Places to visit in Kottayam District

Places to visit in Kottayam District:

Kottyam District has at least 40 destinations that are worthy of a visit from the tourism perspective, as per various travel/tour portals like gobibio, TripAdvisor, Holidify.com, TravelTriangle, HolidayIQ etc.

It’s interesting to note that many of us, as residents of Kottayam, are not aware of at least a few of these destinations!

Popular Sightseeing Areas: (with their distance from Kottayam Town)

• Nattakom Village (5 Km)
• Panachikkad Village (11 Km)
• Kumarakom (15 Km)
• Vaikom (34 Km)
• Erumeli (mainly for the Vavar mosque) (49 Km)
• Vagamon (65 Km)

Sightseeing Destinations: (with locations and their distance from Kottayam Town)

1. Mozart Art Gallery (Ayemanam, 5 Km)
2. Monroe Lighthouse (Pallom, 8 Km)
3. Naalumanikkattu (Manarcadu, 12 Km)
4. The Vembanad lake (Kumarakom, 13 Km)
5. JYES Farms (Neendoor, 14 Km)
6. Bay Island Driftwood Museum (Kumarakom, 15 Km)
7. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (Kumarakom, 17 Km)
8. Island of Pathiramanal (Pathiramanal, Near Kumarakom, 21 Km)
9. Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls (Aruvikkuzhi, Near Pallikathodu, 23 Km)
10. Clay Art Cafe (Ponkunnam, 36 Km)
11. Silent River (Thalayolapparambu, 36 Km)
12. Vallyachan mala (Aruvithura, 39 Km)
13. Nadukani Viewpoint (Kayyoor, 40 Km)
14. Discs & Machines – Sunny’s Gramophone Museum (Near Poonjar, 50 Km)
15. Ayyampara / Aiyyanpara (Near Poonjar, 50 Km)
16. Poonjar Palace (Poonjar, 52 Km)
17. Kattikkayam waterfalls (Mechal, after Poonjar, 55 Km)
18. Illikkal Kallu (Near Poonjar, 56 Km)
19. Kannadippara (Elaveezhapoonchira , Near Poonjar, 56 Km)
20. Elaveezhapoonchira / Elaveezhumpoonchira (Near Poonjar, 56 Km)
21. Marmala Waterfalls (Near Poonjar, 60 Km)
22. Kottathavalam (Kurishumala, Vagamon, 70 Km)

Places of Religious importance:

1. Thirunakkara Mahadeva Temple (Thirunakkara, Kottayam Town, 0 km)
2. Pallippurathu Kavu Temple (Pallipurathu, 2 Km)
3. Parippu Sree Mahadeva Temple (Parippu, Aymanam, 6 Km)
4. Kumaranalloor Bhagavathy Temple (Kumaranalloor, 6 Km)
5. Thiruvarpu Temple (Thiruvarpu, 7 Km)
6. Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple (Ettumanoor, 12 Km)
7. Panachikkadu Dakshina Mookambika Saraswathi Temple (Panachikkad, 13 Km)
8. Subramania Swami Temple (Kidangoor, 18 Km)
9. Perunna Sree Subramanya Swamy Temple (Perunna, 20 Km)
10. Vazhappally Mahadeva temple (Changanacherry, 21 Km)
11. Malliyoor Sri Maha Ganapathi Temple (Manjoor, Kuruppunthara, 23 Km)
12. Thrikkodithanam Mahavishnu temple (Thrikkodithanam, 25 Km)
13. Vaikom Mahadeva Temple (Vaikom, 35 Km)
14. Ganapathiyar Kovil Temple (Kanjirappally, 38 Km)

1. Kottayam Cheriapally (St. Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Church) (Kumarakom Road, 2 Km)
2. Birth place of Saint Alphonsa (Kudamaloor, 5 Km)
3. Devalokam Malankara Orthodox Church (Devalokam, 5 Km)
4. St Mary’s Knanaya Church (Valiyapally) (Near Pallom, 9 Km)
5. Saint Chavara Pilgrim Centre (Mannanam, 9 Km)
6. Parel Saint Mary’s Syro-Malabar church (Parel, Changanacherry, 23 Km)
7. Tomb of Saint Alphonsa (Bharananganam, 32 Km)
8. St. Dominic’s Cathedral (Kanjirappally, 39 Km)

1. Thazhathangady Juma Masjid (Thazhathangady, 3 Km)

Third-party Articles on Tourist Attractions in Kottayam District:

Article by TravelTriangle

Check the TripAdvisor Article on Kottayam Destinations

Read the goibibo Article on Kottayam Destinations

Read the article by Holidify.com

HolidayIQ’s article on Kottayam Sightseeing

Article by KeralaTravels.com