Malabar Ocean Front Resort and Spa, Bekal

A very good place with fantastic people. Everything is perfect and if you need something else people of the hotel will kindly help you. Beautiful place beside the sea with a great and endless sea. Rooms are comfortabl, with compliments and very clean

By all means do the golden triangle (as we have) but whatever you do before setting off for home head South, as we did, to Mangalore airport (2 and a quarter flying hours from Delhi) hop in a taxi, which the resort will arrange for you, and come to this perfect beach/pool holiday resort. The only difficult decision you’ll need to make all day is wether to turn left or right to walk ***** the beautiful sandy beach. Breakfast is served in an open restaurant on the beach. You’ll want to take the 2 hours the buffet is available to watch the surf and see the bird & animal life as it goes about it’s day. We’ve followed breakfast with a morning stroll down (or up) the beach enjoying the ‘beach cranes’ watching for fish in the shallows, the crabs run for cover as we approach and we were fortunate enough to see a pod of dolphins 30 meters offshore as they made their way north (no guarantees). We have a poolside room on the ground floor. It has a very large double bed, a sofa, desk & chair and a fridge to take the mineral water bottles left daily outside the door. The en suite washroom has a good shower as well as basin and loo. Housekeeping do a great job of cleaning when requested. Step out of our patio doors into the pool area. The pool is self regulating and a good size in the shape of an apostrophe with an area for children and the main part varies from 3 to 5 feet in depth. It is beautifully kept and very necessary as there is no lifeguard for those choosing to swim in the sea and the currents are strong. The spa offers a variety of Ayurvedic treatments some of which we have tried. Don’t expect the massage to be as they might be in England. The facials are extremely rewarding. The food is very good and plentiful. Breakfast sets you up for the day. We haven’t needed lunch so can’t comment however there are complementary tea/coffee and snacks on the beach at ‘teatime’ and dinner varies from a wide choice a la carte or, if things are busier a reasonably priced buffet. There is a separate restaurant for lunch and dinner and room service is available. The resort has a gym, though if you’re here to relax you might consider, as I do, walking past it as exercise enough. The staff are extremely friendly and will do all they can to help your stay. There are no walk to markets or other things, we’ve not wanted to do anything but relax, so be sure to have what you want in the gifts line before you get here. We are among the few non indigenous people to be here and that speaks volumes. It’s not ‘Surrey by the sea’ it’s where Indian people come to holiday. Part of me wants to keep it a secret!

This resort is the perfect relaxing getaway on Malabar coast. The beach is clean, quiet, and serene. The grounds a tropical Kerala paradise. And the Ayurvedic spa service is very professional. Bindu at the spa gave me a Shirodhara treatment and it was very relaxing. I never felt rushed and there was a convenient shower to wash off with afterwards.