Prazeres Resort Reviews

I am a regular traveller, and am fortunate to have visited many many countries in the world. Having stayed in both top end and humble locations I can confidently say that the Prazeres Resort is by far the worst hotel I have ever visited.

If you are accustomed to staying in a clean, safe hotel then avoid this hotel like the plague.

The management are rude, the rooms small and filthy (extremely basic) with very poor lighting and in desperate need of some TLC. When my friends informed the hotel we cannot stay in such a place - the management threathened my group with 'goons'. So please be fully aware of the 'cancellation policy' prior to booking a room here.

The Air cons did not work in half the rooms either.

Please spend your money in a more deserving place.

Had a lovely stay here. Would return if the flights were better timed.

Loved the private beach, patrolled all the time by the hotel staff.Great setting.Beds were free but if you wanted a foam mattress you had to fork out a huge fee of 80 pence.Try getting that for 80p in Majorca.

Rooms were an adequate 3 star and are to be refurbished this winter. Lovely Thomsons rep to, not pushy at all.

Food was ok and the very drinkable wine was free.

You wont find many better 3 star hotels than this......

We stayed in an apartment at Prazeres for a week in Feb 09. Lovely apartment with excellent facilities and a great location (near beach and amenities).

Hotel entertainment and music is dated although it added comedy value and created great memories!

Would definitely book to stay at Prazeres again!

Nice hotel with good rooms and very friendly waiters and cleaners but unfortunately let down very badly by greedy management who will continue to sell alcohol to very drunk people right up to 5am in morning if they want to carry on drinking! Have seen same people drinking again at before 7am in the morning. We had deluxe room above bar and though rang reception on numerous occasions to try and get noise and swearing stopped nothing was done. Reported it also to Olympic rep. but dont know if he did anything, though he said he did. Management also promised on first night there that it would stop, but after three weeks nothing changed. Its a shame as hotel is nice. Needs new management and drinking times.

We were very wary after reading the reviews but got such a good deal with First Choice we decided to go for it anyway. Hotel room was great, very clean and comfortable. Staff were great. Would definately stay here again. We didn't experience any problems whatsoever. Travelling with First Choice was a joy. Been to Goa 3 times and it just gets better and better. Fantastic people, fantastic food and fantastic weather

We would not recomend staying in this hotel as it is very noise with music and shouting going on until early hours of the morning, this included the staff aswell as guests. We had to change rooms 3 time due to a dirty room, noise, electric sockets and air condition not working. Apparently this is not unusual for this hotel. Some of the staff kept short changing us and on the last day the room boy kept asking us a £20 tip.

The Prazeres was dirty even by Indian standards. We were supplied stained bath towels on several occasions. The rooms where very dirty and where not cleaned properley at any point in our three week stay. I planted a muddy footprint on the tiled shower wall on our second day and there it stayed for the rest of the holiday. There was hair in the drain from the previous occupant and an interesting mould growth around the taps, the likes of which I had never seen before. Water stains on the walls etc. Oh yeah and if you want to use the TV its another 100 Rupees per day! Luckily watching TV and sitting in hotel rooms is not our idea of a good holiday, but be warned the Prazeres mission is to extract as much cash from you as possible. The pool area is OK but not much use if you are a real sun worshipper as its sheltered for most of the day - but watch out you can still burn! To get into the main part of Candolim you have to run the gauntlet of the roadside sellers which can be a real pain because they can be really pushy and can get quite offended when you refuse them. Dont use the Taxis outside the Hotel, they charge roughly 3 times the going rate the others do. The restaraunt is OK for snacks but anything other than that I wouldnt bother, the best restaraunt we found was Sala Thai on the main road opposite Fishermans Cove. Fabulous food, spotlessly clean and the people there are so obliging. It has a great atmosphere you can watch the world go by while enjoying the most exquisite Thai food in India - how weird is that?? Neu and her boyfriend are charming hosts and this is their first season, so if you pass by drop in for a drink and a meal I guarantee you will not be disaponted!

