Name: Small Group - Cochin City Sightseeing Tour
SKU: 48971
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 5 h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Family, Historical

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

The tour will commence with a city drive through the town of Cochin taking you to the famous area of Fort Kochi, the first stop will be ‘Dhobi Khana’, one of the oldest open-air laundries in India. Here we will stop and learn about the workers how the open-air laundry works, see the many washing lines and how they order the clothes, maybe get a chance to sample the ironing?

What's included

Transport
English Speaking Guide
Entrance fees to Dutch Place & Jewish Synagogue

Highlights

Dhobi Khana Public Laundry

Dhobi Khana Public Laundry is a coop laundry with a building set for ironing laundry, another with "cells" containing a concrete washbasin and a slab to slap the fabric during cleaning, and then a field of clothing lines. Each worker gets to set his own clothing line made of braided coir fiber. The strands are opened to set the clothes on the line without using pins.

Kochi

Kochi, also known as Cochin, is a major port city on the south-west coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala and is often referred to as Ernakulam. Kochi is the most densely populated city in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA).

The Mattancherry Palace

The Mattancherry Palace is a Portuguese palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi. The palace was included in the "tentative list" of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Itinerary

10:00

– Depart from the Port
– Drive towards Dhobi Khana
– Visit Chinese Fishing Nets
– Move on to Mattancherry Palace (please note: This is closed on a Friday and Saturday)
– Visit the Jewish Synagogue (please note: This is closed on a Friday and Saturday)
– Visit Folklore Museum (please note: This is open on Friday and Saturday only, entrance fees $5 PP payable on the day)
– Some free time for shopping for around 30 minutes
– 45 minutes
– Return back to the Port

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Small Group – Cochin City Sightseeing Tour