Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Indian Coffee House
(?25-90;
CAFE
7.30am-9.30pm)
Has branches at Round South and Railway Station Rd.
Information
There are several ATMs and internet cafes around town.
DTPC Office
(
2320800; Palace Rd;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat)
UAE Money Exchange
(TB Rd;
9am-6.30pm Mon-Fri, to 1pm Sat, to 4pm Sun)
Getting There & Away
BUS
KSRTC buses leave around every 30 minutes from the
KSRTC bus stand
bound for
Trivandrum (?182, 7½ hours), Ernakulam (Kochi, ?50, two hours), Calicut (?86, 3½
hours), Palakkad (?45, 1½ hours) and Kottayam (?86, four hours). Hourly buses go to
Coimbatore (?79, three hours).
Regular services also chug along to Guruvayur (?20, one hour), Irinjalakuda (?22, one
hour) and Cheruthuruthy (?20, 1½ hours). Two private bus stands (
Sakthan Thampuran
and
Priyadarshini
) have more frequent buses to these destinations, though the chaos in-
volved in navigating each station hardly makes using them worthwhile.
TRAIN
Services run regularly to Ernakulam (2nd-class/AC chair ?64/205, 1½ hours) and Calicut
(?74/220, three hours).
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Around Thrissur
The Hindu-only
Shri Krishna Temple
at Guruvayur, 33km northwest of Thrissur, is among the
most famous in Kerala. Said to have been created by Guru, preceptor of the gods, and
Vayu, god of wind, the temple is believed to date from the 16th century and is renowned
for its healing powers. A spectacular annual
Elephant Race
is held here in February or
March.
Kerala Kalamandalam
( 04884262418;
www.kalamandalam.org
;
June-Mar)
, 32km northeast of
Thrissur at Cheruthuruthy, is a champion of Kerala's traditional-art renaissance. Using an
