Keraleeyam Ayurvedic Health Resort

Category : Ayurvedic Health Resort
Address : Thathampally, P.O. Alappuzha, Kerala - 688 007
Accessibility : 85 kms from Kochi International Airport, Close to the Alappuzha railway station and bus stand. From Alappuzha, a 15 minute boat-cruise takes you to Keraleeyam.

Description
Keraleeyam, a heritage home and ayurvedic resort stands at a charming spot facing the picturesque backwaters. Built 70 years back on the lines of traditional, tiled Kerala homesteads, the Keraleeyam Health Resort provide an ambience of a traditional Kerala home. In addition to heritage styled air-conditioned accommodation, the Keraleeyam resort offers 3000 years old ayurvedic massage and therapies. With its lush green, healthy environment unblemished by pollution or other evils of modernization, Keraleeyam offers a pleasing vacation to guests. Boasting of calm and quiet atmosphere, Keraleeyam is the perfect place to unwind, rest and relax.

Accommodation
Keraleeyam Ayurvedic Health Resort has heritage style rooms, equipped with modern facilities. The interiors of the resort reflect an ambience of the traditional Kerala house, with handmade cots, tables and chairs. All the cottages provide you spectacular views of the Alleppey backwaters. In addition, almost all time the cottages get refreshing breeze from the backwater, which make your stay at Keraleeyam a heavenly experience.

Keraleeyam Houseboat : Apart from its heritage rooms, Keraleeyam resort offers accommodation in the Keraleeyam Houseboat. A converted traditional wooden cruise boat, Keraleeyam Houseboat has two air-conditioned bedrooms, a bright and lively open area living area, a kitchen and an experienced personal chef. Made entirely of eco-friendly materials like wood, coir and bamboo, the houseboat looks like a large floating thatched cottage. In Room Facilities
Room service, Air-conditioned rooms, Hot and cold running water, Attached bath, Shower, Colour TV and Telephone.

Other Facilities And Services
Restaurants, Travel desk, Currency exchange, Ayurvedic treatments, Airport transfer, Elephant ride, Boat cruise, Angling, Canoeing etc.

Dining
Keraleeyam Resort offers authentic cuisines of Kerala and a variety of Continental and Chinese platters too. You can enjoy the traditional cuisine of rice and spicy curries served on banana tree leaves. This traditional dish called as "Puttu" includes steamed rice-cake and coconut grating prepared in bamboo shell.

Recreation
Apart from a pleasant stay, Keraleeyam Resort offers an array of leisure and entertainment options. Go for a boat cruise along picturesque backwaters and amidst a small village to get an unforgettable experience. Elephant rides, house boat cruises, snake boat races, angling, canoeing, listening to fortune tellers, martial arts etc other recreational options. Also visit Kalithattu, an open-air theatre in front of Keraleeyam, where traditional art-forms are organized periodically. If you visit the town at the right season of the year you may witness a temple festival or seasonal festivities like Onam.

Ayurveda
Ayurveda massages, the 3000 year old, Indian method of treatment is still considered safe and effective in curing many chronic ailments. The massage helps you to attain total rejuvenation and relief from chronic aches and pains like joint pains, backache, stiff neck, migraine and rheumatic pains.

Keraleeyam resort is managed by S.D. Pharmacy Group, one of the largest and renowned corporate house of South India and offers the Ayurvedic system of health care for more than 60 years. The resort has trained masseurs who conduct various types of ayurvedic therapies and body care programs under the guidance of qualified Ayurvedic physicians.

Keraleeyam Ayurvedic Health Resort itself manufactures the medicines and oils used for massages. Ayurvedic rejuvenation therapy offered by the resort include Ahirummal (General Body Massage), Aavisnanam (Medicated Steam Bath), Pizhichil (Therapeutic whole body herbal oil massage) and Sanjeevanam (General Rejuvenation Therapy). Keraleeyam also offers various packages for Ayurvedic rejuvenation, Ayurvedic body purification, Slimming (Weight loss), Beauty care and Stress management. You can also undertake 'Yoga' lessons by the backwaters for complete relaxation.