Shankhumugham Beach

  Description:

Location: About 8 km from Thiruvananthapuram city 
The Shankhumugham beach, adjacent to the Thiruvananthapuram Airport and the Veli Tourist Village, is a favourite haunt of sunset watchers. 

An indoor recreation club, the Matsya Kanyaka (a 35 m long sculpture of a mermaid) and a restaurant shaped like a starfish and the Chacha Nehru Traffic Training Park for children are some of the attractions here. 

   Getting there:  

Nearest railway station: Thiruvananthapuram Central, about 16 km away
Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, about 1 km away