Хороший отель! Good hotel!

We rested in this hotel from 20.12. 2009 to 03.01. 2010. I will say that I really liked the rest. The hotel rooms are, of course, very, very basic. But there is everything you need (one bedside table, a wardrobe, a refrigerator with a mini-bar, a table, two chairs, a TV). Mini-bar is paid. There is no hair dryer. There is air conditioning and a fan. The light was switched off periodically, but for a maximum of 15 minutes. The water was almost always hot, but when you turn it on, you have to wait a while for it to appear. Late in the evening, sometimes it was not hot, it was barely warm. But all this, it seems to me, is trifles. The rooms are cleaned every day if you hand over the key to the reception. The hotel has a good and inexpensive restaurant. Menu in Russian. You can order food to your room. Tipping is included in the bill. We were lucky with breakfasts (by the way, they are from 7 to 10.30), because before our arrival they were made more or less satisfying: in addition to toasts with jam, they also gave scrambled eggs / scrambled eggs, pancakes, cereals. Of fresh juices, only watermelon and pineapple. There is no green tea.
The portions are quite large, then we began to order one dish for two, since one can really overeat such a portion. Does the hotel have free Wi-Fi. But it does not work in the rooms, only in the hall or in the courtyard, as well as on the balconies overlooking the courtyard. In the evening there are show programs (singing, dancing). Money can be changed at the reception. The course was 45.5, 46 in the city. This hotel also has its own restaurant on the beach, where hotel guests are given free sun loungers (the most decent of all that are there). The hotel staff is very nice. Mostly Russians rested in the hotel. Now about the location of the hotel in relation to various useful and interesting places. You can rent a scooter or motorbike right in front of the hotel. Or you can walk along this street towards the beach, there are a couple more places where you can take transport.
We took one scooter for 200 rupees per day (the starting price was 400) and one yamaha motorcycle for 400 rupees (the starting price was 800, you could even negotiate for 300). Gasoline is sold at almost every step. The price of one liter in tents and by hand is 60 rupees. There are 45 gas stations. But there are no gas stations in the vicinity. There is one abandoned. Not far from the hotel (10 minutes by scooter) there is a European supermarket Newton. Prices, by the way, are the same in all stores, since the price is indicated on the products themselves, so you can boil in any stores. We also bought a local Idea SIM card there. For its registration you need a copy of your passport or a passport and a photo. But every week you need to renew its validity in the place where it was issued. You can also top up your account there. To the clubs from this hotel, in my opinion, far away. The nearest one is Titos in Baga. There are two other clubs on the same street. It mainly plays r'n'b and pop.

It takes about 15 minutes to go there, if there are no traffic jams (and in the evening there are traffic jams, and even some with their traffic). The Paradiso club (in Anjuna) is even further, 25 minutes (there, by the way, the entrance for a couple cost 1000 rupees, the bar is free). The Westend club (in Saligao) is also 25 minutes away, there is mostly goa trance playing. To Nain bar (Vagator) is also 25-30 minutes. In general, far from the whole party. The farthest place where we could get on a motorcycle is Morjim beach (probably 40 minutes to go) and Panaji. Panaji was not impressed, I think it makes no sense to go there with a tour, it's better to take a taxi or a scooter. We were there in Levays and Pepe Jeans stores, where prices are really lower than in Moscow (for example, I bought a bomber jacket there for 900 rubles, in Moscow I saw a similar one in Stockmann for 5 thousand). And there you need to buy leather bags. Those that cost 5-7 thousand in Luzhniki Stadium can be bought there for 1500-200 thousand rubles. And in general, everywhere you need to bargain to the last.
Almost any thing (ali-baba pants, sundresses, tops, etc. ) can be bought for no more than 300 rupees, even if you are first announced for it 4000 rupees. And further. In places where it is not very crowded, you can meet unpleasant marine inhabitants. We saw a moray eel and a sea serpent in Vagator. So swim where there are more people. Well, that seems to be all that could be useful to tell. There will be questions, write)))
P. S. I completely forgot to write an important thing about the hotel. During our stay, 4 rooms were robbed. Thieves climbed in at night from the balcony. The guests were robbed of their passports and money. But the hotel does not bear responsibility for this, as it offers to use safes for storing valuables. However, the victims seemed to have been offered free meals in a restaurant. So be vigilant! )))