Kozhikode or Calicut was also Vasco da Gama's first halt in India. He set foot on the sands of Kappad beach, north of today's city, on 27 May 1498 A.D., a landing commerated by a small stone monument at the beach. Kozhikode is an important trading centre for timber and tiles, and hunting ground for that famous delicacy Kozhikode halwa. Just 15 minutes from the city centre is a place called Dolphin's Point,where one can see dolphins playing in the sea of an early morning.
