Ama Stays and Trails Ambika Vilas
Trivandrum |
Kerala
Ama Stays and Trails Ambika Vilas is categorised as Experiential Heritage Home
Ama Stays and Trails Ambika Vilas is an experiential heritage home in Trivandrum. Dated 1911, Ambika Vilas was built using ancient principles of carpentry and is one of its kind experience to live in for every heritage traveller.
Why Stay Here?
Ama Stays and Trails Ambika Vilas is an experiential heritage home in Trivandrum. Dated 1911, Ambika Vilas was built using ancient principles of carpentry and is one of its kind experience to live in for every heritage traveller.
Reasons to Visit
- An experiential heritage home in Trivandrum built in 1911 using ancient principles of carpentry
- Home features small miniature gardens, open to the sky verandah and courtyards
- Home interior seamlessly merges with the garden, to create one holistic living space
- 3 Rooms have Airconditioning, Wi-fi, Flatscreen TV, Tea/ Coffee maker, Ensuite bathroom with 24 hours hot water
- Meals are prepared as per guest preferences. Kerala specialities are prepared using locally sourced ingredients and is most popular with travelelrs
- Excursions in and around Trivandrum can be organised
- Recommended for heritage travellers groups
Know It
- The bricks for the walls and the clay tiles for the ceiling and flooring, were locally sourced and prepared on the premises itself.
- The rooms are cool even in the hot summer months, due to the application of a paste of lime-based mortar, vegetable extracts, and eggs, to coat the walls.
- The verandahs that encircle the house, brings in the cool sea breeze and the long sloping roofs supported by wooden rafters and plinths protect the house from the heavy monsoon rains.
- The thoomanam, protects the terracotta roof and directs the rain water straight down to the earth, to replenish the ground water.
- It is here where family members gather for meals, celebrate festivals or socialise. It is also a perfect spot to watch the onset of the monsoon.
About Trivandrum
Trivandrum is a state capital of Kerala and access point to visit Beach Resorts of Kovalam / Varkala and plantation highlands around Ponmudi. more
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Places to Visit
| Pilgrimage | Kuthira Malika, Padmanabhaswamy Temple |
| Popular | Trivandrum Zoo |
| Special Interest | Napier Museum |
Excursion
Jatayu Nature Park (47 kms), Aruvikkara (17 kms), Sarkaradevi Temple (31 kms), Kaduvayil Juma Masjid (37 kms), Janardana Swami Temple (50 kms), Sivagiri Mutt (50 kms), Hawa Beach and Lighthouse Beach (14 kms), Neyyar Dam (38 kms), Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwanthari Ashram (38 kms), Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre (38 kms), Padmanabhapuram Palace (50 kms), Bird watching in Ponmudi (56 kms)