The Highland Hotel and Resort Kollam is one of the most well placed budget hotels in Kollam and provides a plethora of modern facilities on the bank of the Ashtamudi Lake. The verdant emerald waters, the face of which keep changing with the changing hours of the day, keep you company all day long at the Highland Hotel and Resort Kollam.
The rooms at the hotel are done up in soothing decor and state of the art gadgets. The room offer panoramic views of the Ashtamudi letting you have as much as you can of the Kerala backwaters. The room facilities are:
The well laid out dining hall at the hotel serves lip smacking Indian, continental and spicy Kerala cuisine. The delicious food coupled with the excellent ambience makes a truly memorable dining experience.
The resort has a telephone connection that allows the guests to make international calls.
The hotel lies on the banks of the Ashtamudi Lake, the hub of much water sports activity. You can go on houseboat cruise, country boat cruise or rice boat cruises. However, it is not advisable to go on rice boat cruises if you are not an expert swimmer or do not have a local fisherman for a guide.
Kollam remained an important port for export to Rome. The Romans were very fond of Indian spices, jewels, diamonds and fabric. The spices from Kollam specially cashew nut, had made quite a name for itself in the international arena as early as that and is still going strong as one of the producers of best quality cashew nut in India.