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HOTEL
SURYA SAMUNDRA
About
Hotel :
The resort complex falls under Trivandrum district a nd
is 18 kilometres away from it, 22 kilometres from the
airport. It is 20 kilometres away from the historic
Vizhinjam (pronounced as Virinyam) harbour and 6
kilometres from Vizhinjam town. Surya Samudra began as
a single octagonal stone house thirty miles from the
tip of India and just a few minutes from the historic
Vizhinjam harbour (pronounced as Virinyam) Today, it
has grown into an eco-friendly beach resort with 23
houses spread over nearly one-third of an acre of
private space and each house comes with a luxuriant
foliage of coconut, palm, bamboo, banana, wild shrubs,
flowers and the chirping of birds. Individual cottages
or houses make up the resort, call bells at the door
have been avoided since the sound is jarring and each
house has a granite-topped table and stools cut from
granite pillars where one can sit and watch the waves
lash against the cliff throwing little water beads
against the azure sky.
Services
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Post
» Pool
» Medical
» Currency Exchange
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Guest Laundromat
» Luggage Storage
» Maid Service
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Amenities :
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Front Desk
» Free Parking
» Restaurant
» Room Service
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Outdoor Parking
» Heated Pool
» Outdoor Pool
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Indoor / Outdoor Recreational Facilities :
A natural Swimming Pool built of
granite, gives a rare, once-in-a-lifetime experience
to swim in surroundings like royalty of the past.
Perfectly in tune with nature, the swimming pool is a
natural rock pool without any tiles on the floor.
Trips around Surya Samudra can be undertaken to view
the beautiful backwaters, temples and local areas. The
resort can make arrangements for them. Experience the
traditional Indian healing sciences of Ayurveda and
Yoga, kept alive here, as a tradition. Various art
forms of Kerala are displayed here, ranging from
Classical Dances like Bharata Natyam and Kathakali to
the martial art Kalaripayattu.
Dining :
The Octopus, the resorts restaurant, specialises in
and offers various sea-food ranging from lobsters and
tiger prawns to octopus and shark; from barracuda
puttu and sea urchins to baked crab and Japanese tuna.
Local dishes (vegetables and fish) too are prepared
and can be savoured on plantain leaves. With the
exception of jam, cream and pickles no preserved food
is used in the resort. Fresh fish from the sea,
vegetables and fruits grown in the resort garden are
used to avoid pollution in food materials Bread, cakes
and ice creams are prepared here on a daily basis.
Such is the taste of the preparations that a regular
customer once made a long distance call just to ensure
that she got banana cake and mango ice-cream when she
would visit them shortly!
Recreation & Health :
Surya Samudra has an ayurvedic massage centre and a
yoga centre whose treatments customers swear by. Surya
Samudra keeps Kerala's ayurvedic medicine alive in an
uninterrupted tradition on a luxurious scale. After a
consultation, one can choose from a variety of
soothing treatments. An expert massage using
traditional medicinal oils prepared from natural
ingredients by the masseur can be enjoyed. Excellent
results with all types of pains in the joints and the
muscles, and with prophylactics and relief from
rheumatism and arthrosis have been seen.
Yoga and Meditation :
Mental and physical exercises meant to isolate the ego
from the body and mind - designed to hone your
concentration, improve health and help attain peace of
mind. Located on the beach
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