The Travancore Heritage, Kovalam

Chowara P.O.,
Trivandrum, Kerala,
India 695 501


Dining

Ocean Grill

The 'ocean grill' beach side restaurant is ideally situated between the beach grove and the sea. With thatched roofing and sea breeze caressing through this restaurant specializes in sea food.

Ayurvedic Restaurant

There is a separate Ayurveda Restaurant where you get only ayurveda dishes.

Open House

The 'open house' restaurant is open on the front sides with arches and overlooks the pool. It has a wooden roof ceiling on its main hall which is some 100 years old with such exquisite decorative work, sourced from the marriage hall of a feudal chief in Tamil Nadu. The restaurant offers multi-cuisine fare with the specialty of seafood and local ethnic cuisine and can serve 80 guests at a time.

Swimming Pool

Conference Hall

Our conference hall is equipped with the latest audiovisual facilities and have an unmatched ambience. The halls can be tailored to specifications for corporate conferences, product launches, dealer meets, weddings, concert performances, formal board meetings, and press conferences.

The conference hall is 950 square feet of air-conditioned space and theatre-style seating capacities ranging from 80 to 100.

Board Room

Our board room is 300 sq ft of air-conditioned space, and can accommodate 16 people.

Banquets

Parties

Beauty parlour

Shops


There are two gift shops at the resort from where an assortment of souvenirs and trinkets can be purchased.

LibraryTravel Desk

Beach Facilities

Health Club

WIFI


The only resort in Kerala, where time stands still.

At the Travancore Heritage, you will explore a wonder called the nature. This heritage resort is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea, at Chowara - south of Kovalam, near Trivandrum, Kerala. The cottages here are mostly a century old and reflect the history of time in Kerala. It is perfectly crafted to enlighten you of a past era in the luxury and comforts of the most modern era. In other words, it is the only place in Kerala, where time stands still.

The Travancore Heritage  is set in 14 acres of lush green land, atop a 120 ft. cliff, at Chowara, Trivandrum. Being situated on the shores of the Arabian Sea, you can explore the charm of the blue sea and the soft white sands, while staying here. The 150 year-old palace and a group of age-old cottages showcase the brilliance of Kerala’s traditional architecture. Most of the houses are built in ‘Naalukettu’ style. And, you’ll be fascinated by the artworks done on the wooden roof.


The Travancore Heritage is promoted by the well renowned Deedi Group. The group has a hotel, The Bypass, at Kazhakkoottam and Le Pondy, a forthcoming resort in Pondicherry in its credit. The Travancore Heritage is managed by professionally qualified and experienced team of managers and staff, who are always dedicated to give you a wonderful holiday experience.
 


Places to visit:

Thiruvananthapuram:

(Open 1000 – 1700 Hrs. Closed on Mondays)

The Kanakakunnu Palace

The palace and its sprawling grounds are today the venue of many cultural meets and programmes.

Veli tourist Village

Located in the Museum complex, one of the first Zoological park in India, it is located in a well planned botanical garden with huge trees like frangi pani, and jacaranda dooting the sprawling lawn and wild fowl swimming in the lake, it is like a small jungle in the heart of the city. A reptile house with different species of snakes is also located in the premises.

It is about 35kms from the resort. This picnic spot were the Veli Lake meets the Arabian Sea offers boating facilities, pedal boats and paddle boats can be hired to explore the charms of the lagoon in a leisurely manner. For a quick ride over the waters speed boats are available. Children enjoy climbing over the sculptures which dot the land scape.

Keralas capital ,the coastal city of Thiruvananthapuram and commonly known as Trivandrum is set on low hills, 87 Km from the southern tip of India.

Thiruvanathapuram as a window of kerala of keral culture, is an ideal first stop in the state. The oldest and the most interesting part of town is the fort area in the south, around the sree padmanabha swami temple and puthen malika palace, while the sree chithra art gallery and napier meuseum, important show cases of painting, crafts and sculpture, stand together in a park in the north.

Places to visit in and around the city.

Padmanabha Swamy Temple

The Temple is located inside the east fort. Dedicated to lord Vishnu, thoe temple is blend of the kerala dravidan style of architecture.One among the 108 sacred Vishnu temples in India ,the presiding deity here is lord Vishnu reclining on Anantha the serpant .Only Hindus are allowed inside the temple.Dress code: Men-Dhoti, women - saree and blouse.

(Open 0415-0515 Hrs, 0645 – 0730 Hrs, 0830-1030 Hrs,1130-1145 Hrs,1715 – 1930 Hrs)

Kuthira Malika (Puthen Malika) Palace and museum

The palace was built by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Balarama Varma –the king of Travancore .who was a great poetas ,musician ,social reformer and statesman .This rare specimen of workmanship in the traditional Trvancore style of architecture also has exquisite wood carvings. The palace museum displace paintings and various priceless collections of the royal family and located near the sreepadmanabha swamy temple.

(Open 0830 – 1230 Hrs and 1530 – 1730 Hrs. Closed on Mondays)

Museum complex

The Napier Museum – The indosaracenic structure dating back to 19 th century, and boasting a natural air conditioning system , houses a rear collection of archeological and historic artifacts, bronze idols, ancient ornaments , a temple chariot and Ivory carvings.

(Open 1000 – 1700 Hrs. Closed on Mondays and Wednesday forenoons)

Sree Chithra Art gallery

Located in the museum complex near the napier museum, this art gallery displase select paintings of Raja Ravi Varma , Svetlova and Nicholas Roerich and Exquisite works from Rajput ,Mughal and Tanjore schools of art in India .The collection also includes paintings from china , Japan , Tibet and Bali.

