Cochin

Cochin –Kumarakom – Alleppey – Cochin
4 Days / 3 Nights
Day 1 : Cochin (arrival)

 

Arrival at Cochin Airport and transfer to hotel . Check in at Hotel . After noon proceed for Cochin Sightseeing. Visit the Dutch Palace-built by the Portuguese in 1557 and subsequently renovated by the Dutch after 1663. The murals are perhaps the best in India. Jewish Synagogue – built in 1568 and the oldest Synagogue in the Commonwealth are at Mattancherry. St. Francis Church – built in 1510 and the oldest European church in India, Chinese Fishing Nets- introduced by the court of Kublai Khan can be seen in Fort Cochin. Fort Cochin Beach etc. Kathakali Dance Show. Evening back to the hotel and overnight.

 

Day 2 : Cochin –Kumarakom – Allppey

 

After breakfast check out from hotel and transfer to Alleppey. En route see spice plantation. Check-in at Hotel and proceed for local sight seeing. Alleppey is indeed famous for at least a million reasons. It is the only place in the world other than Holland where rice is cultivated well under the sea level. Thickly punctuated with coconut palms, Chinese nets and paddy fields, Aleppey is enchanting and receptive to tourists all round the year The enviably slow pace of the lives in the lagoons and the tranquillity that is broken only by the echoing calls of the migratory birds, make it a different world altogether. Over night stay at hotel.

 

Day 3 : Alleppey

 

Morning after breakfast proceed from the hotel and transfer to Alleppey Houseboat. Around 1200 hrs check in at the Houseboat and start your cruise through the rich and splendid backwaters of Alleppey. Just relax at the luxurious houseboat. It will be a unique and exclusive experience in your lifetime. Lunch will be served onboard. You will be cruising along the village sides and paddy fields witnessing the core life of the Kerala villages for the whole day. Evening disembark from Cruise. Overnight at hotel.

 

Day 4 : Alleppey – Cochin (tour Ends)

 

Morning have breakfast later check out and drive to Airportfor departure