A good value for money resort in Varkala with a superb location.
Resort at the Cliff area in Varkala
This is a typical 'open' layout resort set inside a sprawling coconut palm grove. From your rooms you'll enjoy the natural environment even more than the artificial facilities. The never ending sound the sea lapping at the base of the cliff and the swaying palms make an an excellent backdrop.
[#dot-a]This is a typical budget class resort. Go for Clafouti Beach Resort to enjoy the location, environment more than the 'resort facilities'.
By the way, this area - known as the Cliff - in Varkala is chock a block with resorts, restaurants and hotels. In a 15 min walk you would have crossed 10 or so hotels and resorts along the Cliff trail overlooking the sea.
Get down at Varlaka railysataion (VAK) and take a 15 min (3km) auto rickshaw ride to the resort. Most of the express trains in the Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam route stops as Varkala.
[#car] On the NH66 take the diversion at Kallambalam. Clafouti is 13km off the National Highway 66 (NH66) from Kallambalam. You'll reach Kallambalam in 35km north of Thirunananthapuram or 30km south of Kollam on the NH66.
Resort is located at the Cliff top in Varkala
Resort Cottages
View from Clafouti Resort Restaurant