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Overview |
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Rated as one of the top 15 beautiful
spots in the world by the National
Geographic, the coconut lagoon
resort is hidden amongst the palm
trees on the eastern shores of Lake
Vembanad in Kerala.
The resort can only be reached by
Boat- a ferry leaves from one of the
several mainland embarkation points
at scheduled times throughout the
day- and its accommodation consists
of individual cottages called
tharawads, the traditional wooden
houses of Kerala.
Though 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.
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Accommodation |
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 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,
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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!
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Dining |
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The Restaurant
Cited in Arundhati Roy's Booker
Prize-winning best-seller, "The God
of Small Things," the restaurant at
Coconut Lagoon is renowned as much
for its superb Keralan cuisine
(vegetarian and non-vegetarian
alike) as for its authentic setting,
and is housed in one of the resort's
most impressive tharawads. Known as
an ettukettu, the building
incorporates two atrium- like
courtyards under an expansive tile
roof supported by dozens of slim
columns, a design that enables the
space within to benefit from the
slightest breeze. The restaurant is
the oldest structure at Coconut
Lagoon, and it, too, formerly
belonged to a prominent Malayali
family living in a nearby village.
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Resort
Facilities |
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The facilities in the resort include
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Telephone
● Wi-fi
● Mail
and Message handling
● safe
keeping of baggage
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doctor on call
● money
exchange
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pick-up from arrival point
● car
parking
● room
service
● hot
water Laundry.
For those with an eye for
entertainment, there are provisions
for playing of indoor and outdoor
games, fishing, water games, boat
rides, visit to the bird sanctuary,
evening cultural and entertainment
programmes and also canoe ride in
the canals. Besides there is an AC
restaurant, swimming pool,
childrens play area, conference
hall, snooker parlor and curio shop.
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Location |
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● 90
kms from Cochin Airport
● 14
kms from Kottayam Railway Station
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Accessible only by boat
● 85
kms from Periyar Tiger Reserve
● 20
kms from Marari Beach
● 130
kms from Kovalam Beach
● 150
kms from Munnar
● 120
kms from Madurai Airport.
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