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Top Hotels in Cochin
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Radha Hometel Bangalore
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Viceroy Hotel And Conference Centre Hyderabad
247 reviews
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Hotel Marina Agra
134 reviews -
Raj Park Chennai Chennai (Madras)
94 reviews -
Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata Kolkata (Calcutta)
120 reviews
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Hotel City Centaur Bangalore
10 reviews -
Cambay Spa & Golf Resort Gandhinagar
60 reviews
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Gateway Hotel Surat
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Hotel Vikram New Delhi
46 reviews
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Somerset Greenways Chennai Chennai (Madras)
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Club Mahindra Varca Beach
318 reviews
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Radisson Jass Hotel Khajuraho
104 reviews
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Oberoi Rajvilas Jaipur
213 reviews
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Taj Rambagh Palace Jaipur
382 reviews
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Sun City Resort Saunta Vaddo
74 reviews
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Hotel Abad Plaza Kochi
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Fortune Select Exotica Navi Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
132 reviews
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Sodder's Renton Manor Arpora
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Zest Big Beach Pondicherry
107 reviews
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Centaur Lake View Hotel Srinagar
31 reviews
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Hotel Bangalore Gate
50 reviews
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Ramee Guestline B'lore Hotel Bangalore
23 reviews
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Umaid Bhawan Palace Jodhpur
208 reviews
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Country Inn & Suites Jaipur
166 reviews
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Hotel Hindusthan International Kolkata Kolkata (Calcutta)
184 reviews
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Ramada Bangalore
94 reviews
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The Waterstones Hotel Mumbai (Bombay)
74 reviews
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Ellaa Hotels Hyderabad
54 reviews
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Westin Sohna Resort and Spa
167 reviews
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Chandela Hotel Khajuraho
190 reviews
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Hotel Clarks Avadh Lucknow
61 reviews
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Holiday Inn Bombay Mumbai (Bombay)
340 reviews
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Wildflower Hall Mashobra
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Taj Lake Palace Udaipur
632 reviews
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Paradise Village Beach Resort Calangute
124 reviews
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The Park Navi Mumbai
68 reviews
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Vivanta by Taj - Hari Mahal, Jodhpur
254 reviews
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Sarovar Portico Indore
93 reviews
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Coconut Grove Salcette
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Aveda Hotel, Ludhiana
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Cochin
Travel Blogs from Cochin, India
Hindu Festival Dash
... synagogue and a large number of antique shops and warehouses. There is a very small Jewish community - 14 people - in Cochin. The Kerala Jewish community dates back to the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem and has enjoyed the protection of ...
Sea/riverside city
Hi guys, We're now in Fort Cochin, an island off Ernakulam (collectively called Cochin). Where we're staying is very much like a European village as it has a Portuguese and Dutch past. We met some very interesting people on our journey here including ...
Das grüne Herz von Indien
... erdenklichen Gewürzen gefüllt ist. Es sieht nicht nur toll aus, sondern riecht auch noch umwerfend. Im historischen Stadtviertel Fort Cochin schauen wir uns die St. Francis-Kirche an, sie ist die älteste Kirche Indiens. Wir laufen weiter zu unserem ...
Fort Cochin
We stayed on the main drag in Fort Cochin, a beautiful, albeit touristy, town on te sea. It's a centuries old trading port on the spice route which has inevitably, a strong Christian influence. It has many winding streets with white-washed red ...
Elephants and one more temple!!
... to have been born and brought up. After a short 1 hr drive from Kaladi, finally reached the last destination - Kochi or Cochin as I still prefer calling it. Passed through Marine Drive area and then onto the M.G.Road to reach our hotel just next to the ...
A Historical Mish Mash...
... this port. Following the Portuguese were the Dutch and English....all adding their mix to the ethnic stew that is Cochin. Shine, our guide, was a wealth of knowledge about the local history. We visited Chinese fishing nets, an ancient Jewish ...
A dab of Portugese and Dutch colonialism in India
... Nat waited at a small roadside restaurant with the bags, I scrambled to find a decent room with balcony overlooking Princess Street. Fort Cochin is a laid back town that was colonized by the Portuguese and then by the Dutch. It sits on a peninsula ...
Mosquito Coast (aka Fort Cochin)
... soiree into hill stations of Tamil Nadu we found ourselves racing for the Keralan coast, first stop Fort Cochin. After sampling the back and beyond in India's plains and been refreshed by colonial British raj in the hill stations of Ooty I was intrigued ...
