Hotels in Varkala

Mumbai, Chennai, Pondicherry, Kerala backwaters, Varkala, Bangalore, Goa in 2.5 weeks. This trip for me is more about getting a feel of the country rather than seeing the sights; roughing it and learning to travel the hard way; seeing people and their ...

... cliff.  Gary was blown away by how much Varkala had changed in the last 13 years since he was here before.  Varkala is now very much a tourist place where everyone is in resort wear, and there were little stalls selling all sorts of stuff and a ...

   This is just general info on Varkala based on my short visit for anyone who might be visiting.  Varkala resort area can be divided into 2 parts, south and north cliff.  I believe the divide between the two is the Helipad. ...

... butter, a mere 36 hours after we left my parents’ house we found ourselves standing on a cliff overlooking gorgeous Varkala Beach, the sun shining warmly on our puffy extremities while a stiff breeze worked futilely to move our heavy unwashed hair. ...

... - Varkala By noon I was a much happier man having just had my first hot shower of the trip. We moved hotels to somewhere more expensive but Varkala is already looking a nicer place! By ten past noon my opinion progressed - Varkala is looking a much ...

... the table, or drink beer out of a tea pot and a huge tea cup like here at Krishnatheeram.   2008.11.25 Varkala   I found a wonderful Ladakh/Kashmir place for jewelry.  I got 9 gift pendants (well, one might be for me), ...

... a giant red scorpion on the side…its pleasures were most certainly subtle. But then there was Mad Goat Woman. Not every Varkala deck has a Mad Goat Woman, hell, not even every overgrown rubbishy lot, for that matter. I’m told most new lots in ...

... landscape was more tropical, typical Asia as i would call it with palm trees everywhere, very green and lush...beautiful. Varkala Cliffs (the town is 2km away) is definitely geared towards only tourists, and not represtnative of true Indian culture ...

Paul and I went to Varkala to recharge and chill out on the beach, monsoon permitting.  In Varkala you have the beach and the buildings are dotted along the cliff.  There was lots of building work going on and already the hotels were densely ...

Varkala – coffee and cliff faces From Fort Cochin we took a 3 hour train journey south to Varkala. But as I've come to learn things move at a somewhat more relaxed pace here so this supposed 3 hour train was not only late by half an hour but in ...

... hunt around for some accommodation and found a place for 300 rupees on North Cliff just back from the beach, nice enough place. Varkala is a beach town in South Kerala, all the shops, restaurants and hotels line the cliff which the beach below, the place ...

... was plentiful. Although two of our dreams came true (unfortunately not hot water), it soon became clear upon arriving in Varkala that we were wrong about kochin...Varkala was our promised land.  Varkala lends itself well to my personal skill of ...

... of revenge appears as a potentilal motive. Things like that happen down here. I wouldn't let this incident deter anyone from visiting Varkala beach. Aside from the homicide of a local by a local, things went very well here. There  next three days, ...

... local produce and spices and of course the local ayurvedic products.  This part of the trip was all about decadence.  Varkala beach  is a large white sand beach with gentle clear water. There is a cliff which surrounds the beach where all ...

Namaste from the seaside!! We arrived in Varkala a couple of days ago.  It is a small resort town set on high cliffs above a picturesque but not very swimming friendly beach.  Most of the hotels and restaurants are set along one strip, which ...

... over and filled your trunks with sand as you were dragged down the beach in a drowned mess! We have spent the time in Varkala relaxing as it is our first long break from travelling. It is only when you stop moving around that you realise how much effort ...

... to be back at the beach again. Perched atop a precarious cliff face, overlooking a gorgeous beach below, is Varkala. A strip of restaurants, hotels and Ayurvedic doctors line the top of the cliff. All very much catering for the tourist trade. It's ...