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Ideal Beach Resort

3.0 of 5
East Coast Road,Devaneri Village, Mahabalipuram 603104, India
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Ideal Beach Resort
4.0 of 5 stars 135 Reviews
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Kochi (Cochin), India
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 23, 2012

If you're looking for good value for money on the relatively higher end of the scale of luxury for a beach resort this is it. More importantly for us, it was close enough to the crocodile bank which we wanted to visit (highly recommend checking out). Good beach with the local flair of fishermen at one end as well. The... More

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Wyoming
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2012

Our first real stop on a 3 week tour of Southern India. This was one of our favorite places. We particularly enjoyed the breakfast buffet with wonderfully prepared Indian dishes. Lovely grounds. We stayed 2 nights and wished for more!

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Adelaide
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49 reviews 49 reviews
Reviews in 42 cities Reviews in 42 cities
21 helpful votes 21 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 7, 2012
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Arrived in Chennai and spent first 2 nights in this hotel on 8 week private tour of India, staying in 36 hotels. Stayed in sea facing deluxe cottage however could not see beach from our ground floor cottage. Hotel is right on the best beach we saw in India. To watch the fishermen at dawn was a highlight of our... More

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Bucks
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 29, 2012

Our room was an upstairs cottage style room. We liked the fact that the shower part of the bathroom was outside , which was lovely in the sunshine. You can walk through the resort and you are on the beach of the Bay of Bengal. Restaurant was not open all day , but room service was available. Meals were good... More

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West Sussex U K
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 9, 2012
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Last in Mahaballipram 30 years ago,how we and it has changed.Loved the hotel, great facilities,pool, staff, room, situation, food pretty good if you can get the chapattis and dosa freshly made

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Arizona, USA
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81 reviews 81 reviews
Reviews in 74 cities Reviews in 74 cities
36 helpful votes 36 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 4, 2012
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We stayed at this hotel while on tour, so can’t comment on the price/value. Our room was very nice, quite large with everything we needed to be comfortable. There were coffee/tea-making facilities in the room and a complementary bottle of water. The beds were very comfortable. The hotel is located on a nice beach and has well-maintained grounds. The rooms... More

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Sydney, Australia
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31 reviews 31 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
21 helpful votes 21 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 2, 2012
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Our family stayed in Dec 2011, very clean, very humble staff in reception, restaurant, and room service. Excellent value for money, breathe taking atmosphere, right on the beach. Excellent for kids. I will strongly recommend for family to stay.

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Vancouver
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25 reviews 25 reviews
Reviews in 23 cities Reviews in 23 cities
26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 29, 2012

Stayed here Nov 2011. This is a nice resort, fabulous location. You can go for nice walks on the beach here. Rooms were OK. We were disappointed with the food in the restaurant. The fish was just so, so. Nothing to write home about.

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Chennai (Madras), India
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45 reviews 45 reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
30 helpful votes 30 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 27, 2012
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This was our second stay here, on a company weekend, just about a year after the last one. Not much has changed, the welcome at reception was as cheerful, the lawns are as impeccable as ever and along with the trees and plants, swimming pool and the sea and the beach make for surroundings that are relaxing indeed. This place... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 10, 2012
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Our family stayed here for three nights over Christmas. There were a lot of Indian families there, which was nice for us, as we didn't want to stay in an anonymous western style hotel. The best thing here was the Indian food - good masala dosa for breakfast and nice spicy curries for dinnner. The Christmas buffet was excellent too,... More

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Address: East Coast Road,Devaneri Village, Mahabalipuram 603104, India
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