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Harbour Restaurant
( 2230767; Beach Rd; meals ?100-290; 10am-10pm)
This enjoyable beachside place is run by
the nearby Raheem Residency. It's more casual and budget-conscious than the hotel's res-
taurant, but promises a range of well-prepared Indian, Chinese and Continental dishes,
and some of the coldest beer in town.
MULTICUISINE
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Royale Park Hotel
(YMCA Rd; meals ?100-200; 7am-10.30pm, bar 10.30am-10.30pm; )
There is an extensive menu at
this air-con hotel restaurant, and the food is excellent, including scrumptious veg/fish thal-
is (?120/150). You can order from the same menu in the surprisingly nice upstairs bar and
wash down your meal with a cold Kingfisher.
INDIAN
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Chakara Restaurant
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MULTICUISINE
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( 2230767; Beach Rd; mini Kerala meal ?420, mains from ?450; 12.30-3pm & 7-10pm)
The restaurant at
Raheem Residency is Alleppey's finest, with seating on a
bijou
open rooftop, reached via
a spiral staircase, with views over to the beach. The menu creatively combines traditional
Keralan and European cuisine, specialising in locally-caught fish.
WORTH A TRIP
GREEN PALM HOMES
Kerala's backwaters snake in all directions from Alleppey and, while touring on a houseboat is a great experien-
ce, taking time to slow down and stay in a village can be just as rewarding.
Just 12km from Alleppey on a backwater island,
Green Palms Homes
( 9495557675, 0477-2724497;
www.greenpalmhomes.com
; Chennamkary; r without bathroom incl full board ?2250, r ?3250-4000) is a series of
homestays that seem a universe away, set in a picturesque village, where you sleep in simple rooms in villagers'
homes among rice paddies (though 'premium' rooms with attached bathroom and air-con are available). It's
splendidly quiet, there are no roads in sight and you can take a guided walk, hire bicycles (?50 per hour) and ca-
noes (?100 per hour) or take cooking classes with your hosts (?150).
To get here, call ahead and catch one of the hourly ferries from Alleppey to Chennamkary (?5, 1ΒΌ hours). It's
also accessible by autorickshaw (around ?150) then canoe across to the island. This is a traditional village; dress
appropriately.
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