South India is a haven when it comes to holiday destinations; Kodaikanal being one of them. The nearest airports to this nature’s basket are Madurai at 120 km and Coimbatore at 190 km. Kodaikanal to Bangalore is a 456 km drive on NH7, on an excellent road backed with mesmerizing sceneries.

The hotels in Kodaikanal are known for their grandeur and opulence, which is strikingly distinct in every Kodaikanal hotel. Hotel Kodaikanal International is a quick favourite with most travellers, thanks to its prime location being minutes away from the Boat Club, parallel to the Theni-Kodaikanal highway. The hotel is renowned for its exemplary hospitality and services, also with regard to its beautiful hotel architecture.

The hotel has an assortment of 69 rooms and suites, ranging from Standard Rooms to spacious, sprawling Royal Suites. All rooms are facilitated with modern amenities like television sets, direct dial telephones for 24X7 room service, dressing tables and cupboards. The Suites and Cottages also have refrigerators, built-in heaters, mini bars, bathtubs and wooden flooring. While the standard rooms have beautiful adjacent sit-outs where you can spend some peaceful moments admiring nature’s beauty, the suites have separate living rooms for you to luxuriously relax in.

All bathrooms are efficiently designed and spacious with round the clock running hot and cold water, amenities like dental and bathroom kits and shower curtains.

Hotel Kodaikanal strives hard to maintain its impressive hospitality and scrumptious food. The Orchard at the hotel serves an enticing range of meals in different cuisines like Continental, Chinese, North-Indian and South Indian specialities. The Oasis bar plates up a platter of mouth-watering cocktails, which are served from 11 AM in the day till 11 PM at night. The coffee shop at The Orchard is open throughout the day, even on Sundays.

The hotel is a recreational sports’ retreat. Badminton and basketball courts, board games and billiards rooms, a golf course and a jogging track are the main options that you’ll have. The hotel’s health club provides a fully equipped gymnasium with a massage parlour, acupunctural options, options for showering and Yoga. The meticulously planned Cinderella Park with numerous swings and slides and ample seating for the parents and family folks is a kids’ favourite. The neatly manicured garden is lined with fountains and pools and also houses various pet animals and birds like ducks, emus and rabbits.

For business travellers, the hotel has added two plush, neatly equipped conference rooms, spacious enough to seat almost 200 attendees, to its sprawling campus. The hotel also offers secretarial and banquet services.

Pickup facilities and car rentals, travel desk, laundry, internet services and safety deposits are just a few other great value-for-money services that the hotel humbly promises along with exceptional hospitality.