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Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort

3.5 star property

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You can look forward to a free breakfast buffet, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a hot tub at Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning

Room options

Deluxe Double Room

  • 30 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Varkala, Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort is near the beach. Sivagiri and Anchuthengu and Anjengo Fort are local landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Varkala Beach and Varkala Cliff.
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Kurakkanni Cliff, Varkala, Kerala, 695141

What's nearby

  • Varkala Beach
    Varkala Beach
    5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • panoramic view of colorful fishermen boats in front of Varkala South Cliff with mosque on top, Kerala, India
    Varkala Cliff
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Black Sand Beach Varkala
    11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Janardanaswamy Temple
    18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • South Cliff
    5 min drive - 5.3 km

Getting around

  • Thiruvananthapuram Varkala Station
    9 min drive
  • Trivandrum Intl. Airport (TRV)
    86 min drive

Restaurants

  • Bindu's Cafe
    11 min walk
  • Mellow
    3 min walk
  • Clafouti
    7 min walk
  • God's Own Country Kitchen
    5 min walk
  • Cafe del Mar
    6 min walk

About this property

Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort

Property highlights
Consider a stay at Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort and take advantage of a free breakfast buffet, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a hot tub. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • Free self parking
  • Limo/town car service, a porter/bellhop, and a front-desk safe
  • A 24-hour front desk, free newspapers, and concierge services
Room features
All guestrooms at Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort boast thoughtful touches such as premium bedding and air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and safes.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • TVs with satellite channels
  • Wardrobes/closets, daily housekeeping, and desks

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Train station pick-up shuttle (surcharge)
  • Limo/town car service
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Hot tub

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • Pool loungers

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 5 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 1100.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Housekeeping is available for an additional fee
  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 1100.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Please note: To comply with local law, no alcohol will be served in this property on the first day of every month.

We should mention

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Deshadan Beach Resort
Deshadan Cliff
Deshadan Cliff & Beach Resort
Deshadan Cliff & Beach Resort Varkala
Deshadan Cliff Beach
Deshadan Cliff Beach Resort
Deshadan Cliff Beach Varkala
Deshadan Cliff & Beach Hotel Varkala
Deshadan Cliff & Beach Resort Varkala, Kerala
Deshadan Cliff And Beach Resort
Deshadan Cliff Beach Resort Varkala
Deshadan Cliff And Varkala
Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort Hotel
Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort Varkala
Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort Hotel Varkala

Frequently asked questions

Is Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort?

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM.

What time is check-out at Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort?

Check-out is at noon.

Does Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort located?

Situated near the beach, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Varkala Beach and Varkala Cliff. Black Sand Beach Varkala and Janardanaswamy Temple are also within 1 mi (2 km).

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Reviews

Deshadan Cliff and Beach Resort Reviews

8.6

Excellent

9.0

Cleanliness

8.2

Location

8.8

Staff & service

8.4

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 42 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 42 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 42 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 42 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 42 reviews

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pool right outside my room Bed is very comfortable A/C is quiet.
Compact easy to navigate set up.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Sheeba

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel, but not close to beach

Good service, and amneties like pool. Friendly staff. About 10 min walk from cliffside and beach
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Nanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

JennieB

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic amenities and facilities, but staff were friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Thea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed our time at this hotel. Nice, big rooms - quiet beautiful place with a nice pool and a good breakfast. Not far to walk to the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good service, good a/c, comfortable beds, nice pool, but bathrooms could have been nicer and wifi didn't work in our room. Somewhat noisy in the mornings due to on-site restaurant/neighboring rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful location, good amenities

The Deshadan Cliff & Beach Resort was as promised with all amenities including free wifi, parking and swimming pool. The rates were slightly on the higher side owing to the holidayyum season but still not exorbitant for the amenities offered. Location was perfect and at walking distance from the beach and cliff. The rooms were clean and spacious enough with private washroom and all essential toiletries provided. Air conditioning too was fine as was the television with required channels available. The wifi was a tad slow to be honest especially inside the rooms but manageable. The free buffet breakfast was quite a decent spread and had a mix of South Indian and continental. The food otherwise too was tasty albeit a bit on the higher side as far as prices were concerned. The staff were all extremely friendly and more than willing to help out with a smile, whenever required. Dealing with each and every one of them was pleasant. Overall, an excellent and relaxing stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice compact hotel.. near rooms good food.. only suggestions pl provide a proper route map to reach the hotel from say Kollam or Kochi. Google maps takes you to very bad roads along beach if you are self driving
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

BJ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great otpion for Varkala Beach.

