Varkala Hostels

It is a highly overrated place and definitely not value for money. The location and staff are excellent. Infrastructure needs a lot of work. Food quality is average … We had paid for breakfast, otherwise we would never have breakfast here. Construction activities were going on, and there was a lot of noise of grinding, cutting, hammering all throughout the day. There is seepage on the walls of the room, and this could be unsafe. The place is definitely not worthy of the ratings that it has received at the price point that they charge. However, the staff is extremely polite and they try their best. We will not be visiting again

Oh dear, this hotel has seen better days. Tired, I think is the word. During a two-week trip to Southern India we stayed in five different accommodations including a houseboat, beach huts and hotels, but sadly finished off our trip with a five-night stay at the Hindustan, which was the worst accommodation we stayed in. The staff were all pleasant - especially the chef in the restaurant who greeted us every morning with a smile and soon got to know what we liked, and the gentleman who attends to the pool - the room was cleaned daily, and had terrific views, but the whole hotel needs some money spent on it. Quite a bit of money! For instance, instead of a double bed we had two single beds pushed together. Bad enough as that is, but the sheets didn't even fit! They were too short due to the odd shape of the bed. This proved to be really, really frustrating. The most ridiculous thing, however, is that upon check-out you're handed a leaflet detailing all the tourist places we 'could' have visited had we known about them earlier! These included the Janardanaswami Temple, Golden Island, Kappil Beach, the Sivagiri Mutt ashram, Sri Mahaprahuji Btak (a devotee to Sreenathji), and even elephant rides around the village of Puthenkulam. Our son checked-out a day before us, and this happened both times. Surely, anyone could see this leaflet would be more beneficial at the start of our stay! It actually fills me with sadness to think that we missed out on visiting one of two of these places

In Strandnähe: Die Zimmer liegen in der Nähe der Klippe. Zimmerservice: Sie sind nicht hilfsbereit. Bei der Ankunft verlangen sie die volle Bezahlung, bevor sie Ihnen die Zimmer zeigen, und rechnen damit, dass Sie enttäuscht werden. Sobald die Zahlung erfolgt ist, endet ihre Verantwortung. Zimmerzustand: Ich habe verschiedene Fotos von Hotels gesehen und verschiedene Zimmer bekommen. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass ich getäuscht wurde. Parken: Es sind keine eigenen Parkplätze verfügbar. Ich habe auf der Straße geparkt. Geschäftsführer: Er ist sehr unhöflich. Am Telefon sagte er uns, er würde Essen servieren, aber bei der Ankunft bestritt er dies. Zimmergröße: Buchen Sie keine Standardzimmer mit Klimaanlage; sie sind sehr klein und Sie werden keine Aussicht haben. Gesamtbewertung: Bei diesem Preis erhalten Sie viele Optionen. Wenn Sie dies buchen, halten Sie Ihre Erwartungen niedrig.

Our stay at the Gateway Varkala was truly memorable - all thanks to the signature hospitality of the Taj Group. The location of the hotel is great and the view from our room was phenomenal. Although the property is an old one the warmth and efficiency of the staff make up for it with their ever smiling helpful attitude. Our heartfelt appreciation to the restaurant staff for providing us with delicious authentic Kerala Jain food A special mention of a few who made a difference - Ms. Ashwathi, Ms Greeshma and Mr Reji at the Reception Chef Mr Vikram Singh, Mr. Jijo GK, Mr. Shebin KJ, Mr Aravind and Mr Gokul at the Restaurant..

Located less than 1 km from Varkala Beach, Bhaskar Villa Resorts Varkala offers accommodation with a terrace, as well as a garden. The property is set 46 km from Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, 46 km from Napier Museum and 1.1 km from Janardhanaswamy Temple. The villa provides rooms with air conditioning, free private parking and free WiFi. At the villa complex, the units have a balcony. All units include a private bathroom, while some rooms will provide you with a fully equipped kitchen. Popular points of interest near the villa include Odayam Beach, Aaliyirakkm Beach and Varkala Cliff. The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, 40 km from Bhaskar Villa Resorts Varkala.

