Neeleshwar Hermitage
"Neeleshwar Hermitage opened on a splendid six-mile stretch of wheat-colored beach about four years ago. It’s a hybrid of a boutique hotel and an Ayurvedic wellness center, with some castawayin-a-shack fantasy layered in for good measure. Its 18 palm frond–roofed villas are scattered across the sand, their porches cooled by spinning ceiling fans, and at the rear of each is a large outdoor bathroom with a tub set in a small walled garden. At the seafood restaurant, tables spill out onto the beach, freshly draped in new combinations of linens for each meal: turquoise and pink, or deep orange and violet."
