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The Malabar House courtyard pool at dusk, lit under the tiled roof of the patio restaurant, Fort Cochin New
Kochi · Heritage boutique hotel

The Malabar House

The Malabar House stands on Parade Road in the heart of Fort Cochin, opposite St Francis Church and a three-minute walk from the Chinese fishing nets. The building's record goes back to 1755, when a Dutchman named Jan Herman Clausing bought it; spice traders, tea traders and bankers followed, and in 1997 it opened as Fort Cochin's first boutique heritage hotel. There are 17 rooms and suites around a courtyard with a 4m by 8m pool, the Malabar Junction restaurant, Divine wine lounge, a Purespa Ayurveda room and nightly Carnatic music on the patio stage. The hotel is a member of Relais & Chateaux.

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Old Harbour Hotel, Fort Cochin: the white two-storey Dutch-style mansion with tiled roof under a large rain tree, upper windows lit at dusk New
Kochi · Heritage boutique hotel

Old Harbour Hotel

Old Harbour Hotel is a 300-year-old building in the middle of Fort Cochin, built in the Dutch style with Portuguese touches. It was the first hotel of old Cochin, later housed employees of English tea-broking firms, then stood unused before reopening as a boutique hotel. There are thirteen rooms named after old Fort Cochin streets, with high ceilings and a view of either a courtyard fountain or the Chinese fishing nets, plus garden cottages with open-to-the-sky showers, a veranda and a private pond. A large garden holds the swimming pool and a stage for cultural performances; there is an Ayurvedic spa, a library and an open-air terrace.

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Tea Bungalow, Fort Kochi: the ochre two-storey heritage house at dusk, with garden lamps lit, first-floor balconies and iron tables on the lawn New
Kochi · Heritage boutique hotel

Tea Bungalow

Tea Bungalow is a heritage boutique hotel in the Fort Kochi conservation area, run by the Dempo Group of Goa. The house was built in 1912 as the workshop and office of United Carpets, a UK coir and spice exporter, and was bought in 1956 by the Brooke Bond tea company, which renamed it Brooke Bond Bungalow and housed its senior management there. Today it has two grades of air-conditioned heritage room, Deluxe and Premium, each with its own garden and balcony, a 50-seat restaurant called Cafe du Mahe that opens onto the garden, poolside tables, a library and a business lounge. Rates are quoted on enquiry.

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The Old Courtyard Hotel, Fort Kochi: the swimming pool in the inner courtyard with the arched white facade and wooden deck behind New
Kochi · Family-owned colonial heritage hotel

The Old Courtyard Hotel

The Old Courtyard Hotel is a family-owned heritage hotel on Princess Street in Fort Kochi. The house was built about 200 years ago in the Portuguese style, belonged to the Koder family, and was restored in 1999 with its original arches and pillars kept and the rooms furnished with antiques from neighbouring estates. It has nine rooms in four categories (Standard, Superior, Deluxe and one Suite) arranged around a courtyard with a lawn, a small pool and two tiers of white arches. Rates are room only with breakfast charged separately; check-in 1pm, check-out 11am.

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