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HOTEL
THE TRAVANCORE HERITAGE
The
Travancore Heritage is a sea side re sort
in 8 acres of lush green coconut garden and landscaped
environs located at Chowara - south of Kovalam,
near Trivandrum, Kerala. The resort stands on a high
cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea and a long wide
beach of powdery white sand. The Travancore Heritage
is conceived and developed as a Heritage Property to
bring to life the age-old traditional architectural
splendor of the region with its typical timber houses
and 'Nalukettus' with tiled roofing, which allow for
living in communion with all the elements of Nature.
The courtyard within the 'Nalukettu' in its center,
around which the four wings of the house were built in
timber, bring in the air, sunlight and the rain water
right into the house making the inhabitants live in
tune with Mother Nature. Travancore Heritage comprises
of many such houses built at various periods in the
past 60 - 100 years from several locations in
Travancore, rebuilt at the site after being dismantled
and transported with utmost care, with all their
architectural grandeur with fine woodcarvings on the
rafters, gables and the connecting timber members on
the walls intact.
Accommodation
at Travancore Heritage Resort :
Pool Mansions - The Travancore
Heritage has 2 pool mansion suites with private pools
set in independent villas, with air conditioned
spacious bed room, a drawing room and sit-out or
verandah with rich period furniture and all modern
amenities of attached toilet with lavish fittings with
24 hours cold/hot water showers. It also has a private
dip pool in open back yard, completely walled in for
privacy. These suites are ideal for VIP guests and
honeymooners.
Heritage Villas - The Travancore
Heritage has 43 elegant air conditioned rooms in
heritage villas with all modern amenities like
spacious toilets including garden baths with cold/hot
water showers, with comfortable furniture and smooth
interior lights. A few rooms with closed baths are
also available. The amenities provided in all the
bedrooms include satellite TV, telephone (ISD), mini
bar and coffee maker. Almost all the rooms provide a
view of the sea and the beach and the lovely green
lawns and have spacious sit outs with built in elegant
reclining benches and antique planters' chairs
Dining :
Restaurant - The restaurant is open
on the front sides with arches and overlooks the pool.
It has a wooden roof ceiling on its main hall, which
is some 100 years old with such exquisite decorative
work, sourced from the marriage hall of a feudal chief
in Tamil Nadu. The restaurant offers multi-cuisine
fare with the specialty of seafood and local ethnic
cuisine and can serve 80 guests at a time
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