Eighth Bastion Fort Kochi - a CGH Earth Experience

This is an excellent small hotel. We arrived very late at night (4:30am) after flying from the United States and a warm welcome awaited. We had a lovely room with king sized bed and a nice shower in the bathroom. Breakfast was great both days, with a huge selection of made to order items. The staff are wonderful and work hard to meet your wants and needs. Highly recommend.

We really enjoyed our two night stay here. We were warmly welcomed with a cold drink and a cold towel. Our room was huge, comfortable and airy, as was the bathroom. It was lovely to have a variety of real teas in our room. The food was excellent and staff friendly and helpful. There is a lovely terrace, with a shaded area to eat or have a drink and a nice pool. The location is ideal - very close to shops, restaurants and the waterfront where the fish is brought in. We visited and bought a number of gifts from the Kochi Society - an initiative run by local women making and selling beautiful jewellery, handcrafts, textiles, spices and much more. Also well worth a visit is the small theatre to see the Kathakali traditional Keralan dance and the martial arts performances. The demonstration and explanation before each of the two short performances was really helpful in understanding it. We had booked the first performance which was fascinating so stayed on for the second and really enjoyed both.

We stayed for two nights on a trip to southern India. I thought this hotel was very nice with fine rooms, helpful staff, inviting pool (that we did not use) and good restaurant. The Fort Kochi area seemed quite walkable. All in all, a good experience.

Clean, spacious, friendly staff, nice rooms, comfy beds. great location very close to all tourist sights. Amazing food. Only downside was we had a room overlooking the backstreet which was very noisy with car horns, voices etc. Highly recommended though.

Eighth Bastion, Kochi is a lovely modern small hotel near but not on the beach-front of Kochi. Situated in an old colonial part of the city, Eighth Bastion is set among old colonial mansions of huge trees and beautiful gardens. Rooms are of excellent quality and comfort. Of special mention is the wonderful restaurant serving three meals a day and its young chef who produces absolute quality offerings with exquisite presentation. Just outstanding. Great experience.

This is an excellent place to stay in Fort Cochin. The location is great to all walking around the Fort area and its waterfront. The hotel is clean, well cared for. Our room was slightly noisy due to street below but not too bad, given that this is an area with lots of small streets and bikes with horns etc. as in India..The pool was nice and adequate and the food was fine for breakfast buffet. Not a place to expect modern building hotel - more a heritage feel. The staff were fantastic and attentive to our every need and great guidance for directions etc. Great food at nearby Paragon Restaurant and Harbor Hotel Restaurant - all walking distance. A nice place to stay after exploring Fort Cochin and its fascinating streets and markets.