Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi, formerly also known as Fort Cochin, is a region of Kochi city in Kerala, India.
Fort Kochi, formerly also known as Fort Cochin, is a region of Kochi city in Kerala, India. Fort Kochi takes its name from the Fort Manuel of Kochi, the first European fort on Indian soil, controlled by the Portuguese East Indies. This is part of a handful of water-bound islands and islets toward the south-west of the mainland Kochi, and collectively known as Old Kochi or West Kochi. Adjacent to this is the locality of Mattancherry. In 1967, these three municipalities along with a few adjoining areas, were amalgamated to form the Kochi Municipal Corporation.
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Worth seeing in and around Fort Kochi
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St. Francis Church
Saint Francis Church, in Fort Kochi, Kochi, originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in India and has historical significance as a witness to the European colonial ambitions in the subcontinent. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India.
100 m · church in Kerala · Wikipedia - 02Santa Cruz Basilica
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, also known as Kotta Palli or Kottepalli, is located in Fort Kochi, Kochi. It is one of the thirty-four basilicas in India and one of nine in Kerala.
100 m · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Mattancherry Palace
The Mattancherry Palace is a palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi. The palace was included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
2.1 km · Palace in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 04Paradesi Synagogue
The Paradesi Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, Kerala, in India. It was built in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph Levi for the flourishing Paradesi Jewish community in Kochi.
2.1 km · synagogue in India · Wikipedia - 05Fort Emmanuel
Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was built by the Portuguese to be a bastion & a symbol of the strategic alliance between the Kingdom of Cochin and the Kingdom of Portugal.
300 m · Fort in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 06Vallarpadam Church
The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom, more commonly referred to as Vallarpadam Basilica is a minor basilica and a major Christian pilgrimage centre in Vallarpadam, a suburb in Ernakulam, in the city of Kochi, in Kerala, India. Around 5 million Christians visit the basilica every year.
2.8 km · church in India · Wikipedia - 07Fort Kochi beach
Fort Kochi Beach is a beach along the Arabian Sea, situated in the Fort Kochi neighbourhood of the city of Kochi in Kerala, South India.
600 m · Beach in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 08Chempittapally Mosque
Chempittapally, also known as Chembitta Palli and as Chembittapally Juma Masjid, is a Sifi Friday mosque in the Mattancherry neighbourhood, in Kochangadi, Kochi, in the Ernakulam district of the state of Kerala, India. Built between 1520 and 1540, the roof of the mosque was decorated with copper tiles, hence chempitta pally.
2.7 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 09Bolgatty Palace
Bolgatty Palace is a former palace built by the Dutch in India on Mulavukad in Kochi, Kerala, India. It is believed to be one among the oldest Dutch palaces outside of the Netherlands.
3.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 10Cochin Thirumala Devaswom
Cochin Tirumala Devaswom, also called Gosripuram is the biggest and most important socio-religious institution of Gowda Saraswat Brahmins of Kerala, India. The temple is situated at Cherlai in the heart of Mattancherry town in Kochi area which is one of the earliest settlements of GSBs in Kerala.
1.4 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fort Kochi
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 27 km · Calicut (CCJ), 134 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 147 km
- Stations
- Cochin Port, 2.9 km · International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi, 2.1 km · Cochin Harbour Terminus, 2.9 km
- Calicut → Fort Kochi151 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · ₹1,090–1,370
- Coimbatore → Fort Kochi140 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · ₹1,190–1,490
- Thiruvananthapuram → Fort Kochi182 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · ₹1,340–1,670
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- Get inAs the financial capital of Kerala, Kochi is well-connected by air, road, rail and ferry from others parts of India, and to some other international destinations.
- Get inCATS also operates limo services as well as customised packages available for full/half day trips.
- Get inBy helicopter: Pawan Hans, in the departure gate of the domestic terminal, operates a wide range of helicopter services to almost all parts of city as well as state, which requires a prior booking.
- Get inCochin Airport has its own helicopter services with support of Bharat Airways.
- Get inScheduled and chartered helicopter services to pilgrimage centres like Sabarimala, Guruvayoor and major cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode are available.
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Next door to Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi is 3 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mattancherryneighborhood in Kochi, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India1.4 km
- Puthuvypeneighborhood in Kochi, Kerala, India2.2 km
- Thoppumpadyneighborhood of Kochi, Kerala, India3.9 km
- Kanayannur taluktaluk in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.7 km
- Ramanthuruthvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.6 km
- Ochanthuruthvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.9 km