One of the most important cities of Kerala you have to visit during your Kerala trip is the city, Cochin. This is the city that has the finest natural harbors of the Arabian Sea Coast and has considered a port of call for foreigners for some time to come.

People from Arabia, Holland, China, Britain and Portugal have all left their marks in the beautiful city of Cochin. Today, Cochin or Kochi has grown to become one of the most important commercial centers found in Kerala. Its coastal location provides the moderate climate of the city where the southwest monsoons bring heavy showers here during the months of June to August. With the northeast monsoon, you find light rainfall here during the months of September to December.

The weather in Cochin is very cool from December to February; however www.keralatourntravel.com suggests a Kerala trip to Cochin all year round as the weather is pretty moderate all the year through. Besides being a famous port of India, there are many backwater options you can take for enchanting and refreshing you during your Kerala Trip.

It is the Vembanad Lake that opens into the Arabian Sea to make Cochin one of the finest natural harbors of the world. With the enchanting interlinked waterways of Cochin, your Kerala trip proves to be very memorable and enchanting. You can take a trip on one of the many houseboats found on the backwaters while relaxing yourself with an ayurvedic massage.

During your Kerala trip to Cochin, www.keralatourntravel.com mentions a visit to the monumental church, Santa Cruz Basilica. This is a church that dates back to 1558, where you find beautiful paintings on its ceilings for you to see and appreciate. There is another church here, the St. Francis church that was built in the year 1503 by Portuguese Friars.

This church is considered to be the oldest European church in India where it was restored in the year 1779 by Dutch Protestants. This church was then converted into an Anglican Church by the British in 1795 but is today used by the church of South India. This is the church that was buried here in 1524, only to be moved later on to Lisbon, Portugal. However you will find his tombstone is still here on your Kerala trip.

Cochin is proud of having the oldest synagogue available in the commonwealth countries. You find Hebrew inscriptions here on stone slabs, ancient scripts on copper plates and willow pattern floor tiles to make this synagogue a place worth seeing on your Kerala trip.

Mattancherry Palace was built in the year 1557 by the Portuguese but was presented to Raja Veera Kerala Varma of Cochin to be renovated by the Dutch in 1663. This is a palace worth visiting on your Kerala trip for the various murals you find here depicting scenes from the epics, Ramayana, Maharashtra and some Puranic legends.

If you are intrigued to visit Cochin on reading all this, you just have to log onto www.keralatourntravel.com and choose the perfect dates for your next Kerala trip.