I’ll start by saying that we only booked this guesthouse as it was pretty much the only one available for our dates in Varkala that seemed well located and wasn’t a hostel in a dorm room (we are a married couple in our 30s and are passed the days of sleeping in a dorm bunk bed!). BIG MISTAKE! Following 7 weeks of travel in India and staying in almost 20 different guesthouses and homestays, this was by far the worst! One of the most expensive out of all the properties we stayed in and by far the worst in terms of facilities, value for money and management. Where to begin… 1. Frequent power cuts on our first day turning the lights and AC off in the room 2. We stayed in two rooms (one AC and one fan). Almost none of the plug sockets worked in either room with the exception of one 3. The shower was practically pointless and the water came out in a tiny trickle in both rooms. Not very practical for showering. We used the bucket for showering (which we have done many times in India, but not expected here considering it cost 2-3x more than other properties we stayed at in India). It’s also a wet room (common in India), but no mop/brush to push all the excess water into the drain (we had this in majority of our other guesthouses) so you’re walking into a soaking wet bathroom every time you enter 4. The rooms didn’t feel 100% clean - we were walking on sand before we even went to the beach and even felt sand in the bed! 5. Speaking of the bed, this was rock hard and super uncomfortable 6. We shared our AC room with 4/5 geckos each night. We are ok with nature and insects so this wasn’t a huge deal for us but just FYI incase you are not. There are vents in the room that allow insects in easily, despite them having some sort of sellotape over them to try and prevent this 7. There was construction work happening (either the property itself or next door). When in the AC room we were woken up quite early each morning with loud banging and drilling practically outside our window. The workmen also left their tools on our balcony 8. We were interested in doing the cooking class offered but were told that this was not available because the owner Suresh was too busy at his other property in Varkala (it’s called Gypsy Walker so will assume is also poor quality). Just as well, wouldn’t have wanted to have given another penny to this property! 9. The property requests that shoes are taken off before entry and left on the designated shoe rack. Respectful of the property’s policies and Indian culture we did just that. On the last day, one of our pairs of shoes was stolen from the rack. We know this happened that day as they were there late morning when we went out but not the evening when we returned to get them. When we informed Suresh of the issue, he was incredibly rude, shouting abuse at us down the phone and accused us of lying to get compensation out of him - incredibly insulting to say the least. We were told that no one has access to the property

In one word, Excellent. The service provided was excellent. You would feel it was a 4 star hotel. The best stay we've had while visiting India. Very clean and the deco is so pleasing to the eye. The ***ager was excellent, so were the staff. The ***ager was very accommodating of our needs. Did everything to make our stay comfortable. No wonder the staff were so good. As for the chef! what can I say. Excellent. Meals were delicious and cheaper than eating out of the hotel. Wish I could have brought him back with me!!! No hesitation to recommend. As I said, equivalent to a 4 star hotel

Villa Luca is a small, cozy resort with just 9 rooms, 5 mid size rooms on the ground floor and 4 wooden floor rooms in good size on the first floor. All rooms on the first floor have a good sea view and one room on the ground floor has the sea view. There is also a small swimming pool and a tiny restaurant with all the tables facing the sea. 1 room on the ground floor has a jacuzzi…..few deck chairs, a hammock and a good view point is a plus….visit atleast once in your lifetime for a peaceful and quiet stay for 2-3 days…..

Sun View Beach Resort in Varkala liegt in Strandnähe, nur 15 Gehminuten von Strand von Varkala und Varkala Cliff entfernt. Dieses Hotel mit Wellnessangebot ist 47,2 km von Shri Padmanabhaswamy-Tempel und 2,8 km von Janardana Swamy Temple entfernt.Gönn dir einen Besuch des Wellnessbereichs, der Massagen bietet. In deiner Freizeit kannst du von folgenden Einrichtungen profitieren: Außenpool und Dampfbad. Dieses Hotel bietet auch kostenloses WLAN, ein Concierge-Service und Grillmöglichkeiten.Dieses Hotel bietet ein Restaurant mit hervorragenden Speisen. Nutz alternativ den Zimmerservice (bitte Zeiten beachten). Ein inbegriffenes kontinentales Frühstück wird täglich von 08:00 Uhr bis 10:30 Uhr angeboten.Zum Angebot gehören ein Businesscenter, ein Express-Check-in und ein Express-Check-out. Wenn du eine Veranstaltung in Varkala planst, ist dieses Hotel eine gute Wahl, denn zu den 2000 Quadratfuß (186 Quadratmeter) großen Veranstaltungsräumlichkeiten zählen Konferenzfläche und ein Tagungsraum. Der Flughafentransfer (rund um die Uhr) ist kostenpflichtig; außerdem gibt es vor Ort Folgendes: Parken ohne Service (kostenlos).Die Zimmer haben eigene Balkone. Ein WLAN-Internetzugang (kostenlos) steht zur Verfügung. Badezimmer mit Duschen sind vorhanden. Zur Austattung gehören Telefone ebenso wie Schreibtische und separate Sitzecken.