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1)
Bolt to Bolghatty Island
Bolghatty Island is the site of the Bolghatty
Palace built by the Dutch in 1744 and later taken
over by the British. |
2)
Explore Fort Kochi
This is the best part of Kochi, once an obscure little
fishing village that became the first European township
in India,and now home to some interesting history
as well as the arresting sight of the sun setting
into the Arabian Sea behind the mesh of Chinese nets.
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Chinese fishing nets
These large cantilevered fishing nets made of teak and
bamboo, with lights to attract fish as they are lowered
into the water, owe their origin to travellers from the
court of Kubla Khan who arrived on the Malabar coast
between 1350 and 1450 AD. |
4)
Loaf on Princess Street
Princess Street was perhaps the earliest to be built in
Fort Kochi and is lined with European-style buildings. |
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5)
See India's oldest European church
Built by Portuguese Franciscan Friars in 1503,St.Francis
Church on the corner of Cemetery Road and Fosse Road
at Fort Kochi is said to be India's oldest European
church. |
6)
Santa Cruz Basilica
Originally built by the Portuguese, the Santa Cruz Basilica
near St.Francis Church was elevated to the status of
a Cathedral in 1558 by Pope IV. |
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7)
Visit the Dutch Palace
Also called the Mattancherry Palace,the Dutch Palace
at Mattancherry in Fort Cochin was built by the Portuguese
in 1555 as a gift for the Maharaja of Kochi,and renovated
by the Dutch in1663 |
8)
Find peace in a synagogue
Inside Jew Town near Mattancherry is the Cochin Synagogue, built
in 1568 and the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth. |
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9)
Spot dolphins at Cherai Beach
On Vypeen Island, accessible from Ernakulam by
ferry, can be found long stretches of unexplored
beaches. |
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