LE COLONIAL-Neemrana, KOCHI

Address: 1/315, Church Rad , Vasco de Gama Square, Fort Kochi,Kochi
Place: Kochi, India - Zip / Pin Code: 682001

Description: Le Colonial, by the Chinese fishing nets of Cochin is probably Asia's oldest colonial house- dating back to 1506. Just adjacent to St. Francis Church, it is reputed to have housed Vasco da Gama and the Saint. After 150 years as the Protuguese Governer's home, it was one of the rare houses not to be destroyed when Dutch took Fort Cochin. It housed the Dutch Governors for century and a half till Ian vas Spall sold it to the British in 1795, who in turn, passed it to J.Thomas, the legendary English trader of tea.

Hotel Chain: Neemrana Hotels

Total Rooms: 7

Room Facility: 1.Viceroy-Grand Room 2.Jan Van Spall-Grand Room 3.Vasco Da Gama-Room 4.Mahe de la Bourdonnais-Room 5.Major Petrie-Room 6.Tipu Sultan-Room 7.Aide de camp-Room

Room Service: 24 hrs

Other Facility: Rides with Le Colonial you on high sea galleons to the days of adventures, governors and sultans. Have a true Neemrana 'non-hotel' Hotel experience.

Location Advantage: Fort Kochi

Access Airport: 36 kms Kochi

Access Rail: 14 kms Ernakulam

spacious and well-appointed 8 guest rooms, which have been christened after the fabled Tippu Sultan theme. Apart from being nicely decorated, the rooms are well-equipped with all the modern facilities and amenities.

Number of Rooms: 2

spacious and well-appointed guest rooms, which have been christened after the fabled Tippu Sultan theme. Apart from being nicely decorated, the rooms are well-equipped with all the modern facilities and amenities.

Number of Rooms: 6

More medieval with cartouches on the bedsteads and narrow stools beyond the beds for clothes or bags, its acorn-like poster ends – all add up to another era, reminiscent of the Portuguese days.

Number of Rooms: 1

A large two-poster bed, teak floors and eclectic art adorns this linear room with pleasant white rafters adding their age. There are two large windows – one facing the St. Francis Church.

Number of Rooms: 1

A high, four-poster bed with teak steps to mount, a striped-white rafter roof and windows pierced in thick walls overlooking the St. Francis church. A gallery of etchings and gravures on the walls and the ambience of art – as in an elegant home.

Number of Rooms: 1

Named after Tipu the last Sultan of Mysore whom the French helped but the British defeated. A large almirah lends an Indian touch, as do the teak wood blinds. You can sit on the wide window sills and watch the world go by.

Number of Rooms: 1

Small in size but high on style, this room is next to the Viceroy room and with which it can make a private apartment. Its intimacy pours out on to a large verandah mottled with the shade of a giant Ficus tree. The louvered window overlooks the pool and the bathroom is all elegance.

Number of Rooms: 1