Kovalam Beach

Kovalam Beach is a beautiful, curving, palm-fringed beach of golden sands and safe bathing have made India's major beach resort. It is an internationally known holiday destination.

This natural bay is a safesea-pool free from high waves and surges - ideal for swimming, surfing and skiing. The more adventurous can ride out into the sea on a catamaran. Besides the ITDC's luxury hotel complex, several other hotels and guest houses have sprung up on the hillsides overlooking the beach, taking advantage of the Kovalam boom.

Among the many other attractions here are water sports, a theatre that stages traditional Kathakali dance dramas, a yoga center and facilities for traditional oil bathing and massages according to the ancient Kerala Ayurvedic system.

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