letz focus on travel route details alone here........
For people who wish to enjoy the travel experience by road , let me take you through the travel route details.
To access details about the Kottayam, places to visit in Kottayam, an url is made available to you to make it easy for you.
http://www.ktm.kerala.gov.in/
Hope you had a snapshot and got familiar about kottayam by visiting to the above mentioned website.
So,
TWO ROUTES
Tamil Nadu (TN) route
b'lore - Krishnagiri - Salem - Madurai - Teni - Kumily - Kottayam
Kerala route
B'lore -Dharmapuri- Coimbatore--Palaghat-thrissur-Ernakulam(cochin)- Kotayam
YOU CAN SWITCH FROM TN TO KERALA ROUTES
From Salem, you can use bypass road ( wonderful!!!! If you will be speeding much, then better to drive with speed control) to reach palghat without entering coimbatore.
Travelling through blend of nature is usually an enjoyable experience in Kerala.
In TN route, I can tell this interesting one to you. Thekkady is 5Km from Kumuli. it is known for elephants, other wild animals, and famous dam.I missed thekkady, when i had went to munnar. Munnar is also in the round about of this route only. But munnar might require atleast a day to stay there and observe the nature before you get to kottayam.
ANY OF THESE ROUTES- TOTAL TIME
Approximately 9 - hours all together i believe. Better to start early.
Hope this information was useful to you.Have a nice time visiting Kottayam.
