Family villas on ECR

The whole house to one family, a pool nobody else is using, a kitchen you can cook in and a lawn to run about on. Eight villas between Sholinganallur and Kovalam, fifteen minutes to an hour from Chennai.

Family villas on ECR — all eight villas

Prices are the lowest weekday rate for each villa, room only, before tax. Open a villa and choose your dates for the real figure.

The villas on this page compared by bedrooms, how many they sleep, beach access, where they are, drive time from Chennai and price.
Villa	Bedrooms	Sleeps	Beachside	Where	From Chennai	From
Villa Aqua	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	Yes	Muttukadu	21 km, 30 to 50 minutes	₹24,999 a night
Villa Cabana	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	Yes	Uthandi	18 km, 25 to 40 minutes	₹31,000 a night
Villa Ivory	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	No	Kovalam	31 km, 45 to 70 minutes	₹33,000 a night
Villa Laguna	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	Yes	Kanathur	21 km, 30 to 45 minutes	₹33,999 a night
Villa Macarena	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	Yes	Panaiyur	17 km, 25 to 40 minutes	₹24,000 a night
Villa Nivara	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	No	Kanathur	21 km, 30 to 45 minutes	₹30,000 a night
Villa Nova	6 BHK	12 (up to 24)	Yes	Sholinganallur	15 km, 20 to 35 minutes	₹34,999 a night
Villa Seraya	4 BHK	8 (up to 16)	Yes	Chennai	13 km, 20 to 30 minutes	₹34,000 a night

Why a whole villa rather than rooms

A family of eight in a hotel is four rooms, four keys, a corridor and a buffet. A villa is one house: the children are in the pool where you can see them, the grandparents have a room on the ground floor, and nobody is negotiating with a front desk about an extra bed. The price is for the villa rather than per person, which is usually the point at which the sums start to favour it.

Every villa has a full kitchen. For a family travelling with a baby, or with anybody who eats a particular way, that is often the deciding fact — and if you would rather not cook, our team does, at ₹450 a head for breakfast and ₹1,600 for all three meals.

Children and the pool

Every pool here is private to the villa and none of them is lifeguarded. They are pools in private houses: children in them are your responsibility, exactly as they would be at a friend's house, and we would rather say that plainly than leave it to be discovered. Villa Cabana has a separate kids' play area as well as the pool.

Questions people ask about family villa ECR

Is the villa suitable for young children?

The villas are houses rather than resorts: the pool is private and not lifeguarded, and children in it are your responsibility as they would be at a friend's house. Villa Cabana has a separate kids' play area. There is free parking inside every property, so nothing is left on the road.

Can we cook for ourselves?

Yes — every villa has a full kitchen. Our team also cooks at the villa if you would rather: ₹450 a head for breakfast, ₹1,100 for breakfast and dinner, ₹1,600 for all three meals, ordered with the booking.

How many bedrooms do we get?

Four in seven of the villas and six in Villa Nova. The whole house is yours — there is no other booking in it.

Which villa suits a large family?

Villa Nova — 6 bedrooms, sleeping 12 comfortably and taking up to 24. It is at Sholinganallur, about 15 km from the Adyar signal, from ₹34,999 a night plus tax.

Are pets allowed?

No, at none of the eight. Worth knowing before you set off rather than at the gate.

How far is it from Chennai with children in the car?

The closest is Villa Seraya at Chennai, about 13 km from the Adyar signal — 20 to 30 minutes by road. The furthest is Villa Ivory at Kovalam, 31 km. The range is wide because the ECR is: the same drive takes twice as long on a Saturday afternoon as it does early on a weekday.

Every villa

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