{"id":125,"date":"2017-08-02T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/?p=125"},"modified":"2017-08-01T12:24:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T11:24:52","slug":"kovalam-accommodation-ktdc-hotel-samudra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/02\/kovalam-accommodation-ktdc-hotel-samudra\/","title":{"rendered":"Kovalam accommodation &#8211; KTDC Hotel Samudra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"hotelImagePanel\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hotelImage\" src=\"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Samudra-001.jpg\">\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hotelMapPanel\">\n        <iframe class=\"hotelMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3947.0052992481287!2d76.97087596478215!3d8.401138143957919!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x67263bbd461db14c!2sHotel+Samudra%2C+KTDC!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1494999161285\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hotelIconPanel\">\n        <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"hotelIcon hotelIconWebsite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samudrakovalam.com\/\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"hotelIcon hotelIconTripadvisor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/Hotel_Review-g311295-d2085225-Reviews-Hotel_Samudra_KTDC-Kovalam_Thiruvananthapuram_District_Kerala.html\"><\/a><span class=\"hotelIcon hotelIconCost\">Rs5000 \u00c2\u00a360<\/span>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:30px;\">\nIn Kovalam our accommodation is the KTDC Hotel Samudra, a hotel Jane and I stayed in before in 1996 and as our arrival coincides with our 23rd wedding anniversary it seemed fitting to stay here again.<br \/>\nWith its views of the sea over the swimming pool and through hammock-supporting coconut trees it&#8217;s an easy choice to stay here, once we&#8217;d decided to blow our budget a little to celebrate our anniversary..<\/p>\n<p>And to top it off no only have they given us a returning cutomers discount &#8211; it was 21 years ago! &#8211; but we&#8217;ve got the same room too.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my first pics of the place:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_35_Pro-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_35_Pro-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_35_Pro-600-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_30_Pro-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_30_Pro-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_30_Pro-600-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_45_Pro-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_45_Pro-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WIN_20170801_16_25_45_Pro-600-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If we&#8217;d stuck to budget we would have chosen the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thusharakovalam.com\/\">Hotel Thushara<\/a> which is a third of the price at Rs1700 per night.<br \/>\nThe only downside for us is that it&#8217;s a 1km dark walk back from the restaurants and bars of Kovalam. At the time of booking it was ranked 4th on TripAdvisor and 1st within its class of a mid-level hotel.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rs5000 \u00c2\u00a360 In Kovalam our accommodation is the KTDC Hotel Samudra, a hotel Jane and I stayed in before in 1996 and as our arrival coincides with our 23rd wedding anniversary it seemed fitting to stay here again. With its views of the sea over the swimming pool and through hammock-supporting coconut trees it&#8217;s an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/02\/kovalam-accommodation-ktdc-hotel-samudra\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kovalam accommodation &#8211; KTDC Hotel Samudra&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,23,15],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accommodation","tag-accommodation","tag-kerala","tag-kovalam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}