By road
~42 km from Kochi, ~16 km from Alleppey
South India · Kerala
Marari Beach, Kerala
A fishing-village beach, hammocks and quiet · ~42 km from Kochi, ~16 km from Alleppey
Getting there
By rail
Mararikulam, ~2 km (Alappuzha, ~16 km, has more train options)
By air
Cochin International Airport, ~42-75 km
Best time to visit
November to February — dry and calm
Don't miss
Marari Beach itself
St. Andrew's Basilica Arthunkal
Alleppey nearby
Things to do
Cycling flat coconut-country lanes
Beach yoga
Backwater day trips
Where to eat
Sources: open-meteo, wikimedia, Photo: Almost90's · CC BY-SA 4.0
What to pack
Sunscreen, a hammock-day book, light layers
A quieter corner
Watching the shore-seine net haul with the village crews at dawn
About Marari Beach
- Coastal
Where it is
Marari Beach lies at Mararikulam, a fishing village on the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala's Alappuzha district, north of Alappuzha town, with coconut groves and the backwaters close behind it.
History
Mararikulam has long been one of the fishing villages strung along the Alappuzha coast. Nearby Arthunkal grew around a church founded by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century, now St Andrew's Basilica, and in recent decades small resorts and homestays have brought visitors while the fishing beach keeps working.
People
Mararikulam's Malayalam-speaking fishing families still launch boats from the sand and haul shore-seine nets by hand, while inland households farm coconuts and make coir from the husks. Arthunkal's feast of St Sebastian each January draws pilgrims from across Kerala.
Known for
- A quiet fishing-village beach
- St Andrew's Basilica at Arthunkal
- Coconut groves and coir-making villages
- Backwater trips from nearby Alappuzha
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