Reviews of Golden Sands Hotel, Kovalam, India
Golden Sands Hotel, Kovalam
Hotel Class: 
The light and airy rooms are basic, but comfortable and spacious. Each room features double or twin beds, private bathroom with shower and wc, ceiling fan, TV, safety deposit box and a furnished balcony or terrace with a pool view. Rooms with air conditioning are available at a supplement. A fourth bed is available for a child, however, this would be cosy.
Golden Sands Hotel Reviews
This is a basic hotel situated...
- Overall Rating:
- 6/10
- Board Basis:
- Bed & Breakfast
- Date of Holiday:
- Jan 2007
- Tour Operator:
- Thomas Cook
- Submitted By:
- djfrostie
- Comments:
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This is a basic hotel situated in an idyllic Palm Tree Area of the town of Kovalam, slightly up a hill, yet only 5 minutes from the beach.
It is reached by a series of paths and tracks- there is no made up road to the hotel! The transfer bus drops you at the top of the hill and a group of Indian bag handlers carry your luggage on their heads to the hotel while you try and keep up!
The rooms are large but basic the twin beds have a single mattress and are hard to lie on but linen is changed every other day and is fairly clean (Indian Standard).There is a ceiling fan which is effective but a bit noisy. 4 of the 17 rooms have air conditioning which you pay extra for but none have mosquito screens so take plenty of repellent.
There is a pleasant pool area with sun beds and grassed area the snack bar serves breakfast-tea/coffee toast and juice - any thing else you pay extra for, there is no bar but they will serve you a sneaky beer if required!
The staff are very friendly but will tend to try and sell you everything from a taxi to an elephant ride.
Thomas Cook have an excellent rep in Kovalam at the moment (Kelly) however she is finishing towards the end of Feb 07.
The holiday was very relaxing and enjoyable, not to many thrills at this hotel and take a torch because the track back at night is quite dark! But it was good enough to use as a base for the holiday.