Breathe in the coast. Built to let the sea in — open eaves, natural airflow, and a veranda that belongs to the garden.
Our Non-AC Cottages are for guests who understand that the best air-conditioning on the coast is the coast itself. Each cottage is oriented to draw the prevailing sea breeze through its wide-louvred windows and out through the high, pitched ceiling — the kind of cross-ventilation that has cooled homes in this region for centuries, before electricity arrived.
The structure is built from local laterite stone and timber, giving it a natural thermal mass that stays cool through the afternoon and pleasantly warm on cooler monsoon evenings. The floor is red oxide — hand-polished weekly — and the furniture is locally crafted cane and teak, light enough to rearrange but sturdy enough to last decades. A king bed sits at the centre, dressed simply in white cotton that dries quickly and breathes freely.
The wraparound veranda is the true living room here: a bamboo daybed, two rattan chairs, and an unbroken view of the garden palms that thin out to reveal a strip of sea. In the evenings, when the land cools and the breeze picks up, this is quite possibly the most comfortable room in the resort.
Best rate guaranteed when you book direct.
