Kerala Arts and Crafts Village is located in Cellar, Kovalam, Trivandrum. This Arts and Crafts Village was inaugurated on 16th January,2021 by honourable Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan. The whole area is spread across in 8.5 acres which aims to rejuvenate Kerala State's handicraft culture. Though main entrance of this Village cannot be viewed from a normal traffic, there is enough indication (banner) to lead the way from NH bypass to Main entrance gate. There is an entry amount to be paid at the entrance. Also, parking fee is also charged along with the entrance fee. The ticket should be retained until you come back. There is a QR code printed on the ticket. Whenever you purchase any handicraft from each stall, you can choose to either pay at individual stalls or scan the QR code printed on the ticket at individual stalls. This QR code will help you to make entire payment (Centralised Payment) in one go at the Emporium instead of you pay at individual stalls. Currently, most of stalls accepts only Cash payment and few stalls/emporium accepts Google pay as well. Credit and Debit Cards are not accepted here and the arrangement to accept Credit/Debit Card shall be done in Future. Enough parking space is available inside the premise. At the entrance, atleast 10-20 cars can be easily parked. If this is filled, there is another Parking lot near to the amphitheatre, where few cars can be easily parked.

It would take about 3 hours to see the whole village. I would recommend visiting this place during evening hours around 3:30-4 pm so that Sunset can be viewed from here.

There are about 25 - 30 stalls, which showcases different handicraft items. The Stalls showcases the items and also Sells the items. Most of the handicraft items are expensive and few falls within our budget. You can see Mural paintings, cane products, jewellery, Wooden handicrafts, wooden statues made of redwood,teak, mahagony etc., clothing, coir products, home decors etc.

In emporium building, you can see paintings of various artists from all across Kerala (Trivandrum to Kasargod). The paintings are also pretty expensive. The children Park area is still under construction.

They plans to slowly start traditional dance shows during Saturday and Sunday evening hours to attract the crowd. Also, this village is opened (from morning 10 am) until 7 pm in the evening currently. The timings may be extended in the future once they start traditional dance shows like Kathakali, kolkali etc. There's only one restaurant available inside, which is near to Amphitheatre.

This is a very good tourist destination in Trivandrum and visitors can appreciate various art forms and handicraft of Kerala. I would recommend every tourist to drop in at this place and enjoy various art forms of Kerala.