“Paradise in January”

Lovely place for a quiet stay, the approach along a mud path was a bit disconcerting but on arrival the garden opens to a beautiful palm fringed pool. Here the meals are served and the food delicious. The rooms of average size, basic and very clean. There was hot water available but could be missed if you didn't know to put the immersion on prior to your shower! This centre offers Ayurvedic treatment courses but for our short stay of 5 days we took a daily oil massage, which was lovely and certainly relaxing.The beach is a 10 minute walk away through a lane of Taylors, displaying wonderful textiles and other Indian crafts. It is down a steep path to reach the beach so no good for buggies or wheel chairs! The lane brings you to a wide open clean beach. NO facilities or food bars or restaurants, only a few pedallers of fruit and other wares, which is what makes it so nice and un-commercial unlike its neighbour Kovlam Beach BUT then it depends what you want,

“Bon hotel, plage tranquille”

Cooking is great for fish and seafood, but the rest needs improvement

“A holiday of a lifetime turns into a disaster.”

Well it was a complete disappointment. The first sign was no collection from the airport. Upon arrival the hotel room was dirty. No The bed linen water available, The shower room was not clean. The bed linen was stained . The showr room and toilet was grimy, There were large bolts on the hotel room door which did not engender a feeling of security. No advise regarding meal times or where to eat breakfast. Management were told of the problems and alternative room was offered on first inspection was okay but ants on the toilet seat and in the shower plus bulding work in the room above during the evening did not help and aided the decision to leave the hotel as soon as possible. The food served was cold and not fresh , there is no appropriate place to prepare and cook food. It seems like a ground floor room has been made into a makeshift kitchen The photographs are only showing the best side of the hotel not the poor aspects of the hotel. Tourist beware