Ottoor
Ottoor is a panchayath in Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.
Ottoor is a panchayath in Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated 7km south-east of Varkala city and 36km north of capital city Trivandrum.
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Worth seeing in and around Ottoor
One place 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.
- 01Sreenarayanapuram Temple
Sreenarayanapuram Mahavishnu Temple is an ancient Vishnu temple in Kerala, India. It is at Manakala about 4 km from Adoor.
2.9 km · Hindu temple in Kerala · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ottoor
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 31 km · Cochin (COK), 164 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 259 km
- Stations
- Akathumuri railway station, 2 km
- Kochi → Ottoor145 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · ₹1,090–1,370
- Coimbatore → Ottoor253 km · quickest by road, 6h 55m · ₹2,290–2,860
- Calicut → Ottoor299 km · quickest by road, 7h 26m · ₹2,200–2,750
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ottoor
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 Ottoor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Varkala Railway Station, taxis and auto rickshaws can be hired.
- Get inPapanasam Beach is around 5 km from Varkala Railway Station ₹40/₹50 by Auto Rickshaw).
- Get aroundThe town of Varkala is about 5 km inland, centered around the train station, and can be reached via autorickshaw for ₹80 The resort area lies along two cliffs, north and south, overlooking the beach areas.
- Go nextKollam - about an hour north by taxi, an easy half-day trip to take a boat ride on the backwaters.
From Wikivoyage: Varkala, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Ottoor
Ottoor is 27 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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