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PUDUCHERRY: Hotel de features airy, spotless rooms, a
l’Orient  terrace and orchid-filled gardens. Andhra Pradesh and
Heritage Telangana
17 rue Romain Rolland, 605001 KOVALAM: Niraamaya 
Tel (0413) 234 3067 Luxury
∑ neemranahotels.com Pulinkudi, Kovalam, 695521 HYDERABAD: Taj Mahal 
Guests stay in antiques-furnished Tel (0471) 226 7333 Great value
rooms in an 18th-century school- ∑ niraamaya.in 4-1-999 Abid Rd, 500001
house with fine Creole food. Ancient Keralite cottages are Tel (040) 2475 8250
set on a clifftop overlooking ∑ hoteltajmahalindia.com
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: Grand beaches. This is a good place A characterful budget hotel
Gardenia  for ayurveda. that is palatial outside, and big
Comfort lodging and bright within.
22–25 Mannarpuram Jn, 620020 KOZHIKODE: Alakapuri Hotel 
Tel (0431) 404 5000 Great value DK Choice
∑ grandgardenia.com MM Ali Rd, 673004
This well-equipped hotel offers Tel (0495) 272 3451 HYDERABAD: Taj Falaknuma
big rooms with lovely wide beds Roomy cottages are set around a Palace 
and a rooftop restaurant. broad, grassy courtyard. There's Heritage
a dining hall plus a beer-and- Engine Bowli, Falaknuma,
wine parlour. 500054
Tel 040 6629 8585
Andaman Islands MUNNAR: Tea Sanctuary  ∑ tajhotels.com
Rural retreat A luxurious palace hotel
HAVELOCK: Barefoot at Kanan Devan Hills Plantation set (610 m) 2,000 ft above
Havelock  Tel (04865) 230141 Hyderabad. Suites are
Eco-friendly ∑ theteasanctuary. com decked out with antiques,
Beach No. 7, SH 4, 744211 Quaint cottages, many with and cavernous chambers
Tel (080) 4001 2200 fireplaces, are dotted around feature dining tables that
∑ barefoot-andaman.com a tea plantation. seem to stretch for miles.
Thatched Nicobari-style villas, and Faultless service, a health
a rustic restaurant, are located just THEKKADY: Coffee Inn  spa and superb restaurants
a short stroll away from the beach. Good value make staying here a
Lake Rd, Kumily, 685509 memorable experience.
PORT BLAIR: Fortune Resort Tel (04869) 222 763
Bay Island  ∑ coffeeinnthekkady.com
Comfort lodging Guests can choose between VIJAYAWADA: Mamata 
Marine Hill, 744101 bamboo huts in a lush garden Good value
Tel (03192) 234 101 or swish rooms. Great location. Eluru Rd, 520002
∑ fortunehotels.in Tel (0866) 257 1251
Built with local padoauk wood, VARKALA: Mektoub  ∑ mamatahotel.com
the rooms here are imaginatively Boutique A standard budget hotel with
decorated. There's also the open- Odayam Beach, 695311 well-kept rooms that are great for
deck Nico Bar. Tel (0) 94479 71239 value, with friendly room service
This peaceful rustic-mystic and staff.
hideaway is just a short stroll
to uncrowded sands. VISAKHAPATNAM:
Kerala Dolphin 
WAYANAD: Aranyakam  Comfort lodging
Rural retreat Dabagardens, 530020
DK Choice Valathur, Meppadi– Tel (0891) 662 2444
∑ dolphinhotelsvizag.com
Vaduvanchal Rd, 673577
ALAPPUZHA: Purity  Tel (04936) 280 261 This large hotel is well-equipped
Luxury ∑ aranyakam.com with comfortable rooms, having
Muhamma, 688525 A coffee plantation B&B with modern amenities, and has
Tel (0484) 221 6666 cool rooms in the bungalow or a good restaurants. The staff
∑ malabarescapes.com treehouse overlooking ravines. is friendly.
This Italianate villa is the ultimate
in discreet backwaters luxury.
There are huge rooms with
sunken baths and antique beds,
plus bicycles and canoes for
exploring the backwaters.
FORT COCHIN: Delight
Homestay 
Heritage
Ridsdale Rd, 682001
Tel (0484) 221 7658
∑ delightfulhomestay.com
Located in the heritage area of
Fort Cochin, this grand old house Spectacular interiors of the Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad
For more information on types of hotels see page 693
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