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Tangasseri

Tangasseri or Thangassery (Thangi) is a heavily populated beach area on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Kollam city, Kerala, India.

Tangasseri
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Tangasseri or Thangassery (Thangi) is a heavily populated beach area on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Kollam city, Kerala, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tangasseri

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.

  1. 01
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon

    The Diocese of Quilon is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church based in the southern Indian city of Kollam. The diocese was created in 1329 but the Bishop did not take canonical possession and then Gregory XVI made Quilon as the new diocese suffragan of Verapoly on 1 September 1886.

    300 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kollam Beach

    Kollam Beach, also known as Mahatma Gandhi Beach, is a beach at Kollam city in the Indian state of Kerala. Kollam Beach is the first 'Beach Wedding Destination' in Kerala.

    3 km · Beach in Kollam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Thomas Fort

    Fort Thomas or St. Thomas Fort or Fortaleza de São Tomé, also known as Tangasseri Fort, is a ruined fort located in the beach town of Tangasseri on the shores of the Arabian Sea in the city of Kollam, Kerala, India.

    600 m · Fort in Kollam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Thirumullavaram Beach

    Thirumullavaram Beach, is one of the popular beaches in the city of Kollam and a tourist destination in the state of Kerala. The beach is situated at Thirumullavaram, an important neighbourhood of Kollam city.

    1.6 km · popular beach in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Eight-Point Gallery Cafe

    The Eight-point Gallery Cafe or 8 Point Art Cafe is an art gallery and cafe situated in Kollam city of Kerala, India. This is the first international standard art cafe in the city of Kollam.

    2.8 km · art museum in Asramam, Kollam · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Tangasseri Lighthouse

    Tangasseri Lighthouse or Thangassery Lighthouse is situated at Tangasseri in Kollam city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the two lighthouses in the Kollam Metropolitan Area and is maintained by the Cochin Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships.

    500 m · Lighthouse in Keralam · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    British Residency

    The British Residency, also known as the Government Guest House or Residency Bungalow, is a two-storeyed palace situated at Asramam in the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies close to the site of the old Kollam Airport situated at Asramam in the city and was built by Colonel John Munro between 1811 and 1819.

    2.9 km · Palace in Kollam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Thevally Palace

    Thevally Palace or Thevalli Palace is a popular heritage Palace situated at the banks of Ashtamudi lake, in Thevally, Kollam city. It is an important historic monument in the state of Kerala in India.

    2.7 km · Palace in Kollam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ashram Sree Krishna Swamy Temple

    Asramam Sree Krishna Swamy Temple is a Sreekrishna temple in the district of Kollam, Kerala, South India located on the shores of Ashtamudi Lake. Lord Krishna in the form of Navaneet Krishnan or Krishna with Butter is worshiped here.

    3 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Adventure Park, Kollam

    Asramam Adventure Park is an urban park in the core Kollam city of Kerala state. It was opened after 1980, on 48 acres of city-owned land.

    2.7 km · park in Kollam,Kerala · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tangasseri

Airports
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 59 km · Cochin (COK), 142 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 244 km
Stations
Kollam Junction railway station, 3.6 km · Kollam Port, 2.1 km · Kollam Airport, 3.4 km · Kollam KSRTC Bus Station, 2.5 km · Kollam KSWTD Ferry Terminal, 2.5 km
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Tangasseri
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · ₹470–590
  • Kochi → Tangasseri
    122 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · ₹880–1,100
  • Coimbatore → Tangasseri
    240 km · quickest by road, 6h 17m · ₹2,050–2,560
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tangasseri

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 Tangasseri. 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
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    90 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    100 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    147 km
  4. 04
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    163 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    163 km

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

Around it

Next door to Tangasseri

Tangasseri is 2 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kollamcity in Kerala, India2.5 km
  • Asramamneighbourhood in Kollam, Kerala, India3.4 km
  • Thevallyneighbourhood in Kollam, Kerala, India2 km
  • Chirakkaravillage in Kollam District, Kerala, India2.8 km
  • Andamukkamneighbourhood in Kollam, Kerala, India2.9 km
  • Kollam Cantonmentneighbourhood in Kollam, Kerala, India3.9 km