Trinity

Rooms

The design of the suites (named Red, Blue and Yellow) makes them feel open, clean, colourful and light. All have wonderfully comfortable beds, coloured silk cushions, luxurious crisp linen and cooling terracotta-tiled floors, as well as all the luxuries you’d expect for such a contemporary space - remote-controlled blinds and lighting, air conditioning, ceiling fans, DVD and CD players, phones, TVs and minibars. Those in search of authentic India be warned: the ultra-modern décor is stunning, but it's more like Europe than the East.

The Red Suite is the biggest, with planter chairs to relax in, and both it and the Blue Suite have lovely outdoor bathroom-cum-garden areas. The Yellow Suite has a small decking area, perfect for yoga or just to relax in, and a separate basin/dressing room. All have marvellous outdoor sunken showers surrounded by pebbles, with lovely light kimonos and wooden slippers provided.

Quirky features make each suite different. The Yellow Suite has a fantastic black and white photograph display of Kathakali dancers putting on their makeup; the Blue Suite has a lovely antique children’s car on its mezzanine. Original art by contemporary Indian artists graces the walls of each room, and wooden artefacts pepper the whole place. The Red and Blue Suites both have second double beds on a small mezzanine - perfect if you have a young child or you’re a group of friends together.

There are no views from any room, but the communal sitting and dining room has views over Fort Cochin’s Parade Ground. Light and airy, it also has comfortable chairs and a sofa in a deep Buddha-orange, bookshelves and a table at the window from which to enjoy the view. A dramatic black net hides the ugly building next door and adds to the ultra-modern feel.