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Kottayam Slideshow
Top Hotels in Kottayam
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Orchid Residency Kottayam
17 reviews -
The Lake Village Resort Kottayam
15 reviews -
Arcadia Hotel Kottayam
22 reviews
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Chamundi Hill Palace Ayurv Kottayam
37 reviews
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Paddy Field Resort Kottayam
2 reviews
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Vembanad Lake Resort Kottayam
1 review
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Nithya Hotel Kottayam
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Sanyo Hotel Kottayam
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Nisha Continental Hotel Kottayam
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Windsor Castle Hotel Kottayam
6 reviews
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Sakthi Hotel Kottayam
3 reviews
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Anjali Hotel Kottayam
3 reviews
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Dr. Bahuleyans Kalathil Health Resorts Kottayam
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Coco Bay Resort Kottayam
58 reviews -
Contour Jungle Resorts Kottayam
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Lakshmi Hotel & Resorts Kottayam
26 reviews
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Aida Kottayam
10 reviews
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Homestead Hotel Kottayam
2 reviews
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Pearl Regency Kottayam
6 reviews
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Contour Backwaters Kottayam
2 reviews
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The Windsor Castle Kottayam
42 reviews
Kottayam
Travel Blogs from Kottayam, India
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Visit with local college students
This is a top pick! ... we were all very nervous for. The class we visited was a class in Communicative English at CMS College, a University in Kottayam associated with Mahatma Ghandi University. The college itself is a British installation, and is nearly 200 years ...
Lets get twisted on Kingfisher Strongs
This is a top pick! Got up at about 8am, after an air conditioned sleep, so peaceful only bird song. One of the crew was taking part in the religious festival that was going on so left for his village after making us a breako of noodles and pineapple. Already starting ...
Training for India
This is a top pick! ... rice. For this 13-day leg of the tour we are using Dr. Luke's home in his native Kottayam as our base of operations. And what a home it was. Right next to a major river, it is beautiful and spacious, ...
backwater cruising
This is a top pick! ... . And a side note: these are a couple neat "gift" opportunities that were included in our program. I assure you that my entire time in India has not been and will not be this pampered, but for the time being I'm taking full advantage ...
on the road...
This is a top pick! Hey Everyone, First off, apologies. For those of you keeping score at home, I haven't updated in a while, but this is only because my internet access has been very irregular due to travel. Most places in this city I'm in have no ...
The amazing houseboat
... than a few tiddlers though. At night we treated ourselves to a meal at an Italian Restaurant which was yum scrum - a little Italy in India! Next day we took a bus to Allepey - the first time in the whole trip so far that ju got travel sick, ...
Backwater Cruise
... a pretty spot with a lot of nice houses. (no sign of the orange drink/lemon drink man) Our stop for the night was Kottayam - a busy town that is not on the tourist list. We checked in at the Arcadia hotel which was advertised as the tallest ...
Trip to Lake Vembanatt - Kumarakom - continued
What a ride through the countryside on a very dusty road where half the passengers put hankies to their face. And what a feeling of abandonment when the ticket-taker let me out half-way between the private dock and the government ferry. Price ...
Kanjirapalli
6 ème jour: Petit retard d'écriture mais la connexion n'est vraiment pas bonne dans la campagne...Pour la journée dans les backwaters, j'ai oublié de vous dire qu'on a testé un massage ayurvédique!!!Un vrai de vrai! Une indienne en sari m'a massée ...
SHOPPING!!!
Kettu Vallam
... 1957-2000. As a result, there is also very little industrial development as well. Once in Kottayam, we stayed in Theravadu Heritage Home, which was a good, basic stop-over accommodation with reasonably priced food ...
Cruise control
From Munnar we head east again, back towards Ernakulum by nightfall in a bid to get some rest in Allepy before haggling for a house boat come morning. We luck out in our accommodation (again - we are on a roll!) with a gorgeous lakeside bungalow made ...
Trip to Lake Vembanatt - Kumarakom
April 2/11 The heat feels like a warm blanket. Sometimes though I want to remove it. So after a sleep-in to 7:44 a.m., and a morning of working on emails and laundry, I decided to head to what is called the backwater. It was fun ...
Backwaters and Mountains
... unless you have your own boat or canoe and like I say it was an enjoyable and memorable trip. It cost me 50p too! Kottayam is a bustling town due to its position between the backwaters leading to the sea to the east and the spice, tea and rubber ...
Lights, Camera.....Monsoon??
... this year).To welcome Lord Rama and his wife back to his hometown, they light it up with lamps. This festival is big throughout India and it is celebrated with fireworks! We bought a lot and set them off on Saturday night on our small island at the ...
Happy 60th, Felicity
... Felicity, I'm sure at UBH today it's all business as usual, no big hoo-ha, no-one making an unnecessary fuss but in India the birds are singing with an extra gusto, extra incense sticks are being burnt in the temples, extra sweet sweets are being prepared ...
Ayurvedic opulence on Lake Vembanad
... pavillion and milk every minute of luxe-ness before I head back into reality. A wonderful experience, yet something about the real India is so much more attractive than five star fancy-pants luxury where everything is a little bit too sanitised. Not that ...
Varkala to Kottayam
... been full, I'm not sure that being crammed onto a boat with tourists is much worse than being crammed onto a boat with locals. Kottayam really isn't anything to write home about, so I won't. And the hotel in which I stayed last night is probably the ...
Lakshmi the Elephant
... its population are still highly educated. About 30% of its population live abroad and send money back home. After 7 weeks in India, Kerala was a complete surprise. It looks totally different to the rest of India: the place is largely clean - a ...
Our own slice of paradise
That morning at 0530 we rousted Ram from the front of his car and proceeded to go through one of those unique Indian cultural experiences...standing in line. As I have said before, Indian people are very polite and respectful until they are placed in a ...
Idyllic Float on the blue silk!!
... getting stuck in traffic jam :-) Another 11/2 hrs bus drive from Nedmudi and we reached our hotel for the night in Kottayam. The hotel itself was situated on a inland waterway and had beautifully managed its gardens. An idlyllic stroll in the garden ...
Liz's Blog - Lessons in Humanity
... carry on writing as they are all doing such a great job, but I do feel compelled to write about our experience in Kottayam. We stayed at St Thomas's Seminary with about 300 brothers all practising to become priests. This is the place where Rick’s ...
Issys Blog - Kottayam
... Grandma's church, Father Sebastian, is from Kerala here in India and he got in contact with some of the priests that work in Kottayam for us to organise visits to local orphanages and hospices. We had to catch a ferry from Alleppey but did not really know ...
Backwaters and Hill Stations
... busking/begging. It's quite a change from the Thameslink, not just because the trains run vaguely on time. Kerala is said to be India's most densely populated state and is referred to as 'God's Own Country'. It does have a lot to offer with the coast ...
Day 20 of Andy and Suez's Great Adventure
Day 20 of Andy and Suez Big Adventure Last few hours on the houseboat. These had been spent sitting anchored just off the village/town of Alleppey. There was a festival going on here. This meant loud music being played until late at ...
Day 21 of Andy and Suez's Great Adventure
Day 21 of Andy and Suez Great Adventure Today it mostly rained. Not always heavily, but almost always on. Guess that's the monsoon season for you!! A lot of the day was spent in the room reading, nipping out for lunch and dinner. We ...
Day 22 of Andy and Suez's Big Adventure
... to bed. Oh yeah, for those who care, got my email account sorted out so it's back up and running if anyone wants to send any messages from home or abusive rants about how lucky we are not to be in work :o) Tomorrow we leave India!! Andy and Suez xx ...
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