| Category : |
Four star hotel owned and managed by Taj Hotels Resorts
and Palaces. |
| Location : |
Kumarakom
Bird Sanctuary. |
| Address |
1/404, Kumarakom, Kottayam-686 563, Kerala, India, Tel:
00 91 481 2525711-6 |
| Getting there : |
By air: The nearest airport is Cochin
International Airport (70 Km). Trivandrum International Airport is 171
km.
By rail: Kottayam (14 km) is the nearest railway station as well as bus
terminal. |
| Accommodation
: |
Various types of rooms and suites
include luxury villas with private pools, luxury villas, deluxe cottage
room, cottage room and standard rooms. |
| Facilities/services : |
24 hours power back up, same day
laundry service, library, first aid, STD and ISD calls facility and
round the clock security, Internet, mini bar, TV, money changer, 24-hour
room service, credit card acceptance. |
| Cuisine : |
Indian and Continental including traditional and
contemporary foods. |
| Highlights : |
The 120 years old historical bungalow of the hotel is
today caters international standard of accommodation to tourists of
Kumarakom. This little gem of Kumarakom is probably the finest place to
explore the world famous backwater and its wonderland, Kumarakom Bird
Sanctuary. |
Owned by Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Taj Garden Retreat Eco
Hotel is undoubtedly the best place to offer a luxurious comfort to
travellers coming to Kumarakom. The historical bungalow of the Taj Garden
Retreat built 120 years before sets a very high standard of hospitality and
is today aptly called as little jewel of Kumarakom.
Located on the world famous backwater of Kerala, the famous four star
hotel, Taj Garden Retreat is very easily accessed from all other locations
of the country. International tourists without toiling hard can reach here
as international airport of Cochin lies merely 70 km far from the hotel.
Even Trivandrum International Airport is just 171 km from Kumarakom, which
is just 4-5 hours drive. For rail travelers, Kottayam is the nearest railway
station as well as bus terminal.
Facilities
The large range of accommodation facilities of Taj Garden Retreat provide
international standard of hospitality, and take greater care of guest's
diverse accommodation requirement. Various types of rooms and suites include
luxury villas with private pools, luxury villas, deluxe cottage room,
cottage room and standard rooms. All the luxury villas are spacious having
large glass rooms which face either the lily pond or Vembanad lake. Each of
the villas are equipped with all kind of modern amenities like open air
garden showers, mini bar, colour television, international direct dial
facility and hair dryer.
Even all the rooms of Taj Garden Retreat are given all kind of modern
amenities and facilities in their rooms, such as doctor-on-call, currency
exchange, baby sitting, round the clock power back up and security service,
same day laundry, television, broadband Internet access, international dial
call, credit card acceptance, room service, and etc. To enjoy the amazing
experience of Kerala backwater, guests can even opt for staying in house
boat. Every house boat is attached with all kind of standard accommodation
facilities. The hotel has excellent dining facility in its restaurant named
as 'Baker's dining room' and bar called 'Sunset bar'.
having the Indian and International cuisine, the restaurant serves
traditional as well as contemporary foods.
Along with excellent accommodation, the eco hotel promises its guests to
fall in love with the scenic beauty and richness of natural surrounding of
kumarakom. Hotel's official even arranges game viewing in the world
famous Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary. The wonderland of bird sanctuary is abode
to hundreds of bird' species. Besides, boat cruise in the nearby world
famous Kerala backwater is another gate to open a unique experience to
guests of Taj Garden Retreat.
