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Ochanthuruth

Ochanthuruth is one of the villages in Vypin, an island in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India.

The place

Ochanthuruth is one of the villages in Vypin, an island in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. It is on the southern part of Vypin.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ochanthuruth

8 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
    St. 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.

    3.9 km · church in Kerala · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Fort 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.

    3.8 km · Fort in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Vallarpadam 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.

    2.1 km · church in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Vembanad Rail Bridge

    Vembanad Rail Bridge is a railway bridge over the Vembanad Lake in Kerala, India. With a total length of 4.62 km, it is the ninth longest railway bridge in India.

    2.8 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Goshree bridges

    Gosree bridges is a system of three bridges that link the mainland side of the city of Kochi to the islands lying to the north of the backwaters. It provides the vital road connectivity to the islands of Bolgatty and Vallarpadam and also links the western island of Vypin to the mainland.

    3.2 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Vypin lighthouse

    The Vypin Lighthouse or Cochin Lighthouse is an active lighthouse situated at Puthuvype in Kochi, Kerala, India. It started as an oil-fuelled lamp at Fort Kochi in 1839, and was updated over the years.

    1.3 km · Lighthouse in Keralam · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Old Harbour House

    Old Harbour Hotel, historically known as the Old Harbour House, is a boutique heritage hotel located in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It was built during the Portuguese colonial period, almost completely rebuilt by the Dutch in the 17th century, and later modified by the British.

    3.8 km · building in Fort Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of Our Lady of Hope

    Church of Our Lady of Hope is a Latin Church parish in the Diocese of Cochin. It is located at Fort Vypin in the island of Vypeen, the point where the Vembanad Lake merges with the Arabian Sea, with Fort Cochin on the other side.The church, with an area of 10 km2, occupies the southern end of Vypeen Island.

    3.1 km · building in India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Ochanthuruth

Airports
Cochin (COK), 25 km · Calicut (CCJ), 130 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 145 km
Stations
International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi, 2.9 km
  • Calicut → Ochanthuruth
    147 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · ₹1,060–1,320
  • Coimbatore → Ochanthuruth
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · ₹1,160–1,450
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Ochanthuruth
    186 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · ₹1,370–1,710
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ochanthuruth

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Kochi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    77 km
  2. 02
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    105 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    107 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    114 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    118 km

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

Around it

Next door to Ochanthuruth

Ochanthuruth is 5 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Fort Kochineighborhood in Kochi, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India3.9 km
  • Mulavukadneighborhood in Kachi, Kerala3.1 km
  • Puthuvypeneighborhood in Kochi, Kerala, India2.7 km
  • Ramanthuruthvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.4 km
  • Elamkunnapuzhavillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.6 km
  • Edavanakkadvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.2 km