Goa Holiday Reviews

Excellent big beach with a lot of beach 'shacks' serving great cheap food and drink. 'Main' street has excellent choice of restaurants and cafes.

The sourounding places are perfect a must is the waterfall at dusaga just watch out for the monkeys as they will pinch you wallet. also head down to donna paula nice place very sceenic

Cavellosim village is just outside the gates of the Dona Sylvia Hotel, so you have the choice of many good restaraunts including Golden eye,Riverview, Get Down and Mikes place along with many others. Lots of small shops and plenty of Taxis to take you to other parts of Goa at a fraction of the tour companies prices, perfect location.

so much to do - the night market, elephant trips, spice plantations, waterfalls, monestaries, churches - the list goes on!!!!

i would definitely go back there - maybe not to the hotel but for the adventure and beauty of Goa - amazing!!!

Calangute is sandwiched between the lively resort of Baga on one side and the slightly up market resort of Candolim on the other. It's in a great position to access all the facilities and has lots of bars and restaurants, markets, supermarkets, bakery, Chemist etc everything you need. There are lots of places to see and things to do. Try day tripper travel for great value well organised trips.

The food is excellent for veggies and meat eaters alike, and you can get all types of food from up market Italian, chinese, Indian, Tibetan, and Russian! Suzy Lobos fish restaurant on the beach is excellent. The beach shacks are great for eating out day or night, I reccommend Dormat (Dolphin) on Calangute beach for great food and service. Calangute has everything you need for a great holiday!

Hi Soni

This is in reference to the booking made by us to stay at your resort from 23rd may to the 30th may 2009. This was definitely a waste of time and money WITH a lot of horrible memories .The reputation of your resort is shattered to bits.We would not recommend this place to anyone as the only motive by this resort is to get more and more people to check in and there is nothing called as looking after your guests.

We reached Goa after travelling 9 hrs from Mumbai and reached in the late evening and can you imagine being told by the reception you cannot stay in this hotel due to certain MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS so you will need to travel to Haathi mahal some 13 kms away.We were shocked at the unprofessionalism of the management.So tired and upset we went in the night to Hathi mahal and reached there searching for the place at 8 p.m

Now we were told first that you will get 2 separate rooms not interconnected and NO KITCHENETTE.we were told of something entirely different before we booked the holiday. Unbelievable to expect a couple with 2 small kids to stay like this . We had to put our foot down and ask for interconnected rooms,as can 2 kids stay alone in the next room ?. after a lot of thought by the guys at the reception ,we were given an interconnected room without a kitchenette. We stayed there for 1 and 1/2 day,but because we wanted an apartment and not just 2 rooms we were told there was a place in Royal Palms

In Royal palms we were shown a small room that was HORRIBLY STINKING and unstayable .We walked out that very minute and as if we were getting everything for free we had to start the requesting and the pleeaseee...... to your management and they very reluctantly ,gave us a room on the 3rd floor. While we were walking up ,realized that the exhaust of all the toilets were all facing the stairs and the stink was unbelievable!!!and so chawl like. When we reached the room they were so much smaller than the earlier apartments we had stayed in and agreed to take a holiday at your place. here the sofas were stinking and the room was so suffocating!! Royal Palms we thought had some class . You are doing no favour to us and others like us, coming on holidays ,(only because of belief in your name and reputation),and feel absolutely no remorse for treating its prospective customers in this manner.Other couples were walking off without staying here in front of us.

IS THIS WHAT YOU GUYS WANT ??? TO DEMOTE YOUR PLACE RATHER THAN PROMOTE? WHAT ARE YOU ACHIEVING THROUGH THIS ATTITUDE ?? AND WHAT KIND OF PROMOTION DO YOU EXPECT TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS? WILL ANYONE WANT TO BE A MEMBER HERE.? WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF BECOMING MEMBERS,AFTER SPEAKING TO SOMEONE AT HAATHI MAHAL BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD PAID THE MEMBERSHIP FEES?. IF WE WANTED TO SPEND GOOD FAMILY TIME AT YOUR PLACE ,IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE TO EXPECT AND GO THROUGH? we left the next day and checked into another hotel not bothering about the money paid to you in advance. We have spend double the money on tariff because of the mismanagement of your staff.Hence we want our booking amount to be refunded at the earliest.

Divided between North and South, North Goa is the party hub. The popular beaches of North Goa swarm with tourists and vendors. The vendors offer massages, tatoos, cocktails, even deck chairs.

A very striking feature of Goa is the harmonious relationship among various religious communities, who have lived together peacefully for generations.

Though a late entrant to the planning process, Goa has emerged as one of the most developed States in India.

Quieter than Calangute, more relaxed. Stroll up the streets surveying various shops and stores, choose your restaurant for that evening from the wide variety. Meander down the side streets and check out every nook and cranny as you'll be surprised at what you find.

The resort was huge with excelent service, the beaches were beautiful, cost of food was kept rite down and eating out was great and met tons of people from locals to other tourists.

An amazing place, lots to look at and shopping was great if thats your goal for the holiday, the shopping centers are packed with shops and its a great get away for the summer.

The very mention of seashore with white sand stretches, incessant waves, palm and coconut trees ever flowing drinks and mouth-watering delicacies are sure to bring the images of Goa to one’s mind. The beaches of Goa are the main draw, which attract the tourists worldwide to this small state.

The long stretches of silver sand which are the crowning glory of Goa have been artfully utilised by the Goans to lure tourists for enjoyment and frolic. The beaches are well maintained and regularly cleaned for an attractive appearance. In fact some of the beaches in Goa are so clean and free of vendors that it is difficult to believe that they exist at a place which is considered as one of the best hot spots of the world for pleasure seekers.

Goa is also famous for its wide range of religious places which form an integral part of local’s and visitor’s rituals. Many of these places of worships are World Heritage Architectures. The Basilica of Bom Jseus in old Goa is one such monument which attracts thousands of people from all faith and makes it one of the most revered and visited Christian pilgrimage sites in Asia.

If you want a quiet resort this is it. The hotel is on its own - well apart from the Leila next door. Taxis are cheap. The resort of Cavellossim is only a couple of miles away and easily reached by bus or taxi. There are about 20 restaurants altogether with up to 10 shacks along the beach.