Marari Beach Resort

Enjoy the coolness of Marari's stone pool, which is lined with loungers where you can relax under the shade of a thatched umbrella. For a little extra rejuvination, visit the spa for a lovely Ayurvedic treatment. The resort has plenty of dining options including seafood at the Beach Grill where you can enjoy specialties like the masala-grilled squid. The open-sided Beach Shack serves tasty Italian pizzas accompanied by the occasional live performance - the perfect spot for a sundowner.

Marari has a collection of villas dotted around its 30-acre garden. Thatched with coconut palm leaves, the villas bring the outdoors inside with open-air bathrooms and scenes of nature on the walls. Decorated in shades of blue or green, each villa has a private veranda, mini bar and lounge area. A number of the cottages also come with a lovely pool in a walled garden. The Deluxe Garden Villa has a separate lounge, two bathrooms and a sitting area on the patio.

If you fancy a little activity after lazing by the pool, doing yoga at the beach or enjoying a swim in the sea (conditions depending), head out on a morning walk to the fish-landing harbour where you can watch fishermen barter their catches. Take up Marari's offer of badminton, tennis, volleyball or even an evening game of football with the staff. Explore the fishing hamlet's other side with a cruise down the backwaters of Kerala, watching birds swoop over the lake and passing village life on the banks of the canals.