visit GOA Casa Tota Assagao Goa For all enquires please email Antonia Graham retreat@grahamandgreen.co.uk 200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 4 0 3 5 2 9
An Introduction Our house is in the village of Assagao, one of the most sought after villages in the Bardez province of North Goa. It is a traditional Portuguese house approximately 150 years old. It has been lovingly restored and is furnished to a high standard. There is a central courtyard, which includes kitchen and dining areas and a decorative water feature in the middle. There are 3 bedrooms with colonial 4-poster beds and adjoining bathrooms. We now have air-conditioning in all the bedrooms as well as the sitting room. The third bedroom now has a mezzanine floor with 2 single beds that can be pushed together to create a double. This extra space shares the bathroom and the air con with the room below, so the space becomes a perfect family room. The back veranda looks onto the lawn and garden. There is a telephone and broadband in the house. Shyam our housekeeper speaks English and is very friendly and helpful. He keeps the house and garden clean and tidy, prepares breakfast and helps generally with ordering taxis and mopeds etc. He also cares for our dog Candy who loves the attention of visitors! Shyam is married to Rohini who is also very sweet and is helping him and improving her English. They have 2 young boys and live in the cottage in the garden. The Alsatian in this photo is not with us anymore. Candy is the small white dog in the photo above. We of fer you a simple breakfast of tea or cof fee, fruit, muesli and yogurt, eggs, fresh bread rolls, with butter and jam. Fried eggs and omelettes are easy for Shyam, boiled, poached and scrambled are a little more hit or miss! His Masala omelettes are popular, but may take longer to prepare.
Casa Tota Assagao Goa Vish Baindur supervises Shyam and takes bookings and payments. His telephone numbers are +91 932 601 2740 or +91 800 700 0448 or you can contact him by email on baindur@india.com and baindur@live.com. He will call to welcome you and can give general advice at any time. He lives in a village not far away. We are about 4 miles from the nearest beach and one can go by taxi, scooter or bus. Most people rent scooters and Shyam can arrange this. A local bus passes our front gate every hour and goes to Mapusa our local town with a great market. The market is open daily but Fridays are particularly special! There is also a small supermarket, a good chemist and a bank. You can find most things you might need here it is also fun and a great meeting place. Another bus that stops not far away goes to the beach resorts of Anjuna and Vagator. Many people like to go to the Northern beaches like Morjim or Assvem, the latter has some good beach huts where one can spend the day and have some very good food the steak at La Plage is highly recommended! We are about 45 minutes from the capital of Goa, Panjim where there is a cathedral, many shops and a new 4-screen cinema. We are about 1 hour and a quarter by car from the airport and we can send a taxi to meet you. Monarch do a weekly or fortnightly charter flight to Goa and you can also fly to Bombay and then take one of about 6 local airlines down to Goa with lots of flights in the morning. A good choice is Jet Airways who are now international and fly from Heathrow with a connecting flight to Goa so you can check in your luggage to go through. We charge from 70,000 to 100,000 Rs a week for the main season, October to April. Then 56,000 Rs for the low season, May to September. It is less in low & mid season when it is quite hot and wet and many of the restaurants are closed. Many people love it here during Monsoon as it is very green and lush, un-touristy and it rarely rains all day! It is generally a time for reflection and relaxation and one can visit a health spa, take walks on the beach or even visit the excellent dentists in Panjim for specialist treat-ments at about a quarter of the cost of the same in the UK. We can recommend one if you wish she and her husband trained in London. Rates for 2016-2017 Rates for the season are below, including breakfast. November to March is the main season in Goa. At other times it can be hot and humid or wet. The Monsoon starts here the second week of June and sort of peters out in October sometimes there is an occasional shower in November. Some restaurants stay open during the Monsoon but most close. Many people love it here in the Monsoon as it is very green and lush, untouristy and it rarely rains all day. Peak season 18 Dec - 8th Jan 154,000 Rs /week Prime season January (after 10th), February & March 98,000 Rs /week Main season November & December (until 18th) 84,000 Rs /week Mid season April & October 70,000 Rs /week Low season May to September (+ discounts for long lets) 56,000 Rs/week
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200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 4 0 3 5 2 9
200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 403529
The Graham family have a strong love of spicy colour & eclectic Indian style. Our three bedrooms are a simple but stylish mix of tranquil calm and colonial cool.
The outside areas provide a charming, non pretentious setting to eat, read and socialise.
200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 4 0 3 5 2 9
Four miles from the nearest beach, a 10 minute drive to the market and about 45 minutes from the capital of Goa. Most people get around on scooters Shyam can arrange rentals for this.
200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 403529
200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 403529 Many Indian people come to Goa during the Monsoon. It is generally a time for reflection and relaxation and one can visit a health spa, take walks on the beach or even visit the excellent dentists in Panjim for specialist treatments at about a quarter of the cost of the same in the UK.
For all enquires please email Antonia Graham retreat@grahamandgreen.co.uk 200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 403529 200 Mazal Vaddo Assagao, 4 0 3 5 2 9