Located in the heart of the "spice coast", Marari Beach is just an hour from Cochin and even less to Alleppey(also Known as Alpuzzha). Unexplored beaches of Marari offer an excellent oppurtunity to relax and enjoy the sun and the waves. It is a place you will usually find filled with small fishing boats, as life here has not changed much. Men daily go out to sea to earn a living bringing in the daily catch. You can interact with the locals and go fishing with them, enjoying the local charm and traditional keralan hospitality at its best. Kanakakkunnu Palace This beautiful old palace of the Travancore rajas is a stunning piece of architectural excellence. At night when the palace grounds are lit by garden lamps, the gabled, pagoda style red brick structure comes alive, bringing to mind the royal majesty of the kings who once inhabited it's mighty interiors. Inside one can see large crystal chandeliers and exquisite pieces of royal furniture. Edakkal Caves There are two Edakkal Caves, natural rock cut-out formations, formed by a large split in a huge rock roofed over by other large rocks, all fixed in position through natural processes. These caves have been made famous world-wide for their ancient carvings and pictorial wall inscriptions of human and animal figures with peculiar head-dresses and swastik forms and symbols. Archaeologists say the place was one of the earliest centres of human habitation. These caves are seen in the Ambukuthy mountains, located in between Sulthan Battery and Ambalavayal. The caves contain several paintings and pictorial writings of the new stone age civilization which speak volumes of the bygone life and civilization.