Need to know
Rooms
Seven, including four suites.
Check–Out
Noon. Earliest check-in, 2pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability and an hourly charge. You’ll be charged for one night if you check out after 4pm or check in before 10am.
More details
Rates include breakfast.
Also
The house’s communal areas are accessible for wheelchair users and one room on the ground floor has been specially adapted.
At the hotel
Laundry, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, free bottled water and Cochine bath products. Suites have Nespresso coffee machines.
Our favourite rooms
Each of the seven rooms – which were named for the house’s famous former guests and notable explorers – has its charms, but we especially loved the rooms upstairs. Mahé de La Bourdonnais has a feminine flair, soft-blue hues and French chest of drawers. Families can book out the Viceroy and Aide de Camp rooms, which interconnect to form a two-bedroom suite, with a garden-facing veranda.
Poolside
There’s a small, decking-surrounded pool in the garden with a corner ledge to lounge on.
Spa
There’s no spa, but in-room or on-your-veranda treatments can be arranged.
Packing tips
Bring cooling cottons and loose linens for modestly coping with the Keralite climate.
Also
The hotel can arrange private yoga sessions, and cookery classes with the chef.
Children
All ages are welcome. Cots and extra beds can be added for a fee; two bedrooms connect. The restaurant has a highchair and board games to borrow, and there’s a playground around the corner. Babysitting is available with a day’s notice for INR500 an hour.
Sustainability efforts
The hotel uses organic produce where possible and harvests its own coconuts (for cooking and making its famous coconut ice-cream).