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Dune Eco village and Spa

3.5 star property
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Eco cottage ( Non A/c )
Eco cottage ( Non A/c ) | Bathroom

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Spa
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Pudhukuppam, Keelputhupet, (via Pondicherry University), Marakkanam, Pondicherry, 605014
  • Auro Beach
    14 min drive
  • Seafood BARBYTHEBEACH
    9 min walk
  • Pondicherry Villiyanur Station
    29 min drive
  • Pondicherry (PNY)
    31 min drive

Room options

Family Villa

  • 232 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Luxury Penthouse

Luxury Penthouse

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Luxury Studio Suite

  • 46 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Eco cottage ( Non A/c ) | Garden view

Eco cottage ( Non A/c )

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Double Room

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the area

Manjakuppam

When you stay at Dune Eco village and Spa in Marakkanam, you'll be by the ocean and 14 minutes by car from Auro Beach. .This beach hotel is 10.3 mi (16.5 km) from Pondicherry Promenade Beach and 7.3 mi (11.8 km) from Serenity Beach.

What's nearby

  • Sri Aurobindo Ashram - 21 min drive
  • Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple - 21 min drive
  • Government Place - 22 min drive
  • Pondicherry Lighthouse - 22 min drive
  • Pondicherry Promenade Beach - 32 min drive

Getting around

  • Pondicherry Villiyanur Station - 29 min drive
  • Chennai International Airport (MAA) - 173 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Nowana - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Amber The Coffee Shop, Ocean Spray Hotel - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Café Coffee Day - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪The Village Restaurant - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪ECR Wines - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Dune Eco village and Spa

Family beach fun and outdoor pool
Dune Eco village and Spa offers 48 accommodations with minibars and safes. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. A pillow menu is available. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

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

Paradise Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
Make yourself at home in one of the 48 guestrooms featuring minibars. Bathrooms feature bathtubs or showers, designer toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages and body treatments. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool and bicycles to rent. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, wedding services, and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Dune Eco village and Spa has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, Hindi

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Bike rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

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

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden

Spa

  • Aromatherapy
  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body treatments
  • Massages
  • Massage/treatment rooms
  • Sauna

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Ceiling fan
  • Pillow menu

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
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 1500.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 1500.0 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
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

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Dune Eco village and Spa Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 32 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jean-marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Good stay. Interesting concept. Problem with music very early the morning and shower too hot or too cold. Very nice beach.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Mary, Singapore

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel had its older days of glory. I requested in advance to be picked up at the airport, no one replied. They DON’T TAKE FOREIGN CREDIT CARDS, and wasn't warned prior to my trip, which lead to a 3 hour ordeal trying to check out - manager decides to go out to lunch although I am trying to sort things out. They offer daily yoga and meditation, yet I got none because the instructor wasn’t feeling well, and never got a substitute, never canceled in advance they just let you show up at 7am to an empty yoga studio. Tried the gym instead, had to clean myself because all equipment is out of place and very dirty, weight plates on the machine are so rusty that it should be out of order. Power outages are very frequent. Food was always good, they have a good selection of international and Indian cuisine, plus hipo toxic and low carb food that make for tasty options when detoxing. Restaurant staff were always flawless in their service, except for the last day when a waiter laugh at me on my face. When asked what is included in the 3 day beauty package (worth like 300USD) the answer was: -it’s like some massages and some juices”, Quite disappointing, and Im leaving petty details out of the review
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Venkat, Vijayapyura

Liked: Staff & service
Good property.Need improvements.
We stayed here for 3 days from 17th June at Bamboo House. Few of the amenities were not working. Booked the hotel through Expedia. Need more info. reg. the rooms. Staff and housekeeping were good. Food was okay. The property is big and they had bicycles for moving inside the property. The bicycles were not in good condition. The swimming pool, kids playing area, were far from the room. Swimming pool is small. The amenities in kids playing area were in not good condition. It becomes very hot between 11.00am to 4.30pm. You cannot stay inside the room. They need to put coolers inside the rooms which are not having ac's.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

Rajeshkumar, chennai

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst place
Very bad experience... hotel staffs are behaving like a gundaas
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Saravana, Chennai

Liked: Cleanliness
It's k hotel for a non seasonal time.
Food was good. Stay was k. Location is the best. Private beach not so clean but you have lot of personal space. Staffs were courteous but needs a lot of improvement not up to the standard. Just an instance one of the guys who guided us to the room was having chinikani in his mouth and looked soo drunk, something you really don't want to see. Restaurant staffs were pretty better and maintained the etiquette. I would suggest others to go the hotel may be 50 50. Not sure it's was not too good or too worse an OK hotel. Defenitly pricing is too high for the rooms can bring down at least 20% i think that's worth it.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Chetan, chennai

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fallen from Grace
This hotel used to be quite good about 10 years ago. Now it's simply not worth the price. Service is extremely slow and laid back, plus they are severely understaffed. The quality of the staff are also nothing to write home about. Rooms are also not too clean and the sofas are downright dirty. The couches in the dining area are filthy. No Wi-Fi, no cable TV. Any food left outside your room in the sit out area will get eaten by dogs that are roaming the property. This place is in need of a serious makeover.

