Altitude
: Sea level
Area : 1414.00 sq. km
Temperature : (Mean Max, Mean
Min) Summer 35 c Winter 32c ,20c
Rainfall Annual : 299 cms.
Best
time to visit : August to March
Clothing : Tropical cottons
Languages
spoken : Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and English
Boundaries : Arabian
sea on the West
Earlier
known as Alleppey, Alappuzha is today referred as the 'Venice of East'.
Alappuzha is an important backwater destination attracting several
thousand-foreign tourist every year. Alappuzha is also famous for its
boat races, beaches, marine products and coir and coir industry. A
singularity of this land is the region called kuttanad- a land of lush
paddy fields referred to as the Rice Bowl of Kerala and one of the few
places in the world where farming is done below sea level. The beaches
of Alappuzha attract many tourists to it every year making it a famed
destination in Kerala Resting with the Arabian Sea to its west and
numerous lakes and rivers meandering through it, Alappuzha stand out for
its mesmerizing beauty and enthralling backwaters.
Alappuzha
is a district of immense natural beauty.
Backwaters
of Alappuzha
