Kovalam is a small beach town by the arabian sea in trivandrum city, a light house with viewing platform,
local sightseeing includes small antique shops, with lots of small hotels, palm_backed beaches, hawa beach, samudra beach etc.on south busy fishing harbor, vizhinjam jumma masjid etc. also few of the most famous hotel are locate in near kovalam beach(leela, samudra hotel, udaya samudra, vivanta by taj-green cove etc.)
me and my friends always go there and have fun.its one my favorite visiting place(from my house its only 9 km), and also like to visits hotels. and while visiting kerala, trivandrum, dont forget to visit kovalam I will give you a unforgettable memories