Travancore Heritage is a sea side resort in 8 acres of lush green coconut garden and landscaped environs located at Chowara - south of Kovalam, near Trivandrum, Kerala. The resort stands on a high cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea and a long wide beach of powdery white sand. The Travancore Heritage is conceived and developed as a Heritage Property to bring to life the age-old traditional architectural splendor of the region with its typical timber houses and 'Nalukettus' with tiled roofing, which allow for living in communion with all the elements of Nature.
 

Accommodation at Travancore Heritage Resort :
Pool Mansions - The Travancore Heritage has 2 pool mansion suites with private pools set in independent villas, with air conditioned spacious bed room, a drawing room and sit-out or verandah with rich period furniture and all modern amenities of attached toilet with lavish fittings with 24 hours cold/hot water showers.
Heritage Villas - The Travancore Heritage has 43 elegant air conditioned rooms in heritage villas with all modern amenities like spacious toilets including garden baths with cold/hot water showers, with comfortable furniture and smooth interior lights. A few rooms with closed baths are also available.

Le Meridien Beach Resort

Hotel is located in the middle of the beautiful three palm fringed coves in the world renowned Kovalam Beach. This beautiful beach front property nicely combines refined simplicity and careful attention to detail to make it one of the best hotels in terms of service and care. Guests at the hotel can enjoy a sea side stroll any time they want. Samudra that is the ocean is their Perfect seaside getaway.
 Accommodation at Hotel Le-meridien Beach Resort Beach Resort :
The Le-meridien Beach Resort Beach Resort, formally known as The Kovalam Ashok Beach Resort Hotel, has 87 well-furnished and comfortable rooms for its guests. With each room carrying a beautiful view of the huge sea beckoning at guests doorstep. Rooms also have a beautiful balcony to enjoy a cup of coffee at the dawn or for having a romantic chat in the evening. Also multi-cuisine restaurants will leave you asking for more.

Hotel Manaltheem Ayurveda Beach Resorts

Silvery surf washing silvery sands all merging, the gift of nature in abundance, wake into the realities of natural pleasantries at “Manaltheeram”.

Manaltheeram is a sister concern of "Somatheeram" Ayurvedic beach resort. It is situated on a picturesque beach near Kovalam, Kerala, South India. The rooms are made up like Round thatched villas, each with a fantastic sea view. The cottages are built and maintained in the traditional Kerala style to the last details. The rooms remind the guests of the authentic Kerala life style.
 

Hotel Somatheeram Beach Resorts  
Somatheeram Beach Resort Rich with tradition, culture and overwhelming natural splendor, traditionally styled bungalows, built in wood and sporting antique carved doors and pillars, each building is a unique piece of Kerala and architecture.
Accommodation at Somatheeram Beach Resort :
Somatheeram has traditional wooden houses, stone bungalows and cottages consisting of 50 spacious rooms en suite bath.

Sidhartha - A granite built palace like house with a spacious octagon shaped living room, a gorgeously decorated bedroom with king size bed, overlooking an inexplicable panorama. Steps leading to a terrace with an eye-catching view, an open courtyard with a palm tree and an open roof bath are added attractions.

Illam (Deluxe & Ordinary) - Traditional Kerala houses mostly wooden built with antique doors and furniture. Each house has 2 bedrooms, one being deluxe with a living room and the other an ordinary room rented separately. Taken together you own an exclusive compound with greeneries and the ocean for sight.

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Hotel Surya Sumundra
The resort complex falls under Trivandrum district and is 18 kilometres away from it, 22 kilometres from the airport. It is 20 kilometres away from the historic Vizhinjam (pronounced as Virinyam) harbour and 6 kilometres from Vizhinjam town. Surya Samudra began as a single octagonal stone house thirty miles from the tip of India and just a few minutes from the historic Vizhinjam harbour (pronounced as Virinyam) Today, it has grown into an eco-friendly beach resort with 23 houses spread over nearly one-third of an acre of private space and each house comes with a luxuriant foliage of coconut, palm, bamboo, banana, wild shrubs, flowers and the chirping of birds. Individual cottages or houses make up the resort, call bells at the door have been avoided since the sound is jarring and each house has a granite-topped table and stools cut from granite pillars where one can sit and watch the waves lash against the cliff throwing little water beads against the azure sky.
Recreation & Health :
Surya Samudra has an ayurvedic massage centre and a yoga centre whose treatments customers swear by. Surya Samudra keeps Kerala's ayurvedic medicine alive in an uninterrupted tradition on a luxurious scale. After a consultation, one can choose from a variety of soothing treatments. An expert massage using traditional medicinal oils prepared from natural ingredients by the masseur can be enjoyed. 
Yoga and Meditation :
Mental and physical exercises meant to isolate the ego from the body and mind - designed to hone your concentration, improve health and help attain peace of mind. Located on the beach

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