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Calwaddo, Benaulim, Salcete, South of Panjim |
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Phone |
0832/277-1234 |
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Fax |
0832/277-1515 |
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Web site |
www.tajhotels.com |
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E-mail |
exotica.goa@tajhotels.com |
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Room Information |
140 units |
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Prices |
Sept 1-Dec 21 & Jan 15-Aug 31, Dec 21-26 & Jan 4-14, Dec 27-Jan 3: $375/$475/$650 (£189/£239/£328) deluxe sea view room; $475/$575/$750 (£240/£290/£378) luxury room; $875/$975/$1,300 (£441/£491/£655) luxury suite; $350/$450/$625 (£177/£227/£315) garden villa; $450/$550/$725 (£227/£277/£365) villa sea view; $525/$625/$825 (£265/£315/£416) pool villa garden view; $575/$675/$875 (£290/£340/£441) pool villa sea view; $675/$775/$975 (£340/£390/£491) pool villa sunset view; $2,300/$3,000/$3,000 (£1,008/£1,512/£1,512) presidential villa with private pool. $30 (£15) extra bed. Mandatory $125 (£63) per person Christmas Eve dinner and $250 (£126) New Year's Eve dinner |
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Credit Cards |
AE, MC, V |
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In Room Amenities |
A/C, TV, minibar, tea- and coffee-making facilities, hair dryer, safe |
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Frommer's Review
This resort features lovely surrounds (23 hectares/56 acres of landscaped gardens with 36 varieties of hibiscus trees), great accommodations, warm service, and a kick-ass beach that might as well be private. Even the cheapest "deluxe" guest rooms are spacious, with large picture windows and private patios or balconies. Ask for one on the ground floor -- these are accessed via their own garden areas. The private villas are ideal if you don't want to be in the main block, which looks something like a large Portuguese hacienda -- specify a sea-facing room for a sea view (the cheaper villas have garden views). The gorgeous sunset pool villas have private plunge pools -- plus, the main pool is large and inviting. Another good reason to book here is the top-class restaurants. Alegria is where the most delicious home-cooked Goan, Portuguese, and Hindu Goan Saraswat meals are prepared. Mainstay dishes include arroz de chorizo (traditional Goan pulao of locally made spice pork sausages), sungtache koddi (prawns in a fragrant gravy of coconut milk and mild spices), sungtache peri-peri (pan-fried farm-fresh prawn marinated with red chili and toddy vinegar), and kombdiche xacutti (succulent chicken morsels simmered in a blend of roasted spices with coconut). Upstairs, Miguel Arcanjo makes some of the best pizzas in Goa. And that's not all -- for starters try the shrimp glazed with honey and garlic or the Lebanese mezze accompanied by horiatiki salad, followed by delicious double lamb chops or duck roasted with dry cherry sauce. Even the oven-baked snapper is irresistible. Finally, the Lobster Shack (dismantled during off season) has a very informal and rather romantic setting by the sea, where you can choose your fish from the display and see it being prepared in the open kitchen.
Facilities: 5 restaurants; 4 bars; pool with Jacuzzi; kids' pool; 9-hole pitch and putt golf course; 2 tennis courts; fitness center, Ayurvedic spa, yoga, aerobics; watersports; children's activity center; concierge; travel desk; car rental; complimentary airport transfers; shopping arcade; salon; 24-hr. room service; babysitting; doctor-on-call; currency exchange; beach volleyball; jogging track; table tennis; pool tables; helipad.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
