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| About Poovar Tourism |
Poovar is a small coastal fishing island at the southern tip of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala. The village is embraced by a beautiful beach on one side and the backwaters on the other. During high tides, an estuary links it to the sea. It is very close to harbor of Vizhinjam and is a network of lagoons, lakes, canals, estuaries, deltas, interspersing forty-four rivers that join the Arabian Sea. Located 38km from the State capital, a fifteen-minute boat ride reaches you at Poovar. Poovar
has been a trading centre and port in ancient times where timber,
sandalwood, ivory and spices were traded. According to legends the port
Ophir where King Solomon's trading ships landed is said to be |
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| Reviews on Poovar travel(What people have to say) |
Vijay, Bangalore | 6th April 2007 By the water, on the beach
| Overview of the destinationOne of the most unique destinations, which offers beach on one side and backwaters on the other(in fact most of the resorts are bang ON Food, sight-seeing and shopping Poovar is still less cluttered with the so-called 'free-to-trade bohemian attitude' shops of Kovalam. Poovar tries to tie you onto the real cause of travel Activities & things to do Sun, sun, some water, some more sun, water again and eventually the sunset - if you really want me to pen down activities. Kerala being Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc. Trivandrum - God's own country's headquarter is the airport which is about 70kms away. Nice drive in old-world Trivandrum fisheries belt reaches you to this |
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