Marari Beach Villas

A house stay surrounded by lovely garden and operated by nice, welcoming people. Overpriced, as the rooms are poorly designed with low-level furtniture, a shared opening with next room's bathroom (so you can hear the other guests when they bath or use the toilet), ants and spiderwebs, and ceiling fan was also not clean and looked old. Food is tasty and diverse. Family atmosphere.

We stayed at Marari beach villas for nine nights after originally booking only three. That's how lovely a place it is to be! Well managed and run by Ragu and his wife Jini and staff, it would be difficult to find a more pleasant, relaxed and comfortable place to stay. Nothing was too much trouble for them; we stayed in one of the two litttle villas a little removed from the main house, but Ragu would walk across with either a newspaper. cold beer or anything else we might want. The villa was cleaned to spotlessness every day, the bedlinen and towels changed daily too. Food was served in the covered dining area on top of the main house, and was wonderful - varied and very tasty home-made cuisine which never failed to delight. A particularly pleasant aspect of our stay was the fact that we were made welcome by just about all the local residents who always had time to chat and always seemed glad to practise their skills in speaking English. The beach is a delight, miles of white sand. Yes, it is, unfortunately used as a toilet by some of the locals; I am not condoning the practice, but it is, sadly, quite common in India. So if you are looking for a fairly-priced, clean and comfortable place to stay near Alleppey, give this one a try. If you receive the wonderful welcome and attention that we were afforded by the kind and generous Ragu, Jini and staff (not forgetting their lovely children), you will not be disappointed. As to being ripped off, there was nothing extra charged for anything during our whole stay, in fact Ragu and his family seemed eager to give little extras rather than to charge for them. P.S. Ragu tells me that he is hoping to have a swimming pool installed next year - watch this space!

we found this place by accident as we where travelling on a motorbike, we stayed 2 nights, in a beach bungalow, very clean, family really hospitable, the price included breakfast, also you have a option of eve meal, we had the meal in the evening it was served in there garden the food was local & gorgeous. the hosts father cannot do enough for you and makes sure you have everything you need, lovely place for a chill