Quick Tips

One of the most important life hacks for when you are staying at Hotel BR Regency is to ask for a room higher up and towards the back side of the building, far from the front facing the main road. The noise from the Thampanoor bus and trains just doesn’t stop and stays on all the time. Getting a quieter room is of utmost importance to at least get any amount of sleep in that room and would do wonders for your experience. Do not hesitate to stress this requirement while booking and at check-in.

For dining, the centrally located onsite restaurant is fine enough, but then again, you are near some of Trivandrum’s most renowned local food joints. For the best South Indian vegetarian culinary experience, one has to just leisurely walk to renowned Hotel Ariya Nivaas at a stone’s throw distance. In the evening, ‘thattukadas’ (street food stalls) crop up nearby, thereby providing yummy and cost-effective local snacks and dishes to wanderers. Much more memorable on the whole as a culinary experience than the standard fare available at hotels.

Use the hotel as merely a strategic transportation hub, not a destination unto itself. It is the ideal base for day trips that are not overly expensive. You can board a bus next door at the bus station to Kovalam Beach for the day and get back in the evening, but without paying those high costs of a beachfront hotel out there. The train station also provides quick trips to other cities, such as Varkala or Kollam. Come to think of the hotel more as a basecamp for adventure rather than for repose.

Lastly, keep your expectations in check. It’s a transit hotel and an affordable one at that in a notoriously noisy part of town, that’s the luxury here otherwise unbeatable convenience. A perfect immersion into the chaos of an Indian city, stay for one or two nights. Explore essential city sights like the Padmanabhaswamy Temple and the Napier Museum on foot before continuing to the calmer backwaters or beaches that Kerala boasts with excellent public transport links right on your doorstep.