Thangasseri - kollan - Location : About 5 km from Kollam town.
Thangasseri - kollan - Attractions : Ruins of Portuguese / Dutch
forts and 18 century churches, a three km long beach and a century
old lighthouse.
Thangasseri, the picturesque seaside village has a three kilometre
long beach on which stands a 144 feet tall lighthouse - a silent sentinal
warning seamen of the treacherous reefs of the Thangasseri, since
1902.
Thangasseri was once a favourite settlement of the Portuguese, the
Dutch and the English in succession, as Kollam was one of the oldest
and most important port for international cashew trade on the Malabar
coast. Today, it showcases a few ruined forts built by the Portuguese,
and the Dutch and some 18th century churches.
Thangasseri - kollan - Getting there:
Thangasseri - kollan - Nearest railway station : Kollam, about 5
km.
Thangasseri - kollan - Nearest airport : Thiruvananthapuram International
Airport about 71 km towards the south, from Kollam town.
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