Kozhikode
Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is a historic city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India.
Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is a historic city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. The city is also known as the City of Spices. It was among the most important ports in the world during medieval times and have received visitors from Marco Polo to Ibn Batuta to Zheng He to Vasco da Gama.
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Worth seeing in and around Kozhikode
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.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut
The Archdiocese of Calicut ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical province or metropolitan archdiocese in India. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
1.2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 02Shahre Mubarak Grand Masjid
The Jamiul Futuh, officially known as the Jāmi'ul Futūh, and also known as The Indian Grand Masjid and the Shahre Mubarak Grand Mosque, is a Shafi‘i Sunni mosque, located in Markaz Knowledge City, in the Kozhikode district of the state of Kerala, in the south of India. It is the largest mosque in Kerala and can accommodate up to 25,000 worshippers.
2.8 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 03Mananchira
Mananchira is a man-made freshwater pond situated in the centre of the city of Kozhikode in Kerala, southern India. The pond is 3.49 acres in area, is rectangular in shape and is fed by a natural spring.
700 m · lake in India · Wikipedia - 04Mishkal Mosque
The Mishkal Mosque, also spelled Mithqal Mosque is a Šāfiʿī mosque located in Calicut on Malabar Coast, in the state of Kerala, India. The mosque, one of the few surviving medieval mosques in Kerala, is regarded as an important cultural, historical and architectural monument of Kerala.
300 m · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 05Muchundi Mosque
The Muchundi Mosque, also known as the Muccunti Palli, and formerly known as the Muchiyan/Machinde/Muchandi Palli, is a Šāfiʿī mosque, located at Kuttichira, in the Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. Kuttichira is the medieval Muslim quarter in the city of Calicut.
1.1 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 06Kozhikode Beach
Kozhikode Beach is a beach on the western side of Kozhikode, situated on the Malabar Coast of India. The beach is accessible through four road overbridges in the city.
1.9 km · beach on the western side of Kozhikode, situated on the Malabar Coast of India. · Wikipedia - 07Thali Mahadeva temple, Kozhikode
Tali Shiva Temple or Tali Mahakshetram is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, situated in the heart of the Kozhikode city, Kerala. The temple was built in the 14th century by Zamorin of Calicut.
400 m · 12th century Shiva temple complex · Wikipedia - 08EMS Stadium
The EMS Stadium, located in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, is a multi-purpose stadium primarily used for football matches. The stadium is home to the I-League club Gokulam Kerala.
900 m · multi-purpose stadium in Kozhikode · Wikipedia - 09Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum
Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum is a museum and art gallery in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
4.9 km · Museum in Kozhikode district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 10Calicut Medical College Stadium
Calicut Medical College Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Kozhikode in Kerala. Council Kozhikode District Sports Council and Kozhikode Corporation had constructed the stadium for 35th National Games.
6.8 km · football stadium in Kozhikode, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Art Gallery
CVN Kalari, a traditional Kalarippayattu institution for martial arts and marma chikitsa practiced and performed since 1945, Nadakkavu, Kozhikode.
- 02Mananchira Pond and Gardens
A sprawling park with many beautiful statues.
- 03Sarovaram Biopark
7 mangrove species, 29 mangrove associates and fauna ranging from protozoa to Otter.
- 04KIRTADS Museum
Tribal Research Station maintained by the government.
- 05Krishna Menon Museum & Art Gallery
Ideal place for students of Indian history.
- 06Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum
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Things to do
City Walk One (4 km). Start from Fathima Hospital, take the narrow line opposite the hospital. Walk past Kerala NGO Union, Lakshmi Printers and Oyisca Youth Centre. Cross the culvert in the swamp, turn right, walk beyond the forest temple, Hajj House, Sunni House, again turn right to Chilli Malabar Restaurant and once again turn right to reach at the New Bus Station. City Walk Two (6 km route with thin traffic).
- 01Kappad Beach
This beach was selected as one of the best beaches of India by the Danish Blue Flag organization.
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Where to eat
There is a lot of street food along the beach around the Dormer Hostel.
- 01Night Thattukada
- 02Chiking Fried Chicken
Cocoa Nut Restaurant, Hotel Hyson, Mavoor Road Junction,.
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Getting to Kozhikode
- Airports
- Calicut (CCJ), 23 km · Kannur (CNN), 79 km · Cochin (COK), 139 km
- Stations
- Kozhikode Railway Station, 500 m · Feroke railway station, 9.7 km · West Hill railway station, 4.6 km · Vellayil railway station, 2 km
- Kannur → Kozhikode83 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ₹620–780
- Kochi → Kozhikode155 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · ₹1,120–1,400
- Coimbatore → Kozhikode132 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · ₹1,160–1,450
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kozhikode
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kozhikode. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can take an auto rickshaw, taxi or local bus to the and then take a local bus from there to the city centre.
- Get aroundYou have to walk the 2-km distance or take an auto-rickshaw.
- Go nextMeppadi hills, tea estates, trekking possibilities and fine resorts.
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- Thekkepuramneighborhood in Kozhikode800 m
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