This is a great option for Varkala beach. Super friendly staff and decent, spacious bedrooms. Great breakfast, not the same every day. Fresh fruit juice, healthy stuff. Smooth check-in and check out. Pool hours should really be reviewed, it is too restrictive to tell guests in a destination like Varkala Beach that pool access is not possible after 6pm. Really hoping to go back soon.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Kim Sjöholm

Äger var mycket trevlig och hjälpsam. Personalen är väldigt service inriktade. Mysigt och familjärt ställe som vi verkligen trivdes på. Kan varmt rekommendera detta boende!
Verified

8/10 Good

Jillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

A great location at a relatively low cost

We loved staying in Varkala, the Deshadan is a great location, just 5 mins off the main beach and restaurant area. A fabulous beach!! Highly recommend My Place restaurant, Tika Masala and fish in banana leave we’re particularly good! Accommodation great for a relatively low cost hotel with A/C & fan, breakfast included. The only enhancement would have been a in-room safe.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Verified

4/10 Poor

2 français en vacances

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Prix largement surévalué

Hôtel agréable, bon petit déjeuner, mais pour bien moins cher à Varkala (15€ de moins) on trouve mieux, plus belle piscine, chambre au moins aussi confortable et emplacement similaire... Nous avons donc déménagé.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Fredrika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Jättefint, lugnt hotell med underbart vänlig personal!
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

good hotel with great pool

A nice hotel with friendly staff. The breakfast staff were very helpful in particular. The room was good but make sure you get one close to the pool as the ones at the front of the hotel near the road are grotty. A five minute walk to the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Indyjska Kerala w pełnej krasie.

Biorąc pod uwagę zalety hotelu i jego okolicy warto było tam pojechać. Hotel położony blisko słynnego klifu z jego atrakcjami w postaci bardzo wielu sklepów i niemal podobnej liczby najprzeróżniejszych restauracyjek z doskonałymi potrawami oraz piaszczystej i generalnie czystej płazy, a jednocześnie cichy i spokojny, bo nieco oddalony od zgiełku handlowo - kulinarnego. Warto będzie tam wkrótce wrócić. Swoista atrakcja jest pobliska świątynia, do której można dojść pieszo lu dojechać tut-Tuskiem dosłownie za grosze.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

ron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely quiet location, only short walk to beach.

Very polite staff, good location. Quiet and has a nice pool.
Verified

8/10 Good

Marcus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A lot of bang for the buck

Great value for money, best we've stayed in so far in India. Nice pool, fantastic staff, good food in the restaurant. A little jaded but aren't we all? Wifi good when it worked but was a little temperamental. All in all a great stay, would highly recommend
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely resort - food could be improved a little

Overall our stay was very enjoyable. The room was large and clean with a seating area, TV and very comfortable bed. The pool and surrounding area were kept very clean as well. Staff were polite although service a little slow. Only complaint is the food. We ordered pasta one night which was full of garlic skin. Another morning I ordered cereal and was presented with a bowl but told they thought it was bad - I tried one piece in front of them as that's what it seemed like they were waiting for me to do, it was indeed bad. I asked for toast instead and the first lot we were given was mouldy. And the fruit in the morning tasted strongly of onion. The food is what lets what would be a very nice hotel down.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sudhakar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very helpful staff. Good food at their restaurant.
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Nils

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

There are a lot of better Hotels near

We booked this one in advanced.. bad desiscion. We paid the roon and didnt sleep here, because of the room and the atmosphere of the hole resort where terrible. You can find much better Hotels near the cliff for way better price.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marcia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Relaxing stay

Excellent staff and facilities, great location . The food was far superior to what is available at beach.
Verified

6/10 Okay

richrich

Liked: Staff & service

OK for India

Reasonable overall. Dated rooms, outdoor breakfast seemed quite unhygienic with ants everywhere, usual egg and rubbishy toast with nescafe or lukewarm tea. Very helpful staff lent us power adaptors and basically let us check out much later than the published time which was useful. Bags left there all day with no problems.
Verified

8/10 Good

rohit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

“Comfy beds”

nice service!!
Verified

6/10 Okay

Pawan Dhir

Convenient stopover

We stayed at the Deshshdan Cliff and Beach Resort for one night as a stop over for a night before heading to Kovalam for the final stay. The hotel is rather dated and rooms a bit crammed around a small swimming pool. It is OK for a one night stay as the location is ideal to walk to Varkala beach (a couple of hundred meters) to see the sunset in the evening and have a drink while taking in the view.
Verified

8/10 Good

Patrick et Brenda

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Convinient and quiet

It was quiet and pleasant stay, had a good room, regarding the kitchen and staff, there is need for improvement. Also the bed too soft, not really good for the back. Good thing its was far from noise.