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Kovalam City Information
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| General
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This beach town is probably the most important tourist destination in the state.
The good beaches and excellent hotels and resort make it a tourist favourite.
The other attractions is the Ayurvedic health programmes offered by a various
health centers and resort. Thirty years ago Kovalam was a hippy idyll : a
picture-perfect beach; a traditional Keralan fishing and toddy (coconut beer);
and about as far from decadent western civilization as you could get and still
hear Jim, Janis, Jimi.
Kovalam retains a certain charm and is still popular with travelers carving some
rest from the long haul across the subcontinent. The beaches are generally safe
and clean and the powerful Arabian Sea swells are inviting and invigorating. And
each night local fishermen still row their boats out to sea.
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| Orientation
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Kovalam consist of two palm-fringed coves separated from less-populated
beaches north and south by rocky headlands. The southern headland is marked
by a prominent lighthouse. It's is 15 minute walk from one headland to the
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