When it comes to tourist destinations in Kerala, Trivandrum is one of the famous tourist destinations in Kerala. It is the capital city of Kerala and thus home to the most of the major governmental offices in Kerala with busy commercial centres and low coastal hills, sprawling beaches and pilgrim centres.
Trivandrum is the small-scale of the entire state of Kerala because anything you can find in the rest of Kerala can be found here, for instance amazing hill stations, beautiful backwaters and beaches, wildlife sanctuaries, lagoons, etc. On top of these, Trivandrum has another unique feature that the most reputed place in India for medical tourism. Every foreign national visiting India makes sure that he comes by Trivandrum at least once before the departure.
Kovalam beach
The internationally reputed Kovalam beach is located just 12 km south of Trivandrum. The beach has a wonderful bay of calm waters which is ideal for sea bathing. Owing to the sincere renovation efforts by the National Tourism Development Corporation, Kovalam has turned out to be one of the best beaches in India and one of the must-visit Trivandrum tourist places. On the shore of this lengthy beach, there are many castles with swimming pools, cottages, medical tourism facilities such as Ayurvedic clinics, yoga centres and oil bath and massage centres. The popular Rajiv Gandhi Convention Centre which has the capacity for about 1000 delegates is very close to the Kovalam beach.