The only place closer to the SEA on the entire CLIFF. Good Stay, Convenient Rooms and Friendly Management. Place to relax, eat and rejuvenate yourself. Really fresh Sea Food stores at evening in the Cliff is again a fascinating one.

We stayed here based on Lonely Planet and TripAdvisor positive reviews. I think we may just have been unlucky with this one but out of 3 months travelling around India and SE Asia, our night here was our worst one. We had a room at the back around the empty pool rather than one of the nicer ones at the... More

Thoroughly recommend this place. Great location and lovely rooms at a good price. Rooms come with a verandah and fridge, which is a nice touch. Staff are easy going, friendly and leave you to get on with enjoying your holiday. There is a pool, but unfortunately there was no water in it.

We stayed at Santa Claus after a terrible night at another hotel which was very noisy due to the disco and following fights at Rock N Roll Cafe! After such a night our Santa Claus stay was a very welcomed experience. The hotel is at a very good location. We had a front room which also had a very nice... More

A small, basic guest house, but with perfectly good, clean rooms, and fantastic views. If you can get one of the four front rooms, you're in one of the best spots in Varkala. Restaurants and cliff walks all right at your front door. The beach is just a five minute walk along the cliff promenade. We found the owners very... More

We really enjoyed our stay at Santa Claus. A fantastic view, Ragu the manager very friendly and helpful. The price for the clean rooms and hot shower is more than fair. And i enjoyed the interesting talks with Ragu a lot. Thanks for everything to the team, Frank and Ursula

We only stayed here one night, as we chose to move to a different hotel for our second night in Varkala, which is a wonderful place. We got our room (one of the four sea-facing rooms) for 500 rupees off season which is great value. However, we got what we paid for here as the bedsheets were little damp, and... More

beware woman!!! make sure you get treated by females when you are having a massage!!! females should always ask for a female masseur, no matter on which place. and always ask for a certificate of the person that is giving the massage before it starts, ask to see it! watch out women! as a female in india, you are worth... More

After 2 days stay in Santa Claus last week with some friends, we traveled to other places up to Kocchin, just missed Varkala very much so I decided to come back for a longer stay by myself. Now I'm here at Santa Claus for a week, and just decided to extend my stay for a week more! Probably because of... More