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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

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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 Malabar Escapes: 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.

Also worth knowing

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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