Alappuzha Beach
Beach
Alappuzha beach during sunset
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Coordinates: 9°29′35″N 76°19′04″E / 9.492990°N 76.317698°E / 9.492990; 76.317698
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha District
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	688001
Telephone code	0477
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-04

Alappuzha Beach is a beach in Alappuzha town and a tourist attraction in Kerala, India.^[1] Beach has an old pier which extend to sea is over 150 years old.^[2] Alappuzha beach host many events annually like Alappuzha beach festival,^[3] Sand art festival^[4] and many more.

Overview

Alappuzha beach is one of the major tourist spot in Alappuzha town. Alappuzha Lighthouse situated near to the beach.^[5] Beach is accessible through various town roads and an elevated highway will passing by the beach as part of Alappuzha bypass in order to preserve the beauty of the area.^[6] Camel safaris was another attraction in beach which introduced a couple of years ago but it got banned by authorities.^[7]

Events in Alappuzha beach

Alappuzha beach festival is a famous event organised as part of new year celebration. It's organised as an annual event in every year. Thousands of people gathers in the event includes from other district.^[3] Kerala's first international sand art festival and competition held on April 26-2015 in Alappuzha beach. Many national and international sand artists participated in event. The state tourism department and the Alleppey Foundation has jointly organised the event.^[8]

Local Attractions

• Alappuzha Lighthouse
• Vijay Park
• Sea View Park^[9]
• Alappuzha Bypass
• Jain Temple