Enjoy a Trip to Thiruvanthapuram
The city of Thiruvanthapuram is built on the hills of the sea shore. It is sandwiched between the Arabian Sea & the Western Ghats. You will find plenty of tourists visiting the place from various foreign countries too.
Thiruvanthapuram exists since 1000 BC period and the city is surrounded by lots of palm and coconut trees. The name of the city is derived from Anantha, which is considered to be avatar of Vishnu & Padmanabha. This place is famous for commercial trading of sandalwood, spices and ivory.
Besides that you can find plenty of offices belonging to both central as well as local state government. This place has not only got political importance, but is also quite famous for many educational institutions. You can find plenty of colleges and institutions and also a university as well.
Vikram Sarabhai Space center, Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Indian Institute of Science, Education & Research are few of the well known institutions that are located at this place.
Since, the city is near sea shore, the climate is tropical. Therefore, you don't experience any distinct season. The maximum temperature of this place goes up to 34 degrees Celsius and minimum temperature will be about 21 degree Celsius. Humidity of this place is around 90 percent.
Thiruvanthapuram is the city, which gets first shower of south west monsoon in the month of June. However, during the month of April and May it is very common to find pre monsoon shower. Although, compared to many other cities of Kerala, the average rainfall is not pretty high.
May to August and October are the monsoon months, and also in the month of April and November there is occasional rain. If travelers want to avoid rainy season, they must visit the place during December to March. During winter months the temperature drops down to 18 degree Celsius.
If you want to enjoy a beach vacation then the best time to visit Thiruvanthapuram is during the months of Octobers to February. Summer moths are from February to May and it is too hot.
Onam festival is during the month of August to September. You can find plenty of cultural fest during these days.
Thiruvanthapuram is well connected by various airways from national and international airports. From the airport you can hire a bus or taxi in order to visit the city locations.
Also, if you want to travel by train then Thruvanthapuaram is a very popular destination from most of the important cities of India. From the railway station it is easy to buy bus tickets in order to visit any chosen location in the city.
Thiruvanthapuram is well-connected with all south Indian cities by bus too. Booking bus tickets option is now available online too.