The Travancore Heritage

India , Kovalam
Trivandrum, Chowara P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala, 0
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20 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2025

Anish

Lovely staff, wonderful location.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Nov 2025

Mohita

We booked the premium suite for a 3 night stay recently. The room was in a good condition and the balcony was huge with a great view! Amenities were good, however there was hardly any pressure in the shower. Light switches are very inconveniently located behind the bed head and hard to reach! And there are too many of them - we had to call housekeeping to help us switch off a light the first night as we couldn't licate the switch!
The buffet breakfast included was quite average - we had better breakfast at cheaper properties during our trip.
Staff was very courteous but service was slow and language was a problem with some staff not really fluent in Hindi or English. We noticed quite a few international guests at the property so I think it would be good to have staff at the front desk that is fluent in English.
Overall, for the price we paid, I think we could've got better properties.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

14 Oct 2025

Farah

The hotel itself is nice, beautiful surroundings and views.
The room are clean. The only downpoint is the hotel only allows uber to drop guests not to collect guests from thw hotel, or you pay the triple of the price charged by an uber to a hotel driver or you have to walk to the street to the main road to get your taxi. Thats what happened to me, I don't like to feel coerced to do something. So I had to walk on street with my big luggage to get an uber, as they dont allow guest to have freedom of choice how they want to go around. I travelled over 30 countries stayed in 1 to 5 stars hotel and NEVER had this kind of experience.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2025

Binu

Great sea view from the room. Beautiful premises with lot of unique plants and flowers. Walkable distance to the beach.Excellent facilities and ayurvedic treatment options.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2025

Verified traveler

Return visit for restful stay

Beautiful place to relax with wonderful grounds and staff. My husband and I visit there twice each year. Extremely professional and friendly staff.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 May 2025

Kiruba

Near by property noise was loud from nearby area, too loud speaker noise in the mornings and evenings

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Alison

This is a beautiful, serene and very enjoyable hotel. The beach is lovely with views from everywhere. My room was spacious, quiet and well furnished with a lovely balcony and spectacular beach view. I loved both the evening and the morning ambience. The restaurant offers a varied menu with excellent service and high quality food. I’m sorry I couldn’t stay longer. Well done everyone, thank you. I would very happily return.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2024

Samiran

Excellent property for relaxation

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2024

Praveen

Traditional look and views from the property.

The approach road is horrible and unacceptable. Either the property or local govt needs to do more to improve the road conditions.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2024

Dilip

Love the upkeep

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2024

guru

awesome stay

Stay was excellent with great hospitality .
Fast in action any issues
Individual food liking was taken care by Chef .
Friendly in check in /out

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2023

Biswadeep

Excellent resort. Fabulous food, staff, pool and beach. Loved it.

Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2022

Veena

Very good stay for two nights at Travancore heritage resort. all rooms at the traditional Kerala ambience. Breakfast and dinner were excellent. Very clean rooms, extremely helpful and courteous stuff. also liked the fact that it is walkable from the beach and from the Shiva temple. One thing to note is, the property is built on many levels, and has many steep slopes to claim to go from your room to reception. May not be suitable for older folks.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2022

Biswadeep

Fantastic authentic Ayurvedic resort with lovely staff, great food, spa and beach. Will come again. Loved it.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2022

Rajesh

Internet

8/10

Excellent

13 Mar 2020

Christopher J

Stunning lodge style hotel - perfect for relaxing

It has a beautiful, if perhaps a little remote, cliff top location, but there is easy access to a massive and popular beach. The hotel is stunning, if you stay in the Heritage Lodges, and the main hotel and restaurant is gorgeous. The main pool is superb, the bach pool not quite so good. Lovely gardens and fabulous staff. A really nice choice if you are in or near Kovalam

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2020

Ian

Beautiful resort with views over the sea. Really well maintained and service good.

Beach not quite what we expected but that’s a cultural thing.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

24 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Nothing like the Expedia listing - the accommodation was terrible, even after we insisted on changing rooms. It's much smaller than advertised, it's dark, dingy, dated. We booked a Heritage Premium on the basis that it had a separate seating area - our first room didn't have anything, just a bed. Our second room had a windowless entrance hall with a wardrobe in, and no air conditioning in that room so not possible to sit there.
Facilities - one of the two outdoor pools was nice and clean. Apart from that, there's very little.

Facilities on Expedia page that DON'T EXIST - no indoor pools, no grocery/convenience store, no fitness facilities, no rooftop terrace, no health club, 1 restaurant not 3, no 24hr room service.

If the above had actually been there, or if the listing on Expedia was accurate, I'd have felt better. However, based on the information I'd booked on, and the amount I paid, I feel very short changed. I could have booked a much better hotel for the same money.
Another issue with the Expedia listing is it shows 1200 rupees as the fee for the airport shuttle - the hotel tried to charge us 1400 and only reduced it down to 1200 after about 15 mins of arguing.

The only reason I've rated this property as poor rather than terrible is because the food was brilliant.

Made my feelings clear to management - they did not care. Says it all really!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The ambience especially the Restaurant food excellent...

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2018

Krishnakumar

Travancore Heritage Resort.