Kovalam Hotels - India

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <h2 align="center">Kovalam Hotels</h2> <p>Find a hotel in Kovalam, India. Get the best discounts on <a href="http://www.hotels-travelnow.com/asia/india/">Kovalam hotels</a> - up to 70% off the regular rate. Make reservations online. India travel information.</p> <p><b>THE MUTHOOT PLAZA</b>, MUTHOOT CENTRE - Trivandrum, India</p> <p>Area Attractions<br> -Kanakakunnu Palace <br> -Kawdiar Palace <br> -Padmanabhaswamy Temple <br> -Priyadarshini Planetarium<br> -Art Gallery<br> -S.m.s.m. Institute<br> -Kovalam Beach <br> -Veli Lake <br> -Shanghumukham Beach <br> -Kerala Assembly <br> -Technopark</p> <p>The coastal village of KOVALAM may lie just 10km south from Thiruvananthapuram, but as Kerala's most developed beach resort it's becoming ever more distanced from the rest of the state. Each year greater numbers of Western visitors - budget travellers and jet-setters alike - arrive in search of sun, sea and palm-fringed beaches. For many travellers it has become, with Goa and Mamallapuram, the third essential stop on a triangular tour of tropical south Indian "paradises" - or indeed just another leg of the trail along the coasts of South Asia.</p> <p>Kovalam consists of three main beaches; the southernmost, known for obvious reasons as Lighthouse beach , is where most visitors spend their time. Roughly ten minutes' trudge through the sand from end to end (none of it is paved), it's bordered with cheek-to-cheek low-rise concrete guesthouses and restaurants. The red-and-white lighthouse stands on the promontory at the southern end of the beach, but is closed to the public.</p> <p>Hawah , the middle beach, overlooked from a rocky headland by the five-star Ashok resort, functions each morning as a base for local fishermen, who drag a massive net through the shallows to scoop up thrashing multi-hued minnows, singing and coiling endless piles of coir rope as they work. North of the Ashok , though in full view of its distinctive sloping terraces, the final, northernmost beach, Samudra , is the least affected of all by the changing times, dotted with a few rudimentary wooden fishing vessels.</p> </body>