Hotels in Kottukal

"I was weary about booking as the website photos looked quite tired. All of the photos are really old - it was an amazing stay and so much better than I expected. I enjoyed the complementary pottery making and the tea cart in the afternoons. The food à la carte was absolutely delicious. I avoided the buffet a bit as I do in all hotels. The pool is clean and there is excellent service, with staff helping you with towels, umbrellas, and drinks. The rooms are really pretty. Good air con. The gym is good and has air con although the air con is not as powerful as in the bedrooms. The gym has two treadmills, a static bike, basic leg press, weight rack and bench, and some of the arm/shoulder machines too. There were only a few downsides. 1) The beach that it backs onto is actually quite gross (there was nappy in the sand and gunk that looked like sewage), but it’s easy to avoid this. 2) The beach has a real drop from the sand into sea so it’s not very safe to swim in unless you want to be smacked against the bank. These two things don’t matter though as the hotel is lovely and there is enough to do that you don’t need to go on the beach. 3) I booked 2 nights in one booking and 1 night in another booking. I asked when I booked the single, third night, whether I can keep the same room. They said they’d let me know at check in.  They didn’t let me know at check in. They said they’d tell me on the second day in the day, but nothing. I kept asking at reception and I called them on the phone twice, and they kept saying they’d call me back. It was 9.30pm on the night before I’d have to move rooms before they told me I could stay. I’m not really sure why it took so long or they messed me around on this as 3 of my exact rooms were available on the website for those nights, so by that logic it would not have been a problem!"

"Alle waren schön, schöne Schwimmbadfläche. Allerdings hatte das Zimmer einen unbehaglichen Geruch wie Dampf und Form."

"Ich besuchte Manaltiram, das an einem wunderschönen Strand liegt und zusammen mit Somatiram und Ayursoma als Mekka des Ayurveda gilt. Besonders genossen habe ich den Blick aufs Meer vom Pool aus, und diese friedliche Atmosphäre wird mir in Erinnerung bleiben."

"Ich habe einen Freund in Trivandrum besucht und wollte am nächsten Tag südlich weitergehen, so dass ich nach einem Hotel außerhalb der Stadt suchte. Dies war ein perfektes Spiel für mich, und ich mag die Gesamterfahrung wirklich. Die Lage ist tatsächlich von der Stadt und dem Strand entfernt, aber in meinem Fall war das wirklich günstig. Die Zimmer waren sauber und ich würde hier sicher zurückkommen."