Fort Cochin, Kerala, India
... on being in that water any more. Tips for other travellers to Kerala: *I stayed at Walton's Homestay on Princess St in Fort Cochin. The location is excellent and the rate was only 350Rs per night including tax (no a/c, no hot water, no breakfast). ...
History...shitty map
We woke up early with the intention of siteseeing all day before catching the overnight train to Goa. We had stayed on the main land in kochi but close to the ketty so we took the jetty in the morning and went to look at the old palace. It was pretty ...
Fort Cochin - Tourist Trap
... stopover so far as we then proceeded to have the worst meal ever, i still feel sick now. I'm not sure why i'm even bothering with this blog as we both thought Fort Cochin was a big ole tourist trap and nothing like the real india. Time to move on...... ...
Beggars and Bindees
... bump I had to stick my head out the side like a dog to save myself from a concusion! That asaide Cochin looked just like what I had imagined India to look like. Lots of goats and people everywhere and old little huts mixed with some more modern bigger ...
Uhanime dal......
... silnici, kde je prace, sem jich videl sest. Asi si vsichni myslej ze budou hraci criketu, nebo Bolywoodsky hvezdy..jako u nas. Dost. Cochin je, zkratka, myslim ze je, vlaste...zajimavej. Nevim. Zejtra jedem do Fort Cochin. Mesto je to na par ostrovech. Na ...
Kalarippayat ... Ka Pow
... But he did recommend taking a taxi later in the day to try avoid the road blocks. Rather than spend another day in Cochin we took his advice and arranged for a taxi to leave the city at 4pm tomorrow afternoon. So though much more expensive ...
Goa-ing South
... and fortunately he was there waving our names, ready to take is on the long journey through the very modern looking New Cochin surroundings. The rain started to come down and we crossed a series of bridges before reaching Fort Cochin in the far ...
Kochi
Back on the boat to get back to the coast and on the bus to cochin - we encountered a strike about the petrol prices which meant that the goverment transport was working but nothing esle so tuk tuks were in short supply! we waited ages for enough tuk tuks ...
Vibrant and Nostalgic!!
... jetty near the High Court. Although now there are bridges connecting most of the small islands, decided to take the ferry. Cochin is comprising of mainland Cochin or ernakulam area and many small islands scattered around the mainland. The major islands ...
Kochi & Kathakali
... prepare which gave us chance to plan the rest of our day. After lunch we walked along to the Dutch Cemetery. Cochin had many examples of Portuguese and Dutch architecture, both of these nations having operated in India well before the British, the ...
Fort Cochin and the Keralan Backwaters
... from the Dutch and Portugese traders who settled here in 16th Century. Besides having the oldest Christian church in India, St Francis', Fort Cochin has a bustling Jewish area too with tailors and spice vendors. The four of us spent a couple of nights ...
The Ol' Fort
Cochin was the first colonial outpost in India, built by the Portuguese, later ceded to the Dutch, then ceded again to the British and finally became part of the Indian Union when the British left India. The main tourist attraction is the area of Fort ...
Cochin (India)
Cochin (India) - 26th March 2008. We arrived in Cochin about 8 am to another hot and sunny day. The welcome reception was local music with an elephant in attendance. We had a short trip booked to take in the local sights and ...
Fort Cochin Arrival
... 500 yds yesterday. Amongst others, we have met 2 couples from Dehli who have reiterated that is not like this in northern India - so please be prepared! The Kids will be posting a couple of Blogs soon about what we have been doing ...
Kochin - From Fiona
We are currently loving Kochin as it is very calm and very friendly and everyone keeps telling us that it's not like this in the north, which is making us a little apprehensive. The food has been excellent with a mixture ...
Indian Interest in Us!
... a very multi-cultural place and I did not think that we would be such a novelty. Already it does not seem as prevalent in Cochin and I think that is because this is very definitely on the tourist trail, so it will be interesting to see how this changes as ...
Happy Christmas from Cochin
... a very happy Christmas! Similar to our usual Australian Chistmas, the weather is quite warm and humid. We have been in Cochin for 2 days now. Last night we strolled along the foreshore looking at the famous Chinese fishing nets then attended a ...
Boating in the Backwaters
... be unlikely that we would be able to get there. We thanked him for telling us and decided instead to stay one more day in Cochin, disappointed to lose a day while waiting but both secretly happy that we would have a lie in the following ...
Kathakali By Lorcan
Kathakali means "Story Play". Its special to Kerela and instead of talking they use sign language, their paints are made out of Coconut oils and different rocks and they wear big funny headdresses. They had an ...