In a Nutshell

Purity is a luxury boutique located on the banks of Lake Vembenad in Kerala, India featuring just 14 rooms.

At a Glance

  • Delightful boutique hotel located right on the banks of Lake Vembenad
  • Lovely, modern rooms set within a beautifully restored house
  • Perfect as a base for some gentle relaxation, or a chance to explore the backwaters or communities around the lake
  • Superb service and cuisine
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Boutique Hotel
14
Rooms
Spa
WiFi
Swimming Pool

The Detail

Purity is a luxury boutique located on the banks of Lake Vembenad in Kerala, India featuring just 14 rooms. Built in 2003 by Maria Angela Fernhof, Purity was a labour of love, blending Keralan design with an Italian flourish, fitting traditional windows and doorways and using white-rendered walls set against cute terracotta roofing. It is simply a tasteful fusion of so many styles, whether Italian, Rajput and Keralan and inside the hotel you will find a plethora of modern and antique Indian artwork and furniture. The Malabar Hotel group took over the hotel, and added more rooms and two swimming pools, yet retaining its magically relaxing atmosphere. Most guests arrive and simply say ‘wow’ when they see the views over the lake, and this is very much Purity’s big plus point. The other major draw is that you are completely away from the other hotels that line Lake Vembenad, and as such you feel very much off-the-beaten track, albeit having to arrive along a slightly bumpy road to get there (which is half the fun).

Purity Itineraries

Travel is all about those unique and special moments which make you smile. Our aim is simple: to offer exceptionally unique and innovative itineraries that are totally personalised around you.

North and South India

Delhi - Agra - Jaipur -Udaipur - Cochin - Backwaters - Marari Beach  

You might well feel India is a once-only holiday, and as such a combination of the highlights of north and south India might be what you are looking for.

14 days from £4455 p. p.

Kerala and the Maldives

Cochin - Munnar - Backwaters - the Maldives  

Combine the bustling and colourful markets of Cochin, wander through tea plantations and cruise the backwaters of Kerala before kicking back on the turquoise blue lagoons of the Maldives on an ultimate twin-centre holiday.

13 days from £2295 p. p.

Southern Trader: a tour of Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Chennai - Pondicherry - Tanjore - Madurai - Rajakkad - Munnar - Backwaters - Cochin  

This classic route takes you from Chennai (Madras) in Tamil Nadu, through the hills and into the Kerala to see the tea estates, backwaters and ending on the beach.

16 days from £2270 p. p.

Slow Kerala

Cochin - Munnar - Dewalokam - Lake Vembenad - Marari Beach  

Take a leisurely private tour through Kerala, exploring the Cochin, the tea plantations and sleepy villages in the rural heartlands, Lake Vembenad and the backwaters before ending on the beach.

15 days from £1895 p. p.

Classic Kerala

Cochin - Munnar - Periyar - Lake Vembenad - Backwaters - Marari Beach  

Kerala is exceptionally laid-back, and a leisurely private tour allows you to see the markets and history of Cochin, tea estates, wildlife, spice plantations, backwaters and end on the Indian Ocean.

13 days from £1595 p. p.

Experiences

Travel is all about those unique and special moments which make you smile. Our aim is simple: to offer exceptionally unique and innovative itineraries that are totally personalised around you.