✨🆕 The Bazaar | Mattancherry

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• Walk the oldest trading street in Kochi — still alive, still working, still smelling of spice
• Discover four faiths that built lasting institutions on the same narrow lanes
• Hear stories that never made it onto a heritage plaque
• See Mattancherry through the eyes of people who actually know it
• Start and end at the water — because that's how this city has always worked

Every ticket you buy does more than get you a walk.

• SDG 8 — Decent Work: Local storytellers who know this street, paid fairly for every walk.
• SDG 11 — Sustainable Cities: Slow, respectful tourism that honours a neighbourhood still very much alive.
• SDG 10 — Reduced Inequalities: Amplifying the stories of workers, migrants and communities that history chose to overlook.

• Guided 90-minute walk with an experienced storyteller
• Culturally grounded, conversational storytelling
• Insider perspectives on Mattancherry’s people, spaces, and quirks
• Tips for cafés, photo spots, and local hangouts

• This is a walking trail, and we do not use vehicles.
• Sightseeing points that fall outside of the curated route.
• We do not provide umbrellas, raincoats, hats/caps, face-masks or sanitizers.
• Food and drinks
• Entry into monuments (we don’t go inside)
• Transport to and from the meeting point
• Personal expenses or shopping

• Please carry your own water bottle. We encourage a reusable bottle.
• We recommend wearing comfortable clothing, footwear and using sunscreen.
• Please also carry your own umbrella / raincoat or cap / hat / sunglasses (as the weather dictates).   
• A camera or phone with storage — you’ll want to take pictures

• This is a shared group experience  — private bookings are available for large groups.
• Arrive 10–15 minutes early at the meeting point
• Respect local spaces, residents, and posted signage
• This tour runs on time — late arrivals may miss the group
• Tour is conducted in English
• Photography is permitted. Videography is not permitted. If you are a researcher, guide, a travel writer, or a blogger, kindly request consent from the Organizer before the tour.
• We will be serving refreshments / meals (if applicable) in places that follow hygiene and sanitary guidelines approved by The Kochi Heritage Project.

• The Kochi Heritage Project works on a 100% advance payment before the walk. Tour bookings shall be confirmed only once The Kochi Heritage Project receives full payment.
• Tour can be cancelled up to 7 days before their start for a full refund. Tour cancellation made between 7 to 3 days of the tour incur a 50% cancellation fee and within 3 days of the tour date incur a 100% cancellation fee, though they can be rescheduled for no additional fees.
• No refunds will be issued in case an attendee/attendees fail to turn up for the tour.
• All of our tours are rain or shine, and will only be cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. If a guest chooses to cancel a tour due to weather, the above policy stands.
• Cancellation of a tour due to circumstances beyond the control of The Kochi Heritage Project including but not limited to an act of God, riots, war, strikes, civil unrest, terrorism, governmental regulations, floods, earthquakes, fire, extreme weather and other natural disasters, shall be made at The Kochi Heritage Project's sole discretion without notice. Actual costs incurred on special arrangements made for the tour (if any), including cancellation charges on vehicles booked shall be deducted.
• The Kochi Heritage Project shall at its discretion be entitled to cancel any tour on a full refund of the fees to the guest for any reason that the company may deem fit with or without prior notice to the guest.
• Payment of refund shall be made within 15 days of walk cancellation. (subject to the above cancellation policy)