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Our favourite rooms: The pricier Red Suite elicits the biggest gasps thanks to its extra mezzanine bed and sprawling yard-cum-shower. Its walls are lined with lithographs by ‘India’s Picasso’ MF Husain. Each room has a wall painted in the bold primary colour of the room’s name, as well as an open-air bathroom (complete with wooden Japanese sandals to make the hard stones of the floor easier on the sole). The Yellow Room has a platform bed and hardwood floors – Red and Blue are tiled in terracotta.
Packing tips: Something to keep the mosquitoes at bay; whether that’s insect repellent or chain mail is up to you.
Also: You can borrow mountain bikes for exploring Fort Cochin and its surroundings, and the hotel has a six-seat speedboat that can zip you around the lake.

Malabar Escapes: Trinity – Kerala – India, need to know

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Malabar Escapes: Trinity

Kerala, India [view map]

Style: Modern-art deco
Setting: Cochin’s cricketing Parade Ground

Once the Fort Cochin headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, the building that houses Trinity may be 150 years old, but the interiors are as contemporary as it gets. Art deco-enhanced features and walls lined with quirky canvasses make the hotel seem like a slice of Miami life in South India. And, with only three bedrooms, privacy is assured – the ideal for escape from the Cochin crowds.

Need to know

Rooms: Three.
Rates: Low season, €150–€250; high season, €220–€360, including Continental or South Indian breakfast. 15 per cent tax is extra.
Check-out: Midday, but flexible, subject to availability.
Facilities: Ayurvedic spa treatments from Malabar House. In rooms: Air-con, TVs, DVD players, home-made toiletries.
Poolside: There’s a plunge pool big enough for a cooling splash about, and guests can use the pool at Malabar House too.
Eco-friendly: Trinity makes use of hydroelectric power, recycles where possible, and cleans with organic detergents.
Also: Smoking allowed throughout.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: There’s nothing but breakfast offered on-site, but Malabar House, Trinity’s mother ship, is around the corner for delicious Indian-influenced Mediterranean cuisine.
Dress code: In India, it’s usual pretty casual all the way, but here’s the place to zhuzh up and show off your chic.
Top table: Get a table by the live musicians or the little pool.
Last orders: Around 10.30pm at Malabar House.
Room service: Drinks are available from 7am until 11pm; breakfast can be served in rooms.
Hotel bar: Again, Malabar House is your best port of call, 200 metres away.

Other facilities

Children: Under-5s stay free, and extra beds are available for older children (€30 a night). Babysitting can be arranged, with notice.

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