A virtual walk through Alappuzha

Canals, houseboats and the snake-boat races of Punnamada.

Free, runs in your browser. 11 kinds of place: station, beach, harbour, lighthouse, park, temple, museum, river, backwater, island, church.

Places you can walk to in Alappuzha

• 🚉 Alappuzha Railway StationStation near the beach on the coastal line.
• 🏖️ Alappuzha BeachLong beach with the ruins of a 150-year-old pier.
• ⚓ Alappuzha Old PierIron pilings of the pier from the town's port days.
• 🗼 Alappuzha LighthouseA 19th-century lighthouse you can still climb.
• 🌳 Vijaya Beach ParkSeaside park for an evening stroll.
• 🛕 Mullakkal Rajarajeswari TempleThe town's main temple, centre of the Chirap festival.
• 🖼️ Revi Karunakaran Memorial MuseumPrivate museum of crystal, porcelain and ivory.
• 🌊 Commercial CanalOne of the canals that earned Alappuzha its old name, Venice of the East.
• ⚓ Alappuzha Boat JettyPublic ferries chug out from here into Kuttanad.
• 🛶 Punnamada LakeHouseboats moored where the Nehru Trophy boat race finishes.
• 🏝️ Pathiramanal IslandBird island in the middle of Vembanad Lake.
• ⛪ St. Mary's Basilica, ChampakulamOne of Kerala's oldest churches, on the river bank.
• 🛕 Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna TempleTemple famous for its sweet palpayasam offering.