People
generally don't come all the way to India just to laze on a beach - but
there are some superb beaches if you're in the mood for a beach holiday in
India. On the West Coast, at the southern end of Kerala, there's Kovalam and
Varkala; farther north, Goa has a whole collection of beautiful beaches
complete with soft white sand, gentle lapping waves and swaying palms. If
you find these a little overcommercialised then head of the tiny
ex-Portugueses island of Diu & Daman off the southern coast of
Saurashtra (Gujarat), or to southern Karnataka, where the ex-Goa crowd are
now throwing down their bedrolls. Over on the East Coast you could try the
beach at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu. In Orissa the beach gopalpur on sea is
clean and quiet. While they're not easy accessible, come of the beaches in
the andamans are straight out of a holiday brochure - white coral sand,
gin-clear water and multicolored fish and corals. The beaches of
Lakshadweep, a series of coral atolls off the West Coast, are pristine, but
also accessible to those with money to spare.
Some
of the suggested Beach Tour Itineraries in India These
beach tours of India offering boggling array of amazing things and places to
see, it can be difficult to deciding which ones to visit in the time you
have availbable.
| Golden Triangle with Beaches |
Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Bombay
- Diu - Goa - Delhi
| Mountains, Temples and Beaches |
Delhi- Bagdoggra - Darjeeling -
Gangtok- Kalimpong - Calcutta - Bhubaneswar - Puri - Konark - Gopalpur on
Sea - Calcutta.
Cochin - Alleppey - Kumarkom -
Kollam - Periyar - Kovalam - Verkala - Trivandrum
| Southern Temples and Beaches |
