Moored on a historic stretch of Cochin's famed harbour, Brunton Boatyard is a tribute to another age and is the perfect place from which to watch spectacular sunsets over the palm fringed shores of Vypeen Island. Formerly a Victorian shipbuilding yard, it gives the modern traveller a unique opportunity to dwell amidst the shadow-plays of 19th Century history. The refurbished, period building blends in perfectly with its colonial era surroundings, once-great trading houses from the high era of commerce. The hotel interiors are an eclectic blend of English, Portuguese and Dutch influences with soaring ceilings, hanging fans, and artefacts and curios from the great age of steam and sail.