Kalpakavadi, Highway Motels, Alleppey, Kerala
Since 1970 kalpakavadi was the one and only motel on the highway that joins the north and south of this slender state. It has been witnessing kerala’s social, political and cultural changes from within. The then social-cultural leaders were the regular visitors of kalpakavadi, and its courtyard being heated with discussions, informal meetings and kaviyarangu and debates. It was the time kerala was in a radical change that moulded the proud malayali.
Late Mr.T.K.Varghese Vaidyan the founder of kalpakavadi had an ultimate passion of warm hospitality and creative enterprise. This property is spread over 7 acres of fertile land giving a unique kerala experience with an ethnic resemblance of life.
It bears an extravagant restaurant that delivers pure taste and hues of south, north and kuttanad preparations. Seafood, fresh and backwater catching, classy Chinese and enthusiastic continental. The much praised traditional kerala delicacies rich in spices the Syrian Christian lunch, Syrian Duck roast, Chicken stew, Duck mappas, Karimeen pollichathu, Karimeen molly, the Crab and Prawn varathathu. The restaurant with a view into the kitchen has 100 covers with a cultural effect of our traditional kerala.
An ideally built multi-purpose hall of 2000 sq.ft is designed for corporate launchings, Alumni meetings, concept weddings, engagements, NRI meetings, midway meetings. In addition to that for your celebrations we have event management back up too.
Exclusive huts with private ambience faces the garden with multi-purpose floor for a musical night or dance into the night. Jovial houseboat cruises and fascinating country boats and visits into the village life as organized to enjoy the traditional backwaters. The name “kalpakavadi” implies “Coconut grove”, coconut the most idealest of all trees.