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Munambam

Munambam is a suburb of Kochi, India at the north end of Vypeen Island, surrounded by the Arabian Sea on the west, Periyar river on the east, and a mouth of the sea on the north.

Munambam
Munambam · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Munambam is a suburb of Kochi, India at the north end of Vypeen Island, surrounded by the Arabian Sea on the west, Periyar river on the east, and a mouth of the sea on the north. The main occupation of its inhabitants is fishing and related activities. It is also the mouth of the district major river Periyar which can be seen from the Munambam Muziris beach.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Munambam

5 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.

  1. 01
    Pallipuram Fort

    Pallippuram Fort or is a fort in Pallippuram, Vyppin, Ernakulam district of Kerala, south India. It was built by Portuguese sailors on 27 September, 1503 using just timber wood, and later renovated in 1505 by replacing timber structure with stone.

    1.3 km · Fort in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cherai Beach

    Cherai Beach is located in Cherai on the northern side of Vypin Island, a suburb of the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. One of the most visited beaches in the state, it is situated around 25 km from downtown Kochi and 20 km from Cochin International Airport.

    3.9 km · Beach in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Basilica of Our Lady of Snow, Pallippuram

    The Basilica of Our Lady of Snows, Pallippuram, Ernakulam, Kerala, is a minor basilica. The basilica decree was issued on 27 August 2012.

    1.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Munakkal Beach

    Munakkal Beach also known as Muziris Munnakkal Beach is a beach in Azhikode, Thrissur of Thrissur District in Kerala State. It is the largest beach in Thrissur District and lies on the coast of Arabian Sea.

    1.1 km · Beach in Thrissur district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Azhikode lighthouse

    Azhikode Lighthouse is situated about 8 km west of Kodungallur in Kerala. There was no lighthouse in the present location prior to this being inaugurated on 30 April 1982.

    3.3 km · Lighthouse in Keralam · Wikipedia

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Getting to Munambam

Airports
Cochin (COK), 25 km · Calicut (CCJ), 109 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 134 km
  • Calicut → Munambam
    126 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · ₹940–1,170
  • Coimbatore → Munambam
    126 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · ₹1,040–1,300
  • Kannur → Munambam
    207 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₹1,630–2,040
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Munambam

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 Munambam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    68 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    111 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    113 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    119 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    133 km

If you know how people move in Munambam – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Munambam

Munambam is 26 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Cheraitown in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India4 km
  • Pallippuramvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India1.9 km
  • Azhikode, Thrissurvillage in Thrissur District, Kerala, India1.2 km
  • Moothakunnamvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.4 km
  • Vavakkadvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.7 km
  • Gothuruthvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.4 km