Tandoor

Tandoor is a North India restaurant located near Woodlands, M. G. Road, Kochi

The interiors are decorated elegantly with portrait of Bollywood film actors placed on the walls.

The restaurant is moderately priced, can accommodate at least 60 people easily and is a perfect eatery for family and friends. Parking facilities are also available near the restaurant.

Phone: 0484 2354938
Email: tandoor@vsnl.com, tandoormohan@gmail.com

Paradesi Synagogue

Paradesi Synagogue was built in the year 1568, and it is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations.  It was preceded by an earlier one at Kochangai, built in 1344, which has since disappeared. The present building was destroyed by shelling during a Portuguese raid in 1662 and rebuilt two years later when the Dutch took over Cochin.

It’s an interesting little place with hand painted, willo-pattern floor tiles (no two alike) brought from Canton, China, in the mid-18th Century by Ezekial Rahabi who had trading interest in that city. He was also responsible for the erection of the clock tower which surmounts the building.

Bastion Bungalow

Bastion Bungalow is located at River Road in Fort Kochi. It was build in Indo-European style in 1667 and gets its name from its location on the site of the Stromberg Bastion of the old Dutch fort.

The building blends beautifully into the circular structure of the bastion, has a tiled roof and a typical first floor verandah in wood along its front portion

After Independence, it was turned into the residence of sub-divisional officers and in 2000 was handed over to the archaeology department. In between, it came into the limelight when it was part of the Ivory Merchant film ‘Cotton Mary’

It is located at the end of Church Road in Fort Kochi and it has been declared a protected monument by the State Archaeology Department.. Though it has been said that a network of secret tunnels runs beneath the bungalow, none have been found.