The Princess Suite at the Old Harbour Hotel, built by Dutch colonialists in 1780, Fort Cochin's first hotel. Laying derelict for 50 years, the hotel r

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The Princess Suite at the Old Harbour Hotel, built by Dutch colonialists in 1780, Fort Cochin's first hotel. Laying derelict for 50 years, the hotel reopened at the end of 2006 as a boutique hotel. Meticulously refurbished, it blends Dutch grandeur with rustic Keralan charm and owner Edgar Pinto’s extensive collection of Indian antiques and contemporary Settled by the Moors, Portuguese, Dutch, Jewish, Chinese, Arab and British, the cosmopolitan town of Fort Cochin is one of south India's premium tourist destinations. A string of colonial era mansions being transformed into boutique hotels is now reinventing the town’s lodging scene.

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