10

May
2019

A Brief Note on the Bolgatty Palace in Kochi (Cochin) in Kerala

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1. The Bolgatty Island is located off the Kochi Marine Drive. It is an island situated right in the midst of Kerala’s most happening city, ‘Queen of Arabian Sea’, Kochi.

2. Coming as a major source of attraction is Bolgatty Palace and Island Resort, property operated and managed by KTDC. Other centres of attraction here include the Bolgatty Event Centre and Kochi Internal Marina.

3. The Bolgatty Palace is a delightful mansion comprising four palatial room offering travelers state-of-the-art facilities and excellent holidaying options.

4. Originally constructed by the Dutch traders in 1744, the Bolgatty palace is the oldest and a unique structure next only to the one in Holland.

5. Popularly dubbed as the Honeymooners’ paradise, the resort is quietly nestled amid lush green nature, and guaranteed to give incredible islandic experience to the tourists.

6. The resort houses a mansion block and a main block. The mansion block has the palace room and a marine block facing the marina. You can find the Marina block on one side; on the other side there is a golf course. The resort also offers six resort lake views in the resort. Surrounding the resort is a 9-hole golf course started in 1925.

7. Facing the Cochin seaport and the backwater and the Arabian Sea and the Vallarpadam container terminal and the Arabian Sea is the Bolgatty Event, easily accessible from anywhere in Cochin. Offering an exotic ambience, the venue is great for organizing Conventions, International conferences, Meetings, Exhibitions, Theme dinners and Wedding receptions.

Kochi International Marina:

Situated on the eastern coast of Bolgatty Island is the ‘Kochi International Marina’ – the full fledged marina of global standards in the country. Constructed in the Kerala traditional style, the marina offers berthing facility for 34 yachts and provides basic facilities including electricity, water and sewage pump-outs etc; here, vessels refresh and top up their stores too.