Aazhimala Beach Resort Hotel

This is a fabulous place, not at all like a 1 star.
With only a few cottages, built into terraces and set amongst lush gardens its a really intimate little place where you can get to know the staff and they get to know you!
Being in such an unfamiliar place, this meant so much more to me than 4 star levels of (faceless) service and a telly in your room!
Though the cottages are a bit basically furnished and lit, the beds are big and very comfortable. If you get a cottage higher up, not only do you you get views of the sea and the eagles, the air feels cooler hanging out on your roof terrace.
Because it's built into a steepish hill, there are quite a few steps from the top down to the restaurant and beach.
But as they are likely to be the only exercise you can motivate yourself to do, as you succumb to an utterly relaxed state, courtesy of the fab coconut oil massages available in the their ayedervic center and indulge in the best-by-far-food their chef cooks. Much much much better - yummier food and service than the 4 star place's we ate in!
Highly recommended!