Some of these cottage are of recent
vintage, many are well over a century old and a few actually date back to
the early 1700s. We also suggest that you take a look at the newly built
villas with private plunge pools.
Location:
90 kms from Cochin Airport , 14 kms from Kottayam Railway Station.
Accommodation:
Though all cottages vary in configuration, and some of the
air-conditioned units are newly built replicas incorporating only fragments
of old tharawads that could not be saved in their entirely, Coconut Lagoon
offers three basic types of accommodation: Heritage Mansions, Heritage
Bungalows and Private pool villas. The former have two stories, the upstairs
bedroom gallery offering particularly magnificent views of Lake Vembanad.
The
latter are more compact, single-level cottages. Both are furnished in aiyny
and jack woods, and retain all the charm of original family homes, with
thick, solid doors, intricate window carvings, and terra cotta tile floors.
Structurally necessary alternations have been carried out with consummate
discretion, i.e., in keeping with the style and decor of the era, and great
attention has been paid to every detail. The lampstands in each tharawad,
for example, having been carved from old wooden hinges. Traditionally, of
course, Keralites bathed in the rivers - in rural areas many people still do
- but Coconut Lagoon's cottages feature ultramodern bathrooms, each located,
in an inner courtyard boasting its own banana (or coconut) tree, so you can
shower al fresco under a starlit sky in complete and utter privacy!
¤
28 Heritage Bungalows
¤ 14 Heritage Mansions
¤ 8
private pool villas
Services
and Facilities: Room Service , H/C Running Water, Telephone
, Fax , TV in Lounge, Shopping Arcade, Health Club, Swimming Pool, Water
Sports, Ayurveda Treatment Center, Country Canoe Expeditions, Bird Watching,
Fishing Expeditions, Sunset Cruise, Cultural Programme, Village Excursions,
Doctor on Call , Laundry, Money Changer, Safe Deposit, Baby Sitting and
Travel Desk Service.
Recreation
Facilities: Sunset Cruise, Backwater Cruises, Bird
Sanctuary, Ayurvedic Centre, Massage - General & Medicated Steam Bath.
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