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Things to do in Fort Kochi, Kerala

Fort Kochi, formerly also known as Fort Cochin, is a region of Kochi city in Kerala, India. Fort Kochi takes its name from the Fort Manuel of Kochi, the first European fort on Indian soil, controlled by the Portuguese East Indies.

26 places to visit in and around Fort Kochi, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.

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    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.

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    Fort Kochi Beach

    Fort Kochi Beach is a beach along the Arabian Sea, situated in the Fort Kochi neighbourhood of the city of Kochi in Kerala, South India.

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    Indo-Portuguese Museum

    The Indo-Portuguese Museum is a museum in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India.

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    Dutch Cemetery, Fort Kochi

    Dutch Cemetery, Kochi is a historic Christian cemetery at Fort Kochi, in Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala.

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    Mattancherry Palace

    The Mattancherry Palace is a palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi.

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    Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary

    Mangalavanam is an ecologically sensitive area situated at the centre of the Indian city of Kochi, covering about 2.74 hectares. It also houses a shallow tidal lake connected with Kochi backwaters by a canal.

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    Cochin Port Maritime Heritage Museum

    The Cochin Port Maritime Heritage Museum is a museum located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala. The museum has rare collection of photographs related to the evolution of Cochin as a port city.

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    Church of Saint Francis, Kochi

    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.

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    Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Kochi

    The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, also known as Kotta Palli or Kottepalli, is located in Fort Kochi, Kochi. It is one of the thirty-four basilicas in India and one of nine in Kerala.

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    Church of Our Lady of Hope

    Church of Our Lady of Hope is a Latin Church parish in the Diocese of Cochin.

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    Kochi Jain temple

    The Kochi Jain temple or Dharmanath Jain temple is a Jain temple in the Mattancherry in Kochi, Kerala.

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    Church of Our Lady of Life

    Our Lady of Life Church (Portuguese: Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Vida is a Roman Catholic Church in Ernakulam district, Mattancherry, Kerala, India. It was built in the 16th-century and practices under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin.

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    Chempittapally
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    National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom
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    St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam
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    Syro-Malabar Church
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    Ernakulam Shiva Temple
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    St Louis Church, Mundamveli
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    Chittoor Sree Krishnaswamy Temple
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    Tirunettur Mahadeva Temple
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    St. George's Syro-Malabar Forane Church, Edappally
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    St. Francis Xavier's Church, Pizhala
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    Edappally Juma Mosque
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    St. Lawrence Church, Edacochin
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    Subhash Bose Park
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    Changampuzha Park