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Marari Beach Resort
- Style
- Thatched Malayalam with mod cons
- Setting
- White-sandy shores of the Arabian Sea
Eco-friendly luxury, bang on the sand. Marari Beach Resort near Alleppey is the ultimate Indian coastal hideaway; relax in a hammock under a palm tree or take advantage of an excellent activities programme. Everything you need for a lazy (or busy) holiday, under one thatched roof.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 49 garden villas, 10 pool villas, three deluxe pool villas
- Rates
- Low season, €220–€440; high season €240–€500 including breakfast. Excludes 15 per cent tax.
- Check-out
- Midday, but if the room isn’t booked afterwards, this is flexible.
- Facilities
- Swimming pool, Ayurvedic spa, free wireless internet, bookhouse, tennis courts, beach volleyball, shop, yoga, meditation, music classes. In-room amenities: air-conditioning, minibar, tea/coffee facilities, wide range of natural bath products.
- Eco-friendly
- Marari Beach has won a few environmental awards for its commendable programmes, from its bio-gas and sewage treatment plants and solar-driven water-heating and rainwater harvesting schemes to the organic vegetable gardens and composting.
- Also
- Pets are welcome. Kerala is a no-smoking state, but you can smoke in the rooms.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- If you fancy a pond view, go for hut number 10. If you want to stay where Paul and Heather McCartney did, earmark 17.
- Packing tips
- Mosquito repellent, relaxed clothing for yoga/meditation.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- A Wickerwood-roofed, open-sided Malayalam building has a magnificent buffet with a vast selection of Keralan vegetarian, fish and meat starters, mains and desserts with some Western dishes. The beach eatery serves delicious fresh fish.
- Top table
- There are tables for two around the edge of the restaurant.
- Last orders
- Breakfast 07h–09h30; lunch 12h–14h30; dinner 19h30–22h.
- Hotel bar
- Perch on a bar stool or at a table on the grass at the open-air beach-hut bar where the garden meets the beach. As well as beers, wines and spirits they do some fantastically imaginative cocktails – maybe steer clear of the one with garlic!
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