I am a very discerning hotel guest with lots of 5 star stays in many parts of the world, but Somatheeram is in a different league. While their actual rooms are far from Western 5 star standard, they make up for it with their excellent service, their heavenly location, their wonderful food and their absolutely professional, highly effective and super- relaxing treatments and massages. Go there if you want to rejuvenate, cleanse, lose weight and generally rebalance yourself. If you want a decent room, book at least "Special Cottage" category, the "Standard Cottages" and especially the rooms in the Annex can be a bit of a disappointment.

I had an excellent time at Somatheeram. It was a fun experience to meet with an Ayurvedic doctor who diagnosed my dosha and prescribed certain herbs and a specific diet while I was there. I found the food to be excellent (all vegetarian) and the accomodations were high quality. The service was at the level of a 5* resort anywhere in the world where I never carried a bag, had access to room service and a concierge, and was always greeted politely and asked if there was anything I needed. With the combination of yoga classes, exploring the beach, the spa treatments and eating the meals, my days were quite full. I also enjoyed leaving the resort and exploring the nearby town. The yoga offered here is at a very introductory level, so if you are a serious yoga practitioner do not expect to enjoy or expand your practice. I actually found myself skipping classes after a while because some of the instructions were contrary to what I believed and I was afraid of injury. Otherwise this is an excellent resort, a great base to locate yourself while exploring this area of India.

A very pleasant place to stay. Warm welcome and attentive staff who are polite and smile often. The Ayurvedic treatment is competently delivered under the close supervision of doctors. Treatment staff extremely curteous. They do their job well. By no means cheap when all is taken into account. Ayurvedic treatments were 51 Euro each. An hour on the bus to Trivandrum. A bit isolated. The beach below the resort is interesting because of the fishing communities that work from it. The ocean rolls in hard and it is not pleasant to swim from. There is access to a pool. The hotel makes every effort to ensure there is an evening enterainment in the restaurant, music or dance.

Recently I had been to Kovalam with my family and we booked Soma Palm Resort for our Stay. Really the Stay was fantastic. The place is so calm and beautiful that we can simply relax there for days without even going out of Hotel.
We really enjoyed our stay there. My 2 years old doughter to her grandmother all enjoyed that simply means its perfect for all type of people.