The hotel is a four. I liked everything.

Written: 2 december 2012
Travel time: 14 — 24 november 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 8.0
Transaero flight 6.25 min. It is tolerable to fly at night. Drykhnesh yourself and all. Back is not so fun to fly 7 hours. One feature of the company made me think - if you fly to Domodedovo and from it, you are provided with video players on board for 600 rubles. But if the plane is in a ball (Sheremetyevo), do not expect this joy and find entertainment on board in advance. It's boring to fly during the day. We flew from the library, met an exotic concord. There are no complaints about either one or the other. Guides are always in touch - you don't feel lost. Buy a local operator's SIM card from the guide. 20 dollars and 350 rupees on the account. Calls to Moscow cost us just a penny. The minute of the conversation is not fixed, but depends on how much they talked - from 10 rupees per minute to 0.6 rupees. After each call or sms, the screen displays infa-how much is left and how much the next minute will cost. conveniently. For example, our goodlay offered a minute from India to Russia for 1 dollar, I generally keep quiet about the megaphone. The airport is military and small. Indians at customs are long, slow. Stood at passport control for half an hour. This despite the fact that there were no flights other than us. About the return flight is a separate song. Shuttle buses are a blast and hello from their 80.... Killed, gouged, terrible roads, no driving. I am glad that no more than 20 km to the hotel to shake. I won't take their buses again. Taxi costs about 20-25 dollars - fast and comfortable. The hotel was settled at once, they did not expect anything, although they arrived at about 11 am. The hotel is divided into 2 areas separated by a fence. We took Exe. . , so we lived where the reception and the restaurant. Bungalows for 4 rooms. Given on the 2nd floor. Everything is clean and beautiful, no complaints. The hotel itself is 4 if they would invest in it and provide a little more services. Three plus, that's for sure. The hotel itself is clean and well maintained. The staff is friendly, helpful. All requests are resolved within 10 minutes max. Internet is chargeable on the territory of the hotel, but !!! ! communication is more or less only in the reception area. 1 hour - 120 rupees, 1 day - 400 rupees, 7 days - 1000 rupees. Consider the benefit yourself. The speed is always different, often I had to ride to Colva in an Internet cafe. At work, heavy documents simply did not leave. Food-breakfasts, as everyone writes, are quite modest, but you won’t be hungry if there is always something on the shore of the neck, where you can refuel nutritiously. Dinner is more fun here, there is a choice. Live music in the evenings. The pool is one of the cleanest I've seen, cools in the heat. I tried their vaunted rum, nothing like that, you can drink it. Beach-September or something, the Indian authorities have banned the necks of more than 5 sun loungers on the beach. Each gets five. We always ate in KOLI's neck. About poisoning in the necks, this is a rarity, apparently. Neither we nor anyone else from our hotel has experienced this. Even if they don’t have such sanitation as they should, but no one was poisoned. The guy there is quick-witted, speaks a little Russian, quick. We always lay on the sand, this is not tense. They have sun loungers there for a shake, but we didn’t go to bed there, there is a garbage dump. The ocean is gorgeous, you can’t count on cleanliness, you can’t see anything. But on the other hand, a lot of the most diverse living creatures are found in it - mollusks, stars, jellyfish, all kinds of cancerous species.... It is interesting to poke around with them in the sand when the wave throws them out. Were in Panaji and Margao-chesno-for me, garbage and poverty. . . Were at the night market, reminds us of our chirkezon, sorry for the slang. People come there to hang out, a lot of people, all sorts of performances. I chose the south of Goa because it is quiet and calm there, not like in the north. Taxi drivers. Go outside the hotel gates - they always hang out there. They ask where you are. Prices are small by our standards, but you can bargain. For example, Colva round trip is 400 rupees (at about 230 rubles), plus he is waiting for you there for an hour or even 2, while you walk and walk. My husband and I became attached to one taxi driver, exchanged phone numbers and only rode with him. Somehow he drove us there and there all day and took us for 65 dollars. For the whole day !! ! Plus, he went everywhere with us, where we need to buy something good, tea, not the one for tourists, took us to their market. for their own. The sight is terrible, but the tea is worth it. And all in the same spirit. He is with us like a chicken and an egg. Helped wherever needed. Traders are intrusive and meticulous. But they don't snap if you refuse them. It is necessary to bargain!!!!! ! Three times for sure! We bought it ourselves. and at the same time they do not remain in the invoice. In general, a lot of things are expensive there, because for a tourist. Jewelry. I bought in shops. The quality of silver at exorbitant prices in shops is very lame. Lots of fakes. They sold it like turquoise for 60 bucks, I chipped off the paint on a bead, a silent scene.....the curtain.... And so everything!! ! 10 times double-check. But I got a lot of Himalayan cosmetics, their scarves for gifts. There are things that are worth it. We, as experienced ones, already took very few things with us - a suitcase, there was another smaller one in it. On the road, both to the eyeballs and packed. Overpayment for overweight is expensive. Hand luggage at Transaero-5 kg, not 10. I had a backpack weighing 12 kg. It has fruits. And what if everything is so delicious. I thought they would take it, nope. All brought to the children. Flight back. an hour and a half of torment and just checks. Soldiers with machine guns do not add joy. Queues everywhere and for all checks. They work very slowly. At the clothing control, women are examined separately from men. And only a woman. They touch everything. The whole body, I mean. Customs passed - loading into a bus without air conditioning in 35 degree heat and driven 100 meters to the plane. Then everything went according to plan - departure and we are at home. Do not forget to fill out immigration cards for arrival and departure. Everything is in English. Indians help at the airport. Learn English - if someone does not speak. At least a little. All Hindus speak it fluently. Or almost everything. According to the hotel, price and quality, everything is fine, we did not regret it. In general, in India, I was in Thailand in March, so I came to my senses for a long time, comparing the dirt, garbage and poverty of India with a civilized and clean Phuket. After 2 days I fell in love with India. It is unique, but charming in its own way. You just have to look deeper into it. Goa is not India, but a post-Party space, so chtoli. . . But still India. I will return to it. I know that many after the first trip close it for themselves. And I will not only return, but I will also come with the child. Ride. to understand India and make your choice. There will be questions to ask. I will answer. Happy rest everyone.
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