Allepey also known as Alappuzha is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. It is a town with picturesque canals, backwaters, beaches, and lagoons.  It was also described as the Venice of the East.
The district of Allepey figures in classical Literature. Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala with the unending stretch of paddy fields, small streams and canals with lush green coconut palms, was well known even from the early periods of the Sangam age. History says Alappuzha had trade relations with ancient Greece and Rome in Antiquity and in the middle Ages, as well as with other parts of India.
Alappuzha has a lighthouse, which is a major tourist attraction. Alappuzha is now the hub for backwater tourism in Kerala. House boats locally called "Kettuvallam" are available on hire on a daily basis as well as for longer durations to take visitors on the old waterways. They are very famous amongst tourists because they show them around most parts of the Kerala back waters.