Anantya is uniquely poised to cater to all travel desires. Enjoy a quite relaxed vacation, a rejuvenating experience, or a more thrilling ride. Make Anantya your destination or use Anantya’s location to explore Tamilnadu and Kerala.
outdoor explorations
A beach par excellence, a temple which will foretell the end of the world, a place to wash away your sins or the place to perch yourself on a cliff’s edge and watch the ocean beneath you. Varkala is a truly spectacular beach. Oh! To be a bird soaring over Varkala to see its wonderful colors.
Distance from Anantya: 25 Kms | Drive Time: 50 minutes
The picturesque beaches at Kovalam make for a wonderful day trip. You will be dazzled by Kovalam’s 17 Kms of coastline with its rock outcroppings that naturally create 3 sandy crescent shaped beaches. The first of these beaches is the “Lighthouse beach,” named for the Vizhinjam lighthouse that stands right at the beach.
Distance from Anantya: 25 Kms | Drive Time: 50 minutes
Trivandrum is the nearest city from Anantya. Despite all the growth in and around the city, Trivandrum is still a “small town” at heart. Kerala’s capital where you can see some historical buildings, find great places to shop for local art, furniture, silk saris, ride a boat on the backwaters, or enjoy a kathakali performance.
Distance from Anantya: 25 Kms | Drive Time: 50 minutes
Walk through a 1000 acre estate with a history of a hundred years at a leisurely pace, stopping to see and understand the many different species of plants and trees. Teak, Mahogany, Jack fruit and Peepal trees in addition to the ever popular Coconut, Banana and Rubber. Learn cultivation practices and environmental precautions taken in the estate. Watch out for many colored insects and small medicinal plants and flowers in the undergrowth.
Try your hand at native fishing. The local fisherman throw their nets into the water and rell in the fish. Trust us, it looks easy only when the fisherman does it!
Can be combined with Tiruvattar Temple/ Padmanabhapuram Palace.
The bridge is an Aqueduct in Southern India, in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu state. Built over the Pahrali River (also called Parazhiyar), it takes its name from Mathur, a hamlet near the Aqueduct, which is at a distance of about 3 kilometres from Thiruvattar town and about 60 km from Kanyakumari, the southernmost town of India.
Farm Visit
Visit Meenakshi Orchards while you drive from Madurai to Anantya or take a trip from Anantya to see this farm. The farm is located near Tirunelveli town slightly off the main Madurai -Kanyakumari highway. This 300 acre fruit farm grows Mangoes, Sapota and Gooseberries among other fruits. It is a flourishing green space amid dry landscape.
family fun
Trivandrum is the nearest city from Anantya. Despite all the growth in and around the city, Trivandrum is still a “small town” at heart. Kerala’s capital where you can see some historical buildings, find great places to shop for local art, furniture, silk saris, ride a boat on the backwaters, or enjoy a kathakali performance.
Distance from Anantya: 25 Kms | Drive Time: 50 minutes
The picturesque beaches at Kovalam make for a wonderful day trip. You will be dazzled by Kovalam’s 17 Kms of coastline with its rock outcroppings that naturally create 3 sandy crescent shaped beaches. The first of these beaches is the “Lighthouse beach,” named for the Vizhinjam lighthouse that stands right at the beach.
Distance from Anantya: 25 Kms | Drive Time: 50 minutes
SPIRITUAL EXPLORATION
Pamper yourself at Astitva, Anantya’s Ayurveda spa. A relaxing head and shoulder massage or a full body massage lathered in the reviving Ayurveda oils.
The picturesque beaches at Kovalam make for a wonderful day trip. You will be dazzled by Kovalam’s 17 Kms of coastline with its rock outcroppings that naturally create 3 sandy crescent shaped beaches. The first of these beaches is the “Lighthouse beach,” named for the Vizhinjam lighthouse that stands right at the beach.
Distance from Anantya: 25 Kms | Drive Time: 50 minutes
Pamper yourself at Astitva, Anantya’s Ayurveda spa. A relaxing head and shoulder massage or a full body massage lathered in the reviving Ayurveda oils.
flavours of the town
A 20-minute jeep ride from Anantya to the edge of the forest, your path will take you through the orderly rows of rubber trees, through wild fern covered hillsides, over gushing waters of the dam and into the wild disorderly and beautiful forest.
Meet the artisans who hand make traditional pieces of jewellery that adorn the idols of goddesses in temples, the Bharatanatiyam dancers, and brides on their wedding day. Visit is to a 5th generation artisan who is striving to keep his art alive when the younger generation wants to move away to bigger cities and take up desk jobs.