Arrived at hotel to find our rooms did not have enough beds, reception asked if matress on floor was okay? Are you having a laugh i said. Eventually got extra bed after involving manager. Toilet constantly leaking in one room waited 2 days to fix and boiler for shower not working either in one of our rooms.

Also don't go to this hotel if you like going to bed handy as the bar remains open until the early hours with the manager also getting drunk with you. This is okay if you like staying up all night but it it get a bit annoying night after night.
Staff are mainly friendly, but we had my son's mobile phone stolen from our room on the last night so beware.

This was our third time to Goa, people remain friendly, food is excellant and the beech shacks are excellant. With Bayview shack being the best in my view, excellant food and service from Dennis and Shaggy.
Though Goa is now getting more and more commercialised (Kareoke and sports bars).

on arriving the room we were allocated was dark,dirty,damp and musty, we told them that this was not suitable 2nd room was much better but i am clad we just used for a base to sleep. food you can get better and much cheaper out and about and around hotel at night lots of mosi's. the staff are friendly but i would not go back to this hotel. this was my 2nd time in goa and will not be my last but never back to this hotel.

This has now become so noisey it is beyond a joke.Music so loud till 3-45am on many a night.Never ever again as we have been there a few times before.Every thing has changed, and when the security staff are drunk it is beyond a joke.saw a pensioner threathened by a Young securty guard who was in charge, thats is the last straw.
If it was for free we would never return there.Times have changed and all the staff from 2005 have gone and the systen is bad.
Sorry but this needs a good overhaul as it has gone from bad to worse.Windows locked and the noise was still getting though. Met many people from the previous years and none will go back. You have been warned so dont complain later in 2007.This has spoilt Goa for us the Taxi drivers are the worst in Goa and rip off the guests, and the manger did nothing even when a guest had been double charged.Forget this as a place to stay as it will spoil Goa for you.The Breakfast is so bad one wonders what the people eat back in the UK.

First time in goa and what a holiday loved every minute of it booked to go back again next year.Hotel was as i expected facilities where good and the room was basic but i expected it to be. No problems with the hotel and the staff where excellant especially the boys who done the cleaning of rooms every day had towels and different designs on the beds.Candolim is lovely all the staff everywhere you go ar great got be one of the cheapest holidays ever the prices are so low for food and drink. Hence the reason why we booked to go again next year but staying in Casa SeaShells next year the only thing a had a problem with in Prazaeres the beds where like sleeping on a table rock hard.
Claudinas beach shack on Candolim beach was great Anthony and the all the staff where 100% great looked after everyone all day every day.

Cant wait to go back to Claudinas and Candolim next Feb but definate not flying with Monarch the seats where what you expect to fly to Spain on very small defo not suitable for long haul flights.

We went to Goa 3weeks nov-dec 06 we where disapointed with the hotel the first room the gave us smelt of damp they changed it on request but the replacement wasnt much better any clothes we left in the wardrobe came out damp and stained the food in the resteraunt was awful tried it twice should of known better theres plenty of good eating places in candolin and a lot cheaper 10 minute walk brings you to the seashells or the mermaid great food.The only good thing about the Pazeres the staff were very good and friendly the beds where changed every other day clean towels every day

I love Goa and will be back soon but not at the Prazeres

We stayed in Prazeres Hotel in 2005, my first there, i usually stay in Sand Pebbles apartments, it was absolutey fantastic.The staff were brilliant, Salu was a great help. He is the best barman you can find.
We had towel changes every day, linen change every other day.
The cleaners were forever making shapes out of our towels or clothing, very entertaining.

The resteraunt was very good, although not the best food ive had in Goa but it wasnt the worst.
There is a fair few of amazingly good resteraunts aroung Candolim, Fisherman's Cove 2 is my favorite, ive known the owners, Blaise and Lenny for a number of years and you can always garantee a fantastic meal and great entertainment there.

