Akkara House, near Kottayam town (5 kms), Kerala, is a large, secluded and comfortable property set on the river-bend of the Meenachil River. It has quaint rooms, with terracotta floors, period furniture, and a large open courtyard with steps leading to the river.

Akkara is an ideal place to spend some quite moments, savour some traditional Syrian Christian cuisine, explore the rivulets, backwaters and lakes in ‘Kettuvallams’- house boats or just simply laze. 

Kottayam is a city of churches and waterways and plantations. It is the first 100% literate Municipal City in India and publishes several newspapers and magazines in Malayalam and English .

It is the stronghold of the Syrian Christian community, with over 200 churches. One of which - ‘Cheriapally’ - is over 300 years old and is a fine example of period architecture.

Kottayam is located at the foothills of the Western Ghats and is close to several plantations and has become a trading centre for plantation crops: rubber, tea, pepper and cardamom.

Sightseeing Options around Kottayam