Embrace Serenity by the sea

Name: MAYFAIR Heritage
Address: Puri, Odisha, IN

A Laterite VillageBy the Sea

Puri arrives as two towns at once: the Jagannath temple a few minutes inland, the Bay of Bengal the other way. MAYFAIR Heritage stands between them, set back from the sand rather than built on it. In the temple kitchen, earthen pots stack over wood fires, and what they hold, cooked without onion or garlic, is sold as mahaprasad at Ananda Bazaar, inside the outer wall. At the hotel, Two States by Kanika cooks both sides of the border, West Bengal and Odisha, at yellow tables under a Pattachitra frieze, and Firefly, cooking modern Indian, is the seat for sunset.

Step inside MAYFAIR Heritage and the noise of Puri falls away. Walkways wander between flowering shrubs to laterite cottages gathered like a village around an open choupal, and wide arches frame the sea. The day drifts from the pool to the lawn to the golden sand. In the evening artisans paint Pattachitra by the pool, and the whole place slows to their brushstrokes.Step inside MAYFAIR Heritage and Puri's noise falls away. Laterite cottages gather like a village, arches frame the sea, and in the evening artisans paint Pattachitra by the pool.

Highlights

Between the Jagannath temple and the Bay of Bengal, MAYFAIR Heritage keeps the calm of a village: laterite cottages under low roofs to come back to after the temple streets and the sand.

The Beach, One Minute Away

Puri's sand is about a minute on foot, near enough to walk down before breakfast and be back for it, and the distance is what keeps the property quiet.

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A Village Built in Laterite

The cottages are laterite, low-roofed and gathered around an open choupal, so the property reads as a village, with the sea showing through its arches.

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The Pattachitra Painters

Artisans paint Pattachitra by the pool in the evenings, so the frieze on the wall inside Two States by Kanika is a craft you can watch being made.

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Accommodations

cottages and suites facing the water

Laterite under low roofs, lattice on the walls, and the calm of a village.

Family Suite

815 sq ft

Eight hundred and fifteen square feet, and the largest accommodation here. Two exist, which on a thirty-four-room property means booking well ahead of a school holiday.

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The Pilgrim Coast

Puri is one of the four holy dhams of India, gathered around the twelfth-century Jagannath temple whose summer chariots draw crowds in the lakhs. Its long golden beach runs beside the Bay of Bengal, and up the coast stands Konark, the thirteenth-century Sun Temple carved as a chariot of the sun.

The pleasant season is October to February, cool and clear for the shore, the temple town and the drive to Konark.