Top Sights

Based on traveller visits and local insights
Kozhikode Beach
Kozhikode Beach

Long, bustling sandy urban beach

Kozhikode Beach or Calicut Beach is a beach on the western side of Kozhikode, situated on the Malabar Coast of India. The beach is accessible through four road overbridges in the city. The beach has paved stones and illumination. There is one Lions Park for the children and an aquarium. Kozhikode beach has always been a prominent place for conducting public meetings. The beach road was renamed 'Gandhi Road' in 1934 after Gandhi visited Calicut in 1934. Wikipedia

Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary
Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary

Scenic bird sanctuary on island parkland

The Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary lies in the Malappuram, Kozhikode districts of the state of Kerala in India. It spreads over a cluster of islands where the Kadalundipuzha River flows into the Arabian Sea. The Sanctuary hill is around 200 m above sea level. It is 29 km from Tirur, 39 km from Malappuram and 19 km from Kozhikode city centre. The nearest airport is Calicut International Airport, Malappuram. Wikipedia

Pazhassiraja Archaeological Museum
Pazhassiraja Archaeological Museum

Regional art & antiquities exhibits

Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum is a museum and art gallery in Kozhikode, Kerala. The museum has a rich collection of historical artifacts from 1000 BC to 200 AD. Wikipedia

Sarovaram Bio Park
Sarovaram Bio Park

Conservation park featuring mangroves

Sarovaram is an eco-friendly development near Kottooly in Kozhikode city in India. The park is situated adjacent to Canoly Canal. The project has been developed with an eco-friendly theme and is located in an ecosystem consisting of wetlands and mangrove forests containing bird habitats. Wikipedia

Miskhal Mosque
Miskhal Mosque

Architecturally notable medieval mosque

Mishkal Mosque is a medieval mosque located in Calicut on Malabar Coast, southern India. The mosque, one of the few surviving medieval mosques in Kerala, is regarded as an important cultural, historical and architectural monument of Kerala. The mosque was built by the eponymous Muslim merchant-shipowner in the 14th century. Mishkal - active in Calicut in the 1340s - possessed "great wealth" and a fleet of ships for "the trade with India, China, Yemen, and Persia". Ship-owners known as the nakhudas were among the wealthiest merchants of medieval Indian Ocean world. Mishkal Mosque is located in Kuttichira neighbourhood, a part of Thekkepuram beach in Calicut. In 1510, the mosque was partially burned in a Portuguese attack on Calicut. The top floors of the mosque still display some of that damage. Mishkal Mosque originally had five stories. It was rebuilt in 1578/79 after the 1510 arson and now has four stories. Typical for similar medieval mosques in Kerala, it has no cupolas and minarets and heavily employs timber. A large tank known as the Kuttichira tank is attached to the mosque. Wikipedia

Art Gallery And Krishna Menon Museum
Art Gallery And Krishna Menon Museum

Museum dedicated to a famous statesman

Museum dedicated to a famous statesman

Calicut Beach
Calicut Beach

Wide beach with a playground & aquarium

Wide beach with a playground & aquarium

Sree Valayanad Devi Temple
Sree Valayanad Devi Temple

Temple dedicated to Bhagavathy

Sree Valayanad Devi Temple dedicated to Bhagavathy, is situated in Valayanad near Kozhikode in North Kerala, India. Wikipedia

Thali Maha Shiva Kshetram
Thali Maha Shiva Kshetram

Traditional temple built in the 1300s

Traditional temple built in the 1300s