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Chola Beach Resorts promotional artwork: an aerial view of the property with a signpost marking Kothapatnam Beach as 200 metres away, and the beach road running past the cottages.

Kothapatnam · Andhra Pradesh

Fourteen Cottages. One Shoreline.

4.6 out of 5 on Google reviews

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Welcome to Chola

A Quiet Stretch of the Bay

Fourteen vintage cottages on a wide, uncrowded shoreline in Prakasam district — thirty minutes from Ongole, three hours from Vijayawada. Every cottage has two full bathrooms and dual air-conditioning. The pool is spotless, the kitchen is open, and there is room on the lawn for four hundred.
  • Private beachfront

    A wide, low-traffic stretch of the Bay of Bengal

  • Fourteen cottages

    Nine Deluxe, three Premium Suites, two Luxury

  • Spotless pool

    Sanitised daily, open from first light

  • Room for four hundred

    Open event land, steps from the sea

The open kitchen seen from the service window: a cook working a wok over the range, stainless steel counters and shelves of stock along both walls.

Dining

A Kitchen With Nothing to Hide

Indulge in a bountiful world

Days That Ask Nothing of You

Your home on Chola

Chola Cottages

The living area of a Deluxe Cottage: a cream three-seater sofa and glass coffee table on a chequered stone floor, with an archway through to the bedroom beyond.

Deluxe Cottage

The Everyday Escape

A vintage-built cottage carrying an unbroken sea breeze, dual air-conditioning, and a bed layered in premium cushioning. Two full bathrooms — the small luxury that turns a good morning into an easy one.
  • 9 cottages
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 full bathrooms
  • 1 × 7×6 (premium cushioning)

Cottage 1 of 3

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This Season at Chola

Our best available rates, and packages built around what this coast is actually good for right now.
Grey-green surf breaking on dark wet sand under a heavy bank of monsoon cloud.

Quiet Monsoon

The Bay at its most dramatic, the resort at its emptiest, and our lowest rates of the year.

  • Two nights at monsoon rates
  • All meals included
  • Flexible date changes

Mid-June to September

Gentle surf running up an empty stretch of wet sand at Kothapatnam in the late afternoon, coconut palms far along the shore.

Coast Escape

A night away from Ongole, Guntur or Vijayawada, with nothing on the schedule.

  • One night in a Deluxe Cottage
  • Breakfast for two
  • Late checkout where available

Year round, subject to availability

The whole resort from the air on a clear morning: two rows of thatched cottages either side of the lawn, the pool at the far end and the sea beyond the fields.

Whole-Resort Buyout

Fourteen cottages, forty guests, four hundred at the celebration, and no other guests on the property.

  • All fourteen cottages
  • Exclusive use of pool, lawn and beachfront
  • Dedicated kitchen and service team

Year round, two-night minimum

The event lawn from the air at sunset, set for a wedding: a flower-topped mandap, round tables under festoon lights, the pool and canopies to one side and the sea beyond.

Celebrations

Room for Four Hundred, Steps from the Sea

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Tell Us What You Are Planning

A weekend for two, a family gathering, or four hundred guests on the lawn — send us the dates and we will come back to you on WhatsApp with what we can do.
The road down to the coast at Kothapatnam, cultivated fields on one side and a thatched boundary wall on the other, the sea ahead.

Useful information

Getting Here

Ongole railway station sits on the Howrah–Chennai main line, about thirty minutes away, and NH16 is twenty minutes inland. Tell us your train and we will collect you from the platform.

Guest recognition

4.6

out of 5

Google reviews

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