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Surya Samudra Beach Garden Resort- Kerala |
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Skiing
Jim Corbett National Park ( Dhikala Forest Rest house ) |
Welcome to Surya Samudra- Kerala's spacious, lush resort! Here one can get enough of Surya, the Sun or Samudra, the sea. 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 20 acres 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 terrace has a granite-topped table and stools cut from granite pillars. |
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Tariffs in US from April 01,
2007 to March 31, 2008 On room and breakfast basis, per day, per double room. Govt. Taxes as applicable are extra. |
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The tariff includes:
Accommodation for two persons, breakfast in the restaurant. Cancellation Charges: *For cancellations made anytime 30 days prior to the date of arrival, 50% of the total room charges will be charged as retention. *For cancellations made within 30 days prior to the date arrival, no refund will be made. |
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Accommodations Guests are accommodated, not in mere rooms or suites but a choice of modern or traditional houses, the former built of stone with soaring roofs...the others are traditional Kerala wooden residences, transplanted from their original sites. Whole tharawads (traditional Kerala houses) have been purchased and reassembled here as cottages. They have been converted into elevated structures, keeping in mind the need for free flow of space to facilitate unhindered movement and natural ventilation. Windows serve as doors while writing desks face the sea. Bathroom-cum-toilets or 'bath gardens' are open air, protected by the slopes on all sides and each house has an open-air cafeteria. "More than 100 years old, with intricate carvings and heavy shutters...these cottages have outdoor garden showers, wide verandas and, like all the accommodation, are surrounded by terraced tropical gardens. Bliss. Recommended: the Ibis or Myna rooms furnished with squatter chairs, bamboo beds and mind-blowing views of the ocean." Restaurant The Octopus, the resorts restaurant, specialises in and offers various sea-food ranging from lobsters and tiger prawns to octopus and shark; from barracuda puttu and sea urchins to baked crab and Japanese tuna salad. "Lobster Crème de la Mer (cream of the ocean), a creamy sauce with lobster, delicately spiced, is one of the specialities of Octopus." TOURISM INDIA, April 1999. Local dishes (vegetables and fish) too are prepared and can be savoured on plantain leaves. With the exception of jam, cream and pickles no preserved food is used in the resort. Fresh fish from the sea, vegetables and fruits grown in the resort garden are used to avoid pollution in food materials. Bread, cakes and ice creams are prepared here on a daily basis. The restaurant is semi-circular in shape and can seat upto a 40 people. The sea-sand flooring and the Kerala roof offer an out-of-this-world ambience. Each table has a granite pepper crusher specially made to order from Mahaballipuram. Dishes are homemade with no tastemakers added. And more than the presentation of food, Surya Samudra focuses on its essence." |
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Recreation
Various art forms of Kerala are displayed here, ranging from Classical Dances like Bharata Natyam and Kathakali to the martial art Kalaripayattu. The ancient Indian natural system of medicine, Ayurveda and Yoga, can be tried, to have a very special experience. A natural Swimming Pool carved out of rock, gives a rare, once-in-a-lifetime experience to swim in surroundings like royalty of the past. Trips around Surya Samudra can be undertaken to view the beautiful backwaters, temples and local areas. The resort can make arrangements for them. Ayurveda Surya Samudra has an ayurvedic massage centre and a yoga centre whose treatments customers swear by. The word Ayurveda is composed of two terms. 'Ayus' means 'life' and 'Veda' means the knowledge or 'Science'. Thus, Ayurveda means the science of life. It is a natural way to refresh oneself, to eliminate all toxic substances from the body and thus to regain resistance and good health. Kerala's equable climate, natural abundance of forests (with a wealth of herbs and medicinal plants), and the cool monsoon season (Jun - Nov) are best suited for Ayurveda's curative and restorative packages. The atmosphere remains dust-free and cool, opening the pores of the body to the maximum, making it most receptive to herbal oils and therapy. Surya Samudra keeps Kerala's ayurvedic medicine alive in an uninterrupted tradition on a luxurious scale. After a consultation with the doctor, 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. Excellent results with all types of pains in the joints and the muscles, and with prophylactics and relief from rheumatism and arthrosis have been seen. 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 through eight stages of training: *Disciplined behaviour (yama) *Self purification (niyama) *Bodily postures such as the lotus position (asana) *Control of breathing (pranayama) *Control of the senses (pratyahara) *Fixing of the mind on a chosen object (dharana) *Meditation (dhyana) *Samadhi -a state of being where you experience absolute tranquillity and well-being. Location & Travelling Assistance The resort complex falls under Trivandrum district and is 18 kms away from it, 22 kms from the airport. It is 5 kms away from the historic Vizhinjam (pronounced as Virinyam) harbour and 6 kms from Vizhinjam town. It is also 8 kms away from Kovalam. Air India operates international flights to Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkota (Calcutta). Indian Airlines and Jet Airways operate flights to connect these cities to smaller cities and towns like Trivandrum. Other international airlines: Kuwait Airways, Gulf Air, Sri Lankan Airlines, Silk Air, Qatar Airways and Oman Air. Alternatively, Indian railway services or the roads could be utilised to reach Trivandrum. Guests of Surya Samudra can be met at the railway station or the airport. Pulinkudi is well connected to Trivandrum and Vizhinjam as well as to Cape Comorin by bus. Taxis and reasonably priced cars with drivers too are available. Visitors of most nationalities to India, require a tourist visa, obtainable from the Indian diplomatic representatives. Kindly book your flights and stay, in time. |
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