Another great place is Cactus, same again, ive known Ram, who used to work for Blaise for years and he opened this resteraunt last year so its fairly new but it is fantastic.

The beach shack we always went to was Claudina's beach shack, Antonty is great and serves great food and snacks.
The River Princess, an old tanker washed up on Candolim beach was a right eyesore when i first went to Goa and still is to some people but to me its like an attraction now, a part of Goa. If you look closely sometimes you see dolphins right upshore swimming against it, its amazing.
Ive been on a safari which was great, in the jungle, in the zoo, crab catching, fishing, dolphin spotting, theres a number of activities to do, if you dont want to do them, you can always sit and soak up the very hot rays of sun.

Definately a place to visit.

We spent a month in Candolim at the Prazeres resort Dec-Jan06. This was our 5th Visit to Candolim and 4th time at the Prazeres.There are a couple of reasons we keep coming to the Prazeres. First of all it is excellent value for money. We would rather pay extra for up-grading on the flights then pay extra for the hotel.It isn't needed.The Prazeres is clean comfortable and has excellent facilities.There is lively entertainment 4 nights a week (very good local bands) and it is within walking distance to Candolim Beach, shops and restaurants. It more then adequately fullfils our holiday requirements.

The Prazeres is a very friendly hotel.The staff are superb. They make you feel so very welcome and included. They can't do enough for you.The owner(Raul) takes a special interest in the entertainment and uses this to personally welcome and include guests. The waiters (Mo and Cosme) go out of their way to make your stay pleasurable (even organising a surprise birthday party for me), The reception offer a 24 hour service and do an excellent job of making you feel safe and supported. The rooms are cleaned every day with clean sheet and towels by a really lovely room person who is always cheerful and friendly. Many people like us return year after yearso an added bonus is that we get to meet old friends.

We like Candolim. It is quieter then neighbouring resorts. The main Candolim beach is breathtaking and where we spend many of our afternoons. We would recommend Claudina's shack down Candolim Beach Road. The food is good and very reasonably priced and nothing is too much trouble for the staff there (Anthony, Alex and Martin.

There are many good eating places in Candolim.We would recommend Casa Sea ,Chinese palace, Fisherman's Cove, Alexanda's and Claudina's shack. Food is unbelievably inexpensive and good. We would also recommend a trip to Panjim and a visit to the Delhi Durbour for good Indian Cuisine.We would also recommend you indulge in a massage. They are incredibly cheap and really affective.

We have just booked our 6th trip to the Prazeres in April and can't wait. They say you either love or hate Goa ..it goes without saying, we love it.

Mmmmmm - we loved Goa but if you are used to Mallorca etc with shiny boulevards to stroll along and everything looking clean and new don't go. First there aren't any pavements and second this is basically a third world county and there is poverty and dirt and dust etc etc. However if you have an open mind you'll love it.

Food, drink and people are lovely - most restaurants and shacks are good but you have to go to A Reverie next to the Hotel Goa Heritage between Candolim and Calangute - beutifully presented gourmet food in fabulous setting - we had 3 courses (including lobster ) and loads of drink - the bill for the evening was about £23 - incredibly expensive for Goa but my god was it worth it !!!!!

The Prazeres is nice enough - well the pool bar and eating area is. The rooms are a lottery - the first one we had at the back was dreadfull ( and I've stayed in some grotty hostels all over the world !!) but we asked to be moved and had a lovely little apartment type room overlooking the pool. The early morning can get a bit noisy though as they do stay open later than other hotels and attract some hard drinkers in during the early hours so there was a fiar bit of shouting and drunken antics going on. Management are a bit offhand and service not particularly good. Staff pleasant enough though. Never got room cleaned and kept asking for towels we never recieved. Just don't expect western standards of service.

As I said Goa is not for everyone - if you expect high class facilities and service and everything to be bright and shiny don't go !!! If you realise that you are seeing a completely different lifestyle and there is dirt and litter and cows and manic driving and horns blasting all the time and poverty - go - you'll love it