For many visitors, Kerala is South India's maximum serenely stunning country. This slim coastal strip is defined through its layered landscape: nearly 600km of superb Arabian Sea coast and beaches; a languid network of glistening backwaters; and the spice- and tea-protected hills of the Western Ghats, dotted with fiercely protected wildlife reserves and funky hill stations which include Munnar. Just setting foot in this swathe of soul-soothing, palm-shaded green will gradual your subcontinental stride to a blissed-out amble. Kerala is a global faraway from the push of the relaxation of India, its lengthy, fascinating backstory illuminated with the aid of traditionally evocative cities like Kochi (Cochin) and Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum).