Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(admission ?10, camera/video ?25/50; 9am-1pm & 2-4.30pm Tue-Sun)
The Archaeology Museum is
housed in the wonderful 200-year-old Sakthan Thampuran Palace. Its mix of artefacts in-
clude fragile palm-leaf manuscripts, 12th-century Keralan bronze sculptures and giant
earthenware pots. It was closed for renovation at the time of research but should be open
by the time you read this.
Festivals & Events
In a state where festivals are a way of life, Thrissur still manages to stand out for temple
revelry. Highlights include
Thrissur Pooram
(April/May) - the most colourful and biggest of
Kerala's temple festivals with wonderful processions of elephants;
Uthralikavu Pooram
(March/April), whose climactic day sees 20 elephants circling the shrine; and
Thypooya
Maholsavam
(January/February), with a
kavadiyattam
(a form of ritualistic dance) proces-
sion in which dancers carry tall, ornate structures called
kavadis
.
Sleeping
Pathans Hotel
MAP
HOTEL
$
GOOGLE MAP
( 2425620;
www.pathansresidentialhotel.com
; Round South; s/d from ?480/644, with AC ?840/1200; )
No-frills rooms at no-frills prices and the location is unbeatable across from the central
park. The basic and cleanish rooms are on the 5th and 6th floors (served by a painfully
slow lift) and have TV and occasional hot water.
YMCA International Guesthouse
( 2331190;
www.ymcathrissur.org
; Palace Rd; d ?650, with AC ?1000)
Clean, comfortable and secure. A
good budget choice.
GUESTHOUSE
$
HOTEL
$$
Hotel Luciya Palace
( 2424731;
www.hotelluciyapalace.com
; Marar Rd; s/d with AC ?1400/1600, ste ?2600; )
In a cream,
colonial-themed building, this is one of the few places in town that has some genuine
character, and it's great value. Sitting in a quiet cul-de-sac but close to the temple action, it
