Hotels in Aluva

Aluva is a busy riverside market town on the northern edge of Kochi, best understood as a working junction rather than a destination in itself. The Periyar river is its defining feature, and once a year the Manappuram sandbank on its banks fills with pilgrims for the Sivarathri festival, when the town feels genuinely significant. The rest of the year it is a practical place: a major stop on Kerala's main railway line, the northern terminus of the Kochi Metro, and close to Cochin International Airport.

That makes it handy for early flights or onward trips to Munnar and the hills without battling into central Kochi. There is little here to hold a sightseer for long, the main roads are congested and noisy, and the charm of Fort Kochi's old quarter is a long way off. Stay near the railway and metro stations for the easiest connections to the airport, the city and the rest of Kerala.