Luxury (over US$35/Rsl000 per room night) The two top hotels are on Willingdon Island near to the airport. The Taj Malabar Hotel (tel 340010, tax 885-6767 TAJN IN, fax 0484-340297) has an excellent location on the north-western promontory of the ...

Cochin is one of Kerala’s most beautiful places. A lagoon of islands and peninsulas separated by the backwaters of the Arabian Sea, connected by bridges and ferries. It comprises the mainland town of Ernakul am, the southern peninsula of Fort ...