A slightly mixed bag. The staff is friendly, especially the front desk & the local tour organizers. Food is a little tasteless, but healthy. Location is great. Resort is clean.
Most staff speak only Malayalam. Parking is off site. Very inconvenient. Intercom works in parts. the restaurant timings are very restricted. Imagine no dinner after 10 evening. Wow.. And we were on a holiday..
One big disappointment - I booked a beach cottage with sea facing view and paid a premium for it but we got a room which didnt have any sea view and it was some distance from Sea. In fact some of the cheaper room had better sea view.
Overall property is good and service is nice
Abbiamo soggiornato in periodo di bassa stagione ad un prezzo eccezionale nel cottage sulla spiaggia. Niente tv nĂš wifi solo il rumore delle onde e al mattino qualche tacchino che girava libero all'ombra delle palme.
Il servizio impeccabile, ristorante economico ma di alta qualitĂ ! Se volete wifi 24/24 meglio soggiornare nelle abitazioni sopra e non sulla spiaggia ma il mio consiglio personale Ăš di spegnere tutto per qualche giorno e lasciarvi cullare totalmente da questo angolo di natura.
Fantastisk! Som Ä komme hjem! SÄ avslappende og hyggelig hadde vi ikke ant at vi kunne fÄ det.
Vennligheten og hjelpsomheten er helt i en klasse for seg! Og maten.... Herremin, sÄ nydelig! Konseptet er Þkologisk, sÄ her er det for eksempel ikke avkjÞlt vann, og aircondition bare pÄ enkelte rom. Men man trenger ikke hverken det ene eller det andre lÊrte vi oss veldig fort. Vi kommer aldri mer til Ä spise avkjÞlt fruktsalat, nÄr romtemperert smaker som sol i hver munnfull. VÄre tre dager ble til to uker, og kanskje enda lenger. Anbefales pÄ det sterkeste!
The hotel has two distinctly in two locations- one, on high grounds, and the other, nearer to sea. We stayed at the sea. Location is amazing with a wonderful sea view. Round the clock roaring waves makes it awesome. Coconut trees and a variety of other plants render an excellent garden as well. A well maintained lawn and a variety of orchids compel you to lie on hammocks for ever. Rooms are ethnic, spacious and neat. Staff quite courteous and helpful. Food is homely, makes you eat more and more. Overall, it is just good to be away from the routine urban crowds to be in this serene place.
Location was awesome...just 30mins frm trivendrum airport, 5 mins frm kovalam and 90kms frm kanyakumari. resort is very close to the beach. We booked Old House rooms which were small yet comfortable. Staff is very cordial and friendly. Food is good but expensive. They can make arrangements for your travel massage and anything you need. If you are going to relax for a few days, Thapovan is the best palce to rejuvenate.
It was a perfect retreat for me. The treatments and yoga were just what I needed to relax after some stressful weeks at work, the food was excellent and the staff very friendly. They really looked after me. I would happily recommend the resort, the beach, the location and would come back another time. The lack of tv and internet are actually a blessing in disguise. After this, I went to Kovalam Beach which is the complete opposite. So glad I stayed at Thapovan.
Thapovan was one of the most beautiful places I've stayed at in Kerala. We had booked an Eagle's Nest room with the beach view and it was a great stay. The hotel staff is very co-operative and warm. They did their best to make sure our stay was comfortable.
Do try the Ayurvedic massages here. The masseuse are very skilful and having tried massages all over the world, I'd say the one at Thapovan was the best. Very relaxing. The private beach, the food, the ambience - Thapovan has all the elements for a great holiday.
Thank you.
Lovely hotel & resort, split into 2 sites - the cheaper rooms are on a separate site, a 2 min walk downhill (5 mins uphill!!) from the more expensive beachside cottages on the 2nd site. Top site has better views, and a nicer restaurant. Nice private beach with friendly lifeguard, although sea was rough so no swimming. Had an ayuverdic massage which was a real experience... Yoga session in the morning was a fantastic start to the day. All in all, just what we needed :)
Das Hotel ist besonders fĂŒr Arjuvedabegeisterte empfehlenswert, es hat einen entsprechenden "Kurbereich" und ist darauf spezialisiert . Wir waren eher zum generellen Entspannen da und hatten ein einfaches Zimmer ohne Klimaanlage gebucht , das im VerhĂ€ltnis zur sonst gepflegten und sehr ansprechenden Anlage etwas abfiel. Ein Pool wĂ€re gut gewesen, insbesondere weil das Schwimmen im Meer hĂ€ufig zu gefĂ€hrlich war. Zum recht netten Kovalam Strand gelangt man ab per Scooter fĂŒr wenig Geld in ca 15 min. Das Essen im hĂŒbschen Terassenrestaurant war gut, der Service aber sehr schleppend. Das Preis LeistungsverhĂ€ltnis ist nicht so gut, insbesondere da im Zimmerpreis kein FrĂŒhstĂŒck enthalten war. Die Zweiteilung des Hotels in StrandnĂ€he und Berglaget ist suboptimal, aber zumutbar.
This is our 2nd time to stay here and we love it. The place is beautiful and serene and the service is excellent. The beach is clean and we think the food is great. Remember to ask them for the Ayurvedic menu. We look forward to returning as soon as we can.
Tapovan was an excellent resort for family vacation. Beach facing rooms, you can walk into the beach from room.
Food was good, reasonably priced for a resort of this type.
It is about 6 km from Kovalam beach
An amazing hotel, with clean rooms and great service. Food in the restaurant is perfect. The only hiccup was the price for the laundry. But still a great hotel.
We had booked Old House as the Beach house was not available while booking online. We reached early and our room was up for clean. So I enquire if the beach side Room was available or not and it was available. We were shown both the rooms by Srikanth and we preffered to stay at Beach Side room. Srikanth upgraded us to Beach Cottages without any additional cost.
The ambience is very good. The beach is very nearby and clean and is lifeguard is always present on th beach.
Last day , knowing that we were on our honeymoon they had decorated our bed with flowers and fruit basket.
For sight seeing we had asked Srikanth to make arrangement for an bike which he promptly did.