4/10 Poor

Rahul

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cheapest room is very basic with see thru walls
Cheapest room is very basic with see through walls - changed room to the next premium option

8/10 Good

Nisha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great time at Dune- the staff was attentive and polite. The property's access to the beach is just right and the private beach is well maintained. I have one complaint which is that it is not very senior citizen friendly. The property is huge which can be very difficult for a senior citizen or differently-abled person to get around- Dune needs to work on it's accessibility to a great extent. Even getting out the property is done with the help of a buggy or local conveyance (as they do not allow cars within the premises) but getting into the buggy was a huge hassle for senior citizens as it is very high. Dune is great in every other way except their attention to making the property easier on old folks and the differently-abled which is a huge area of improvement for them.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad Holiday
The place is outdated and not very well maintained. The staff are very laid back and service is slow. Food is not good. I had stayed here when the hotel opened newly and i did like the place. I would never stay again or would recommend to anyone.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fresh air and relaxation!
I had accidently booked for a month later and they made no problem about accommodating us. The fresh unpolluted air by the sea was so wonderful after spending much time in India.The garden was so lovely and colourful.we had a very relaxing trip. The room was a bit disappointing. Food was lovely.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had an overall lovely stay though the villa we stayed was really primitive and unfortunately there was a festival during the days we were there which meant that loud music was playing from the local temple from 4 am in the morning. It keept us sleepless!

10/10 Excellent

Shruti, Bangalore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful resort property and private beach!
Stayed there for 3 nights and 4 days and the place was fantastic! The concept of the resort is fresh and is unlike any other place you will come across in India. A beautiful place, exciting in terms of accommodation and amenities and kudos to the warm and courteous staff, especially Mr. Umapathy. The highlight of the trip for me was the beach! Silvery sands, pristine waters and lush green foliage lining the resort, with just about 1 or 2 other people on the beach with you. What more could you ask for?

10/10 Excellent

Raji, Chennai

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice Eco hotel. Good experience
We booked ECO room , good experience. Typical village stay essence. Good food. Awesome service in SPA. Cool pool for relax. Good place for chill out with Family.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel restaurant condition was very poor and cleanliness has to be improved. Also garden area should be better maintained

8/10 Good

Ram_N, Bengaluru

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice place for beach lovers
Excellent staff, superb location, easy access to beach, nice swimming pool, an array of playing options for kids and nice pet friendly areas around.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No proper acesses to beach.
Not worth for the money actually they are charging No proper entertainment No tv Food are very expensive like one snicker bar is 200 bugs

10/10 Excellent

Megan, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely amazing
Without a doubt the most beautiful place we stayed during our trip to India. The help we received from the hotel staff, especially Umapathy, was priceless. He really knows how to make an incredible experience even better for guests. The food at the restaurant was fantastic and it's farm to table. We stayed in Granite 2 and it was gorgeous. Would love to be able to come back and stay in another theme.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
lovely place to leisure
Different experience by staying in different atmosphere.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Concept Eco Beach Hotel
Very happy being here and spending a night with family, We have taken Flex House which is close proximity to Childrens play area, Swimming pool & Beach, our house had a small pond and a nice view. Kids have througly enjoyed the stay with bicycles to roam around in the Resort... There are many concept house. We will try a different house next time

10/10 Excellent

Stefano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Want to chill out, relax and refresh - stay here!
What an awesome place! I came with two friends from work in nearby Chennai. It's a 3hr drive away. We wanted somewhere close to Pondicherry, but not another AC city Hotel. We had two houses, the Flower House and Baywatch 1. Both interesting properties. The Flower House through, was just incredible. It's a open sided house with a high fence perimeter, inside a massive four poster queen size bed (with Mosquito net) and seperate double bed. Open air shower, toilet and basins, covered by the roof. Amazing Garden. No TV, no car horns, no AC - perfect for getting away from Chennai for the weekend. Beach is good and very quiet, restaurants and spa are all good too. I can't recomend this place enough if you want a comfortable back to nature experiance. Each house has a bicycle for you to use to get around on. Loads of individual properties, spaced out over quite a big area. Pool is nice too. You have to try this place!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

MohanRam, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent place though a bit pricey
The service provided is excellent. Lot of activities available to keep kids happy, and even for adults. Good ambience and well maintained. Beach access is good too. I stayed in the garden AC room and felt it is a bit expensive especially considering that food was not included (only breakfast included in the price).

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Kavitha, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dunce Eco beach resort Pondicherry
We took the nature cooled cottage on Dune Eco beach resort on Pondicherry and had a really good time. The resort is just on the beach, and the cottage takes you into a different space as its all natural and eco friendly yet furbished with all modern amenties. The open shower within the cottage amidst trees and plants makes you feel truly enveloped by nature. Slightly overpriced on the cottage rates, but the fantabulous continental breakfast complimentary with the cottage redeems the price!