The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort

4.5 star property
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2 indoor pools, 2 outdoor pools, pool loungers
3 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; seafood
Interior entrance
Premium Sea View
3 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; seafood

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Parking available
  • Spa
  • Gym
  • Room service

Explore the area

Map
Adimalathura, Near Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Kerala, 695501
  • Chowara Beach
    15 min walk
  • Azhimalathara Beach
    19 min walk
  • Vizhinjam Beach
    18 min drive
  • Thiruvananthapuram (TRV-Trivandrum Intl.)
    43 min drive

Room options

Premium Suite

  • 31 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed

Heritage Premium

  • 23 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

One King Bed

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Beach Grove Pool View

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Premium Sea View

  • 23 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Chowara

With a stay at The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort in Neyyattinkara, you'll be near the beach, within a 10-minute drive of Kovalam Beach and Azhimalathara Beach. .This beach hotel is 11.1 mi (17.8 km) from Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and 1.3 mi (2.1 km) from Chowara Beach.

What's nearby

  • Chowara Beach - 15 min walk
  • Kovalam Beach - 9 min drive
  • Vizhinjam Beach - 18 min drive
  • Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple - 18 min drive
  • Lighthouse Beach - 22 min drive

Getting around

  • Dhanuvachapuram Station - 20 min drive
  • Trivandrum Intl. Airport (TRV) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Afsal Fastfood - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Ustad Hotel - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Anamika Family Restaurant - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Cafe Samsara - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Spice Village Restaurant - ‬7 min drive

About this property

The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort

Elegant beach hotel and 2 outdoor pools
The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort offers 90 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, bathrobes, and complimentary toiletries. Televisions come with satellite channels. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

2 outdoor swimming pools and 2 indoor swimming pools are on site. In addition to a children's pool, other recreational amenities include a health club and a spa tub.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include facials, body scrubs, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic.
Make yourself at home in one of the 90 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Rooms have private balconies. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 2 indoor and 2 outdoor swimming pools and a health club. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room.
Grab a bite at Open House - Multicuisine, one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a train station pick-up service.
Open House - Multicuisine - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Ocean Grill - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in seafood and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
Ayurveda Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Awards and affiliations

The property is a member of Heritage Hotels of India.

Languages

English, Hindi, Russian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Internet access (surcharge)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Valet parking on site (INR 100 per stay)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Train station pick-up shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • 3 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • Open House - Multicuisine
  • Ocean Grill
  • Ayurveda Restaurant

Things to do

  • 2 indoor pools
  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/games room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Playground
  • Shopping
  • A hot tub
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • 2 indoor pools
  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/games room
  • Children's pool
  • Corner/local shop
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Fridge
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Corner/local shop
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • Beach towels
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in reception
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar
  • Fridge

More

  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 1750.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 1770
  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: INR 900 (from 6 to 11 years old)
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 2950
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: INR 1500 (from 6 to 11 years old)

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: INR 1500 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Valet parking fee: INR 100 per stay
  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 1750.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Please note: To comply with local law, no alcohol will be served in this property on the first day of every month.
Property Registration Number U55101PY2001PTC002822

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Some facilities may have restricted access; guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Heritage Travancore
Travancore Heritage
Travancore Heritage Chowara
Travancore Heritage Hotel
Travancore Heritage Hotel Chowara
Travancore Heritage Kerala, India - Chowara
Travancore Heritage Thiruvananthapuram Trivandrum
Travancore Heritage Beach Resort Neyyattinkara
Travancore Heritage Beach Neyyattinkara
Travancore Heritage Neyyattin
The Travancore Heritage Beach
The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort Hotel
The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort Neyyattinkara
The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort Hotel Neyyattinkara

The Travancore Heritage Beach Resort Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 37 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Dilip

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the upkeep
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

guru

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
awesome stay
Stay was excellent with great hospitality . Fast in action any issues Individual food liking was taken care by Chef . Friendly in check in /out
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Biswadeep

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent resort. Fabulous food, staff, pool and beach. Loved it.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Veena

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good stay for two nights at Travancore heritage resort. all rooms at the traditional Kerala ambience. Breakfast and dinner were excellent. Very clean rooms, extremely helpful and courteous stuff. also liked the fact that it is walkable from the beach and from the Shiva temple. One thing to note is, the property is built on many levels, and has many steep slopes to claim to go from your room to reception. May not be suitable for older folks.

10/10 Excellent

Biswadeep

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic authentic Ayurvedic resort with lovely staff, great food, spa and beach. Will come again. Loved it.

8/10 Good

Rajesh

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Internet
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Christopher J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning lodge style hotel - perfect for relaxing
It has a beautiful, if perhaps a little remote, cliff top location, but there is easy access to a massive and popular beach. The hotel is stunning, if you stay in the Heritage Lodges, and the main hotel and restaurant is gorgeous. The main pool is superb, the bach pool not quite so good. Lovely gardens and fabulous staff. A really nice choice if you are in or near Kovalam
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ian, London

