Alappuzha Beach is a beach in Alappuzha town and a tourist attraction in

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. Beach has an old pier which extend to sea is over 150 years old. Alappuzha beach host many events annually like Alappuzha beach festival, Sand art festival and many more.

Overview

Alappuzha beach is one of the major tourist spot in Alappuzha town.

Alappuzha Lighthouse The Alappuzha Lighthouse (or Alleppey Light) is situated in the coastal town of Alappuzha, Kerala. It was built in 1862 and is a major tourist attraction. Visitors are allowed between 1500 hours and 1630 hours on every weekday at an admission f ...

situated near to the beach. Beach is accessible through various town roads and an elevated highway will passing by the beach as part of Alappuzha bypass in order to preserve the beauty of the area. Camel safaris was another attraction in beach which introduced a couple of years ago but it got banned by authorities.

Events in Alappuzha beach

Alappuzha beach festival is a famous event organised as part of new year celebration. It's organised as an annual event in every year. Thousands of people gathers in the event includes from other disrict. Kerala's first international sand art festival and competition held on April 26-2015 in Alappuzha beach. Many national and international sand artists participated in event. The state tourism department and the Alleppey Foundation has jointly organised the event.

Local Attractions

* Vijay Park * Sea View Park *

Alappuzha Bypass Alappuzha Bypass ( ml, ആലപ്പുഴ ബൈപ്പാസ്) is a part of NH 66 that bypasses CBD of Alappuzha city in Kerala, India. The 6.8 km long two line bypass is the first and longest elevated beach highway in the countr ...

* Jain Temple

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Beaches of Kerala Geography of Alappuzha district Tourist attractions in Alappuzha district {{Alappuzha-geo-stub