Fort Kochi is the most important island (a peninsula indeed) in the harbour of Ernakulam, the ancient delta of the Periyar River. Due to its good climate and strategic position, it has been for centuries a global commercial port; where even Roman merchants sailed to buy pepper and sell it in the Empire. Nowadays all the commercial activity moved to the prosper city of Ernakulam and Fort Kochi remains as an Indian colonial vestige for its visitor delight. Spice Harbour was and old Dutch warehouse of Fort Kochi, rehabilitated into a small hotel of 14 rooms + 2 suites.

The square-shaped plot has a main road in one side and the sea in its opposite. We can distinguish four different parts: two long blocks by the sides facing each other, a newer building in blue and a central garden. The bigger block became the room area and the other a restaurant, while the blue building turned into the staff/logistic core. The old custom court is now a green lawn with a pool opened to the fabulous harbour waterscape in one end and an outdoor lounge/reception protecting it from the street in the other.