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful resort with views over the sea. Really well maintained and service good. Beach not quite what we expected but that’s a cultural thing.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nothing like the Expedia listing - the accommodation was terrible, even after we insisted on changing rooms. It's much smaller than advertised, it's dark, dingy, dated. We booked a Heritage Premium on the basis that it had a separate seating area - our first room didn't have anything, just a bed. Our second room had a windowless entrance hall with a wardrobe in, and no air conditioning in that room so not possible to sit there. Facilities - one of the two outdoor pools was nice and clean. Apart from that, there's very little. Facilities on Expedia page that DON'T EXIST - no indoor pools, no grocery/convenience store, no fitness facilities, no rooftop terrace, no health club, 1 restaurant not 3, no 24hr room service. If the above had actually been there, or if the listing on Expedia was accurate, I'd have felt better. However, based on the information I'd booked on, and the amount I paid, I feel very short changed. I could have booked a much better hotel for the same money. Another issue with the Expedia listing is it shows 1200 rupees as the fee for the airport shuttle - the hotel tried to charge us 1400 and only reduced it down to 1200 after about 15 mins of arguing. The only reason I've rated this property as poor rather than terrible is because the food was brilliant. Made my feelings clear to management - they did not care. Says it all really!
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mansoor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The ambience especially the Restaurant food excellent...
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Krishnakumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Travancore Heritage Resort.
Stay was very enjoyable. Very nicely done cottages, good food and supern service. Looking forward to our next trip to Trivandrum to stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Sasidharan, Trivandrum

Liked: Staff & service
A hotel close to the beach
Cleanliness and decor are average. Layout of furniture particularly to facilitate room service could improve. Functioning of AC was erratic and the fan regulator was defective in both rooms 44 & 45. Warm courteous and responsive staff. Catering is average in quality. There are areas which could improve.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Poor check in experience...rooms were rundown, in urgent need of renovations. No local transportation...had to be booked through hotel and absurdly high prices.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Anand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pretty good but just shy of great
Overall pretty good. However my over complaint is that I had emailed the property to upgrade my room and they has informed me that they would. However we discovered that they had not blocked off the upgrades. Slightly disappointing. Bed was not very comfy. Pool was to chlorinated and resulted in facial rashes. Wait times for meals were pretty lengthy. All that aside, pretty good! 3.5/5 stars

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Phenomenal Landscape
Let me lay out some Good things about this place first before pointing things to be improved. Three best features of this hotel are; Very serene landscape, the best food (both qualitywise and taste wise), absolutely clean and well maintained swimming pools. This hotel has easy access to a very clean and less crowded beach. All Maliali staff is representative of regional Maliali culture which is friendly with minimal spoken words and reluctant smile. But this hotel is situated in thriving tourist area and hence home to the worst vultures who prey upon tourists lack of knowledge about local services and amenities. And this hotel doesn’t do anything to protect its guest from these vultures, rather its employees are in cahoots with those vultures. Discrimination and exploitation of foreigners and nonKeralites is so rampant and obvious that I am ashamed to acknowledge that this is happening in the most literate and secular community of India. So if you need transportation or advice on local amenities, do not rely on hotel staff. You will be exploited shamelessly and in such a clandestine manner that most likely you would never know that you had been victimized. All taxis/autos working near this hotel & working with hotel front desk staff are charging FIVE to TEN times the regular rate and have hefty commissions set up with local thugs doing business as spice shops and clothing/gift/souvenir shops. Save your skin while enjoying pristine landscape of Kerala.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

4/10 Poor

HIRU

Disliked: Room comfort
NICE , But they can do better.
Locality GOOD Proximity to the Beach VERY GOOD Preying Eyes in the Beach NONE Peace in the Beach VERY GOOD View from the Hotel GOOD Staff , Semi Friendly. Restuarant Staff and Ayurveda Staff Serious. House Keeping and Gardners Very Friendly Pool CLEAN Food FOOD. The reason why i give my review SO SO, is bcaz the AC in my room was noisy. I complained, but the issue was not solved. Seconndly, my reservation was for a Premium Room Sea view KING SIZE BED. I got a TWO DOUBLE SIZE NOISY BEDS NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITH A WOODEN PLANK IN THE MIDDLE which was very painfull. This spolit our peace at night. Over all, it was nice. I would recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Divya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall a good stay at the resort .however the food quality could have been better.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Bharadwaj

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
clean and peaceful
nice place.secluded and clean.direct views of the beach with access via a lift and a walk of about 15min. amazing flora and fauna. breakfast was good but we had some issues with hot water access.overall 4 stars

10/10 Excellent

Jon, Yorkshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very peaceful
A lovely location with beautiful landscaped grounds. The food is excellent and the staff are friendly and helpful. We have stayed here before, and it was certainly worth returning to. The local village of Chowara has no real "tourist" facilities, so if you need more life and choice of eating venues, you have to go to Kovolam which is about 20 mins away by tuk tuk (4-500 rupees).

10/10 Excellent

OSAKI

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ホテルの部屋からはビーチとジャングルが見え、鳥が囀り 庭は丁寧に整備されている。スタッフの方達も親切で気持ち良く過ごした。食事も美味しくとても満足している。
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ich kenne das Travancore schon einige Jahre. Sehr schöne Unterkunft mit sehr freundlichem Personal, hervorragendem Essen, schönem Strand mit Bademeistern und der Möglichkeit, Ayurveda Anwendungen zu machen. Eine sehr gute Möglichkeit, um in Indien anzukommen. Allerdings sollte man darauf achten, dass das Zimmer weit genug weg von der Kirche am Strand liegt. Diese fängt teilweise um 5 Uhr mit dem in Indien üblichen Gottesdienst über den Lautsprecher an.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020