
Kovalam
Kerala
~24 min approx. drive · ~20 km
Best: Sep–Mar · From ₹4,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Weekend getaways›From Thiruvananthapuram
7 places within 6 hours of Thiruvananthapuram, 3 of them under 3 hours — the nearest is Kovalam at roughly 24 min.
5 travel times come from Tourisma's curated train, bus and cab data. The rest are approximate drives: straight-line distance × 1.3 for the road at 50 km/h, with the hill stretch (the last 50–80 km into the hills) at × 1.6 and 30 km/h. Islands and high-Himalayan places are listed only with a curated time.

Kerala
~24 min approx. drive · ~20 km
Best: Sep–Mar · From ₹4,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Kerala
1.5 h by cab· Private taxi / Innova
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹4,500 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Kerala
2.5 h by train· Kerala Express / Jan Shatabdi
Best: Nov–Feb · From ₹4,800 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Kerala
~3.2 h approx. drive · ~159 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹3,890 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Kerala
4 h by train· Kerala Express / Jan Shatabdi
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹4,400 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Tamil Nadu
4.5 h by train· Nagercoil / Intercity Express
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Kerala
5.5 h by bus· KSRTC / Private cab
Best: Sep–Mar · From ₹4,750 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)