top places in kozhikode

  Kozhikode

Kozhikode was the most important region of Malabar in the days gone by  . Kozhikode was also known as Calicut and it was once most prominent place in Malabar region.Kozhikode District found a place in the World History with the discovery of Sea Route to India in 1498 by the Portuguese Navigator Vasco Da Gama.

1.Tusharagiri Falls 

 One of the best waterfalls in northern kerala.  It's a nice place to picnic if you carry some food. There are couple of small outlets were you get some local food stuffs. Rabbit meat and country chicken are available with Puttu and Poratta. The place is green and no much tourist except during some holidays.The word Thusharagiri means the snow capped mountain.Two streams originating from the Western Ghats meet here to form the Chalippuzha River.

 

2.Pazhassiraja Museum and Art Gallery

The museum and the art gallery are named after the great Pazhassiraja Kerala Varma of the Padinjare Kovilakom of the Kottayam royal family. The famous 'Pazhassi Revolt' (against the British East India Company during the second half of the 1700s) was led by Pazhassiraja. Nicknamed the Lion of Kerala, Pazhassiraja is also credited with introducing guerilla warfare in the hills of Wayanad to resist the increasingly intolerable British colonialism. This great freedom fighter was shot dead in an encounter on 30 November 1805.Actually pazhassiraja musium has to nothing give with pazhassiraja. The name is given as a honor to him for this musium. This a old british colletrate which now converted to musium. Here you can find old coins, pots, temple models, stone models , weapons etc in old times. Another attracting thing is this building has got underground rooms which in old times is used as jail by british.

By road: Gallery is located about 5 km from Kozhikode town at East Hill
By rail: Kozhikode Railway Station is the near this museum
By air: Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode is about 23 km from Kozhikode town

3.Payyoli Beach 

 

Near Calicut and Trikkottur Perumalpuram Temple, Kozhikode, India.Payyoli is well-renowned for its famous Payyoli Beach, which is merely 45 kilometers away from Kadavu and 14 kilometer all the way through the Sea. Payyoli Beach is one of the most outstanding tourism spot which has a good crowd of visitors. During November – December hordes of the endangered Olive Ridley turtle come to lay eggs.

HOW TO REACH PAYYOLI BEACH

By Air: Kozhikode (Calicut) has an airport at Karipur.

By Rail: Kozhikode is the nearest Railway Station and is served by a number of costal trains and several passenger trains.

By Road: A well-built network of roads connects Kozhikode (Calicut) to the other parts of Kerala and the surrounding states and India.

Local Transport: Various modes of local transportation like Auto Rickshaws, Deluxe Buses and taxis are easily available in Kozhikode.