk through Fort Kochi is a walk through centuries - spice-scented lanes, colonial architecture, and the Arabian Sea at every turn. Here's your guide to exploring one of Kerala's most charming corners.
Built by the Portuguese. Wrecked by the British. Painted by a dying Italian. Santa Cruz Basilica has stories most visitors miss.
...I couldn’t help but feel a flicker of gratitude in my fur. It's so much easier in the cat world. We don’t really care for labels. Gender isn't that popular a concept, as are most boxes that aren't cardboard.
A walk through Fort Kochi is a walk through centuries - spice-scented lanes, colonial architecture, and the Arabian Sea at every turn. Here's your guide to exploring one of Kerala's most charming corners.
Mattancherry's mehfils, Anglo-Indian brass bands, and indie sampling meet at David Hall. April 11-12. Free entry.
This beautiful public mural on the Coast Guard wall honours the fisherfolk, mangrove planters, and guards who hold Fort Kochi's shore together.
Fort Kochi has a beach everyone visits. But not faraway, there are shores with 500 years of stories and almost no tourists. From a beach that once held Portuguese cannons to a fishing village where nothing has changed in a century Kochi's best beaches aren't the ones on the map.
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Built by the Portuguese. Wrecked by the British. Painted by a dying Italian. Santa Cruz Basilica has stories most visitors miss.
...I couldn’t help but feel a flicker of gratitude in my fur. It's so much easier in the cat world. We don’t really care for labels. Gender isn't that popular a concept, as are most boxes that aren't cardboard.
Allow me to take you into the world of Kathakali—a fascinating dance-drama that originates from Kerala, India.
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Learn macrame knots and take home a handmade piece. Workshop at Artiko Tales in in Mattancherry, Fort Kochi
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Children made the art. You just show up. Free exhibition, clay modelling, calligraphy at aikyam space, April 8.
Making Kochi Water Metro more accessible to the travelers & humans of Kochi. Carefully curated water metro route maps, timings, feeder buses, tips and more.
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If you want to understand the soul of Mattancherry, you don’t look at the maps or blogs; you look at the plates. From the crunch of a Gujarati samosa to the legendary Erachi Choru at Nooriyas, this town is a map of migration you can taste.
As Fort Kochi's self proclaimed resident café cat, I spend my days prowling between the best coffee, food spots in town, napping in sunny windowsills, and observing your peculiar two-legged behaviors.
Built by the Portuguese. Wrecked by the British. Painted by a dying Italian. Santa Cruz Basilica has stories most visitors miss.
...I couldn’t help but feel a flicker of gratitude in my fur. It's so much easier in the cat world. We don’t really care for labels. Gender isn't that popular a concept, as are most boxes that aren't cardboard.
Allow me to take you into the world of Kathakali—a fascinating dance-drama that originates from Kerala, India.
Learn macrame knots and take home a handmade piece. Workshop at Artiko Tales in in Mattancherry, Fort Kochi
If you want to understand the soul of Mattancherry, you don’t look at the maps or blogs; you look at the plates. From the crunch of a Gujarati samosa to the legendary Erachi Choru at Nooriyas, this town is a map of migration you can taste.
As Fort Kochi's self proclaimed resident café cat, I spend my days prowling between the best coffee, food spots in town, napping in sunny windowsills, and observing your peculiar two-legged behaviors.
Club House in Fort Kochi serves French omelettes, gourmet burgers & late-night bites in heritage Fort Kochi. Menu, prices & insider tips for your visit.
Hidden spots in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry for authentic samosas, jalebis, dhoklas, lassis, erachi choru, parottas and more
Fort Kochi's largest beach cleanup is back. Trash Hunt 4.0 on March 28 needs your hands, your energy, and two hours of your morning.
Every summer, the water near Kochi lights up electric blue. Here's the science behind it - It's not magic. It's not a filter. Tiny creatures in the water near Kochi make their own light. Here's how.
Early Bird invites children aged 8–15 to discover migratory and wetland birds on a morning walk in Kochi this January.
Discover the charm of the curated collection of books found in the independent and quaint bookstores in Fort Kochi that enriches the cultural experience of travellers and explorers.
Exploring the various libraries and reading rooms of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry.
Making Kochi Water Metro more accessible to the travelers & humans of Kochi. Carefully curated water metro route maps, timings, feeder buses, tips and more.
This story begins on the breezy, sun-drenched shores of Fort Cochin in 1350...My great-grandmother told it to my mother, she told it to me, and now–dear reader–I tell it to you.
Built by the Portuguese. Wrecked by the British. Painted by a dying Italian. Santa Cruz Basilica has stories most visitors miss.
Delve into the century-old tradition of pigeon feeding at the Jain Temple near Gujarati Road to experience one of the many enchanting cultural aspects of Fort Kochi.
Discovering the history, tradition and culture of the Konkani-speaking Kudumbi community of Kerala through the dance of Fugudo.
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