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The Malabar House
Fort Kochi, Kerala, India · Malabar Escapes · Core Luxury
An 18th-century colonial merchant mansion in Fort Kochi, run as a Relais & Chateaux house with a serious contemporary Indian art collection. Joerg and Txuku Drechsel restored it. Seventeen rooms, a courtyard restaurant, and the harbour a short walk through the old Dutch streets.
- 17 rooms
- Opened 1997
About The Malabar House
- Joerg and Txuku Drechsel restored this 18th-century Fort Kochi merchant mansion in the 1990s.
- Contemporary Indian art hangs through the seventeen rooms and courtyard rather than period pastiche.
- Relais & Chateaux member; the harbour is a short walk through the old Dutch streets.
History
The Malabar House occupies an 18th-century colonial merchant house in Fort Kochi. The Drechsels opened it as a small hotel in the 1990s and joined Relais & Chateaux, filling rooms and courtyards with contemporary Indian art rather than period pastiche.
Restaurants and bars
- Malabar House courtyard restaurant — Restaurant · Kerala and contemporary Indian
Amenities
- Museum-quality contemporary Indian art collection
- Courtyard in an 18th-century Fort Kochi mansion
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