(Open 1000 – 1700 Hrs. Closed on Mondays and Wednesday forenoons)

Zoological Park

Located in the Museum complex, one of the first Zoological park in India, it is located in a well planned botanical garden with huge trees like frangi pani, and jacaranda dooting the sprawling lawn and wild fowl swimming in the lake, it is like a small jungle in the heart of the city. A reptile house with different species of snakes is also located in the premises.

(Open 1000 – 1700 Hrs. Closed on Mondays)

The Kanakakunnu Palace

The palace and its sprawling grounds are today the venue of many cultural meets and programmes.

Veli tourist Village

It is about 35kms from the resort. This picnic spot were the veli lake meets the Arabian sea offers boating facilities, pedal boats and paddle boats can be hired to explore the charms of the lagoon in a leisurely manner . For a quick ride over the waters speed boats are available. Children enjoy climbing over the sculptures which dot the land scape.

Vizhinjam rock cut cave

There are rock sculptures of the 18th century in the cave temple at Vizhinjam 6 Km away from the resort. The granite cave here encloses a one called shrine with a loose sculpture of Vinandhara Dakshinamurthi.

Neyyar Dam

38 Kms from the resort a popular picnic spot. Neyyar dam has a watch tower, crocodile park, Lion safari park and deer park. Boating facilities are also available at the reservoir.

Ponmudi (Golden Hills)

80 Kms from the resort. An idyllic hill resort with narrow, winding pathways and cool, green, wooded environs, ponmudi is located 915 meters above the sea level. Along with the variety of beautiful mountain flowers Exotic butterflies, small rivulets, springs and the deer park nearby, this hill station also has excellent trekking trails.

Varkala

Long renowned by hindus as a palace of piligrimage Varkala 79 Km from the resort. This is a place where the final resting place of the great social reformer sreenarayanaguru is near varkala, a top a hill called sivagiri. High cliffs with mineral springs rise majestically from the coastline . In addition to the papanasham beach , the 2000 yrs Sree janardhana Swamy Temple and the nature care centre are the main attractions here.

Kanyakumari (Cape Comerin)

Kanyakumari lies, 85 Kms from the resort at the southernmost extremity of India. It’s significant not only for its association with a virgin goddess, Kanya Devi , but also as the meeting point of the bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. Watching the sun rise and set from here is a big attraction, especially on full moon day in april, then it is possible to see both setting sun and rising moon on the same horizon. Although Kanyakumari is in the state of tamilnadu, both foreign and domestic visitors arrive from Kovalam main tourist place of southern kerala. Places to visit in Kanyakumari, Gandhi Mandapam, (daily 7 Am – 7 Pm), Vivekananda Rock Memmorial, situated in the sea reach by the ferry service from the jetty on the east side of the town. Kanyakumari devi temple, the image of kanyadevi inside the temple wears a diamond nosestud of such brilliance that its said to be visible from the sea. It is especially auspicious for pilgrims to wash at the bathing ghat here.

Suchindram Temple

It is located on the way to kanyakumari 73 Kms from the resort, 12 Km nort west of kanyakumari extended over a period of atleast 600 years.Parts date back as far as the ninth or tenth century , others are from the fifteenth, and a huge seven storey pyramidal gopura was erected during the sixteenth .Its oldest and most remarkable feature ,however ,is a series of beautifully preserved epigraphs carved on a huge boulder in the main mandapa .Some are in the ancient pali language ,dating from the third century BC when this was the most southerly outpost of the maurian empire. Later inscriptions in classical tamil are the first knorn references to the three traditional dynasties of the south, the cholas, the pandyas and the pallavas. Although its main sanctuary houses a Shivalingam, the temple is jointly dedicated to brahma ,Vishnu and shiva.

HOUSE BOATS

A trip in a Kettuvallam or houseboat is the major attraction of a holiday in Kerala. Houseboats, a leaf from much celebrated tradition and heritage of Kerala is a testimony for artistry and meticulousness of Keralites. It takes great skill for the construction of houseboats. Houseboats, which are generally around 80 feet long, are made of wooden planks joined together using coir ropes. Not a single nail is used in its making. The boat is then painted with black resin made from boiled cashew nut shells, which acts as a protective coating. Presently, houseboats rule the Kerala backwaters and offer a wide range of facilities.

We do organize day trips as well as overnight stay in house boats in different locations.
 


Rack Rate (CP) in INR

Effective from Oct 01 to Dec 19'2011 and from jan 16 to Mar 31'2012

Category Single Double Extra person
Beach Grove 6100 6800 1250
Heritage Home 7550 8400 1700
Premium mansion 8500 9350 1700
Heritage Premium 9350 10200 1700
Premium Suite 10200 11250 1700
Pool Mansion 15750 17850 1800

Effective from Dec 20' 2011 to Jan 15' 2012

Category Single Double Extra person
Beach Grove 7350 8200 1500
Heritage Home 9250 9950 1700
Premium mansion 10200 10900 1700
Heritage Premium 11150 11750 1700
Premium Suite 12800 14800 1700
Pool Mansion 19950 21850 1800

 

Note:

  • Exclusive Mandatory New Year Eve Dinner: Rs.14000.00
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  • X'Mas Eve Gala Dinner: Rs.7000.00
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