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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| City | Chennai |
| Airport | Chennai Airport |
| Distance from Airport | 18 Km/11 Mile |
| Railway Junctions | Chennai Railway Station |
| Local Languages | Tamil, Hindi
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From
the winding road clinging to the Western Ghats, lime-green vistas full
to bursting unfurl below. A tiny road wiggles through a village, then
the track wends ever upwards, through a working coffee and pepper estate
to end before an avenue of stately trees and an 18th-century palace
built on holistic Vaastu principles. The building exudes a blissful
quietude. Rooms, courtyards and verandas are multiple and wonderful in
shape and style, lattice screens deflect torrential rains and encourage
breezes, and minimalist design is enlivened by splashes of rich colour
from paintings, linens and sweet vases of flowers. Soft-spoken Francis
Fry is the man behind all this elegant beauty, and his passionate and
unobtrusively compassionate approach touches staff, animals and all who
stay; the place shines with bonhomie. Food from the gardens is
mouthwateringly delicious, bedrooms are languorous and mattresses
divine. Extravagant wildlife includes giant squirrels and barking deer,
a cacophony of treetop birdlife soothes the soul and a swim under the
tiered waterfall will stay in the memory for ever.
