Ayisha Manzil

Kannur


The six rooms tucked into this 19th-century rust-red heritage home are enormous and filled with antique furniture, but most guests come for the Mappila (Muslim) cuisine and the famous cooking classes (₹3000) overseen by Mrs Faiza Moosa. A visit to the local market is part of the culinary experience. Book well ahead. Thalasseri is 20km southeast of Kannur.


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1. Thalasseri Fort

0.56 MILES

The coastal town of Thalasseri (formerly Tellicherry), 20km southeast of Kannur, was a major cardamom and pepper export hub under the British East India…

2. Kerala Dinesh Beedi Co-Operative

7.42 MILES

The Kannur region is known for the manufacture of beedis, those tiny Indian cigarettes deftly rolled inside green leaves. This is one of the largest and…

3. Thottada Beach

7.75 MILES

Framed by low palm-sprinkled headlands and a shallow lagoon, this beautiful powdery gold-sand expanse, 8km southeast of Kannur centre, is home to the area…

4. Arakkal Museum

10.09 MILES

Housed in part of the royal palace of the Arakkal family, a powerful Kannur dynasty with its roots dating to the 12th century, this harbourfront museum…

5. Loknath Weavers’ Co-operative

10.1 MILES

Established in 1955, this is one of the oldest cooperatives in Kannur and occupies a large building where weavers busily work away to the click of looms…

6. Fort St Angelo

10.19 MILES

One of the earliest Portuguese settlements in India (constructed with permission from Kannur's rulers), the 1505 St Angelo Fort looms tall on a promontory…

7. Payyambalam Beach

11.91 MILES

Kannur town's main sandy strand is the blonde, 4km-long Payyambalam Beach, 3km west of the train station, just past the military cantonment.

8. Kerala Folklore Academy

13.77 MILES

At this traditional-arts training academy overlooking Chirakkal Pond, 6km north of Kannur, you can see vibrantly coloured folklore costumes in the museum…