Kochi (Cochin)
Overlooking a lush garden with lily ponds and a pool, the stylish Old Harbour is housed in a 300-year-old Dutch/Portuguese heritage building. The elegant…
Must-see hotels in Kochi (Cochin)
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Kochi (Cochin)
Hotel-quality rooms come with solar-powered showers and a true family welcome from knowledgable hosts Philip and Maryann at this delightful homestay. The…
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Kochi (Cochin)
With a smile that brightens weary travellers, welcoming owner Sheeba looks ready to sign your adoption papers the minute you walk through the door. Down a…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Above an astonishing private antiques collection, each of these eight exquisitely and individually themed design-meets-heritage rooms – with glossy…
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Kochi (Cochin)
On the site of a Victorian-era shipyard, this grand CGH creation faithfully reproduces 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century Dutch, British and Portuguese…
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Kochi (Cochin)
What may just be one of the most romantic boutique hotels in Kerala, Malabar flaunts its chic blend of contemporary design and original 18th-century…
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Kochi (Cochin)
The first thing you'll notice at the Waterfront Granary is the 1928 Ford vintage car in the lounge. This is a museum-hotel, where relics from the owner's…
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Kochi (Cochin)
This 1960s hotel, with its polished original art deco fittings, exudes the sort of retro glamour that contemporary hotels would love to re-create. The…
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Kochi (Cochin)
This gorgeous 1890s traditional Syrian-Christian home is on a 16-hectare organic farm surrounded by backwaters, 28km southeast of Fort Cochin. A restored…
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Kochi (Cochin)
A chicly remodelled mango-yellow 1800s home with its origins dating back to the Portuguese-rule era, Forte Kochi is a welcome 2018 luxe arrival. Tiled…
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Kochi (Cochin)
The five intimate, graceful and good-value rooms at this cheerful converted 18th-century house flirt with boutique-hotel status. Each mixes contemporary…
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Kochi (Cochin)
This Goan-owned mustard-yellow building was built in 1912 as headquarters of a UK spice-trading company before being taken over by Brooke Bond tea. The 10…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Just 300m north from Vypeen Island's ferry dock, this beautiful 1930 Keralan heritage house is a delight, with two large connecting rooms featuring quaint…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Behind a red-and-white facade, this branch of the Goan Hostel Crowd chain is just west of the Customs jetty. The nautical theme is a characterful touch;…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Escape the Kochi crowds at this peaceful waterside homestay and expansive garden in the village of Kumbalanghi, 13km south of Fort Cochin. Tidy rooms are…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Around 200m west of Fort Cochin's Customs jetty, this family-owned hideaway is one of the old core's few truly waterfront hotels, though the 16 smart,…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Zipped away down a small lane, Kochi's popular and sociable Zostel ticks all the right backpacker boxes. There are personal plugs, lights and lockers in…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Billing itself as a boutique hostel, Happy Camper is a relaxed place with three en suite, air-con dorms (for four or eight; lockers provided), a small…
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Kochi (Cochin)
In the heart of Fort Cochin, with a handy travel desk, this welcoming, efficiently operated Indian-Italian-run guesthouse has six unpretentious modern…
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Kochi (Cochin)
One of Fort Cochin's original homestays, this charming whitewashed house is adorned with elaborate woodwork and dangling terracotta plant pots, while the…
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Kochi (Cochin)
An 1891 former jetty-manager's house and ancestral home has been thoughtfully refurbished into budget-to-midrange accommodation, its palette of greys and…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Beena has been feeding and sheltering travellers for years in the family homestay, just off Ponnoonjal Rd 1km south of central Fort Cochin, and maintains…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Coconut palms dot the backwaterfront gardens and Chettinadu tiles adorn the floors at this 120-year-old heritage home, on Vypeen Island 5.5km north of the…
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Kochi (Cochin)
A genuine backpacker place, efficiently run John's is your best budget bet for an overnight stop in Ernakulam, especially if John himself is in residence…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Spacious, up-to-date, wood-furnished rooms huddle around a leafy garden in fastidious Mr Walton's lovely old family home, painted a nautical white with…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Right in the thick of Fort Cochin, the six old-fashioned rooms at this friendly, efficient Portuguese-era guesthouse are ultra-clean and well presented,…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Central and very homely, Leelu has three spotless, modern upstairs rooms (two of them with gigantic bathrooms), a rooftop terrace (yoga can be arranged)…
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Kochi (Cochin)
The flashy lobby is more promising than the uninspiring but comfy enough rooms filled with wooden furniture at this midrange business hotel near Ernakulam…
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Kochi (Cochin)
There are six upstairs rooms at this welcoming, spick-and-span homestay run by helpful Saj. It can be a bit street-noisy at the front but the air-con…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Spotless, unfussy rooms up a spindly staircase are good-value at long-running Costa Gama, which now inhabits a modern, pink-washed building with…
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Kochi (Cochin)
A hospitable family oversees this five-room homestay, simply set up, immaculately presented, and popular with travellers thanks to its warm atmosphere and…
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Kochi (Cochin)
A welcoming, expertly maintained homestay, 900m south of central Fort Cochin, with bright, unadorned rooms, some of them air-conditioned, and homemade…
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Kochi (Cochin)
Though now much reduced in size, 50-year-old Elite is a popular budget bet in an unbeatable location on Princess St, behind a streetfront tour desk.