Thalassery, Kerala, India

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Thalassery Fort and the Golden Beaches
 
Thallassery is situated near Kannur, on the Cochin-Mysore/Cochin-Goa route. The beach consistes of three palm-fringed coves separated from each other by laterite cliffs. Good surf with golden sand and safe places to swim. The seashore is beautiful and the village, quiet and friendly.Here you can swim out to the mussel fishermen and dolphins.In 1708 AD, when the British East India Company established its settlement on the Malabar Coast and they built the Thalaserry Fort.Today the square fort can still be visited. It has  massive walls, secret tunnels to the sea and intricately carved huge doors that will impress. The fort was once the nucleus of Thalaserry's development and nearby are the following places of interest that can also be visited, an old Muslim mosque, the Jagannatha Temple,Thiruvangadi Sree and the Rama Swami temple.
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