Kozhikode is an important trading centre for timber and
tiles, and is famous for `Calicut halwa' ...
City Beach
Just 15 minutes from the city centre is a place called Dolphin's
Point, where one can see dolphins playing in the sea of an early
morning. The long tree-lined beach, about 2 km away, is popular
with the local people because of the Lions Club Park, the
lighthouse, and two piers - and of course, the opportunity to
soak in the evening breeze.
SM Street
Cities Commercial Nerve Center...Always bustling with Activities..
Literally u will get everything and anything there..Famous for kozhikkodan halwas..
Kappad Beach
Its silvery sands and breathtaking scenery allures visitors both from india
and abroad..it is a beach resort.
Museum
Located at East Hill, the Pazhassiraja Museum,
run by the State Archaelogical Department, displays ancient
murals, antique bronzes and old coins, as well as models of
temples, megalithic monuments like dolminoid cysts and umbrella
stones. Timings are 10 am to 5 pm. (Closed on Mondays)
Art Gallery
Situated next to the Pazhassiraja Museum, the Art Gallery
contains paintings of Raja Ravi Varma and Raja Raja Varma. The
Krishna Menon Museum has a section in honour of the great Indian
leader V.K. Krishna Menon, whose personal belongings and
souvenirs gifted by world leaders are exhibited here. Timings
are 10 am to 5 pm. (Closed on Mondays and Wednesday forenoons)
Heart of calicut - mananchira square
Mananchira (/maananchiRa/) is the heart of the city and sites
important institutions like the Town Hall and the Public
Library. One of Kozhikode's oldest institutions, the
Commonwealth Trust's office is located here. The large pond and
park are well-known landmarks.
Mananchira Square has been beautified and has a musical fountain too.
Kallai - Timber Trade
Six km away is Kallai (, once the bustling
nerve-centre of Kozhikode's timber trade, said to have been the
largest such trading centre in Asia. Today, though some
business does take place, hard times have fallen on the timber
trade and Kallai is just a shadow of its busy past.
Calicut Aquarium
Beach Side Aquarium is a home to lots of variety of rare species of fishes..
Calicut Planaterium
Regional Science center and Planeterium is situated at
Jawahar Nagal Colony off Mavoor Rd..
Ship Building Yard
Beypore , 11 km from Kozhikode, is a small coastal
town famous for centuries as a ship-building centre and still is
known today for its country crafts called `uru' built by
traditional shipbuilders known as `khalasis'. Beypore is still a
favoured destination for Arabs shopping for large boats.
Korapuzha
Korapuzha river has its own jalotsavam..
Kalari payattu - Martial Art
A commercial centre also famous for the ancient Kerala style of
martial arts, `kalaripayattu' (/kaLaripayatt~/), is also the
birthplace of Tacholi Othenan, whose heroic deeds have been
immortalised in the ballads of North Malabar (the
`/vadakkanpAttukaL/' or `northern songs').
Hill Stations
Wyanad is a beautifull hill resort around 50 kms from calicut ..The road from Kozhikode to Sultan
Battery, though full of steep climbs and hairpin bends, offers a
breathtakingly scenic drive. From Sultan Battery, it is only six
hours to Bangalore.
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode has an airport, at Karipur. Operates
Both domestic and international flights