Geo: 8.4005, 76.9798 Hotel Samudra (KTDC) is close to the Kovalam Beach, Lighthouse Beach and is situated in a great location. I liked the beautiful green gardens and my room facing the sea was lovely, our hotel was really nice and comfortable. Today we had a free day on the beach so we relaxed in the sun and took a long walk on the beach which was a pleasant change from the hectic schedule we had so far; time to recoup. We had Idli, Vada Puri and many lovely Indian dishes for breakfast, the hotel service was fine even though they had some teething problems. Ayurveda Massage Later we had our first Ayurveda massage, the masseur massages you with lots of ayurvedic oils which is soothing and then they put you in the steam or sauna ... read more

Geo: 8.5037, 76.9522Our hotel was very comfortable and we had south Indian breakfast which consisted of Idlis, Dosa, puri, vada etc. There was huge buffet choice with English varieties as well. We all got on the air conditioned coach to see the city, our guide Kapil gave us brief history of Trivandrum City. Trivandrum is sprawling over seven hills covered with English buildings and local traditional wooden houses with cosmopolitan character and Trivandrum is also the sea side capital of Kerala. Trivandrum's other name is Thiru-anantha-puram which means the city Anantha or the abode of the sacred Serpent Anantha on which Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Hindu trinity reclines. Our first stop was to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple.Padmanabhaswamy TempleWith a seven storeyed Gopuram ( tower), the Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous historical important landmark of ... read more