Must-see hotels in Goa

  • Lotus Sutra

    Arambol (Harmal)

    The fanciest place on Arambol's beachfront has a series of bright rooms in a quirky two-storey building and cute individual timber cottages facing a…

  • Hotel Fidalgo

    Panaji

    The city centre’s long-running business hotel is slightly stuffy and old-fashioned but Fidalgo works with snappy service and a good range of cuisines…

  • Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort

    North Goa

    This boutiquey, luxe place on the main strip conjures up a strange mixture of Thai-spa style and medieval motifs. It works, though, with swish rooms…

  • Art Resort

    Palolem

    The nicely designed upmarket beachfront cottages around an excellent restaurant have a Bedouin camp feel with screened sit-outs, double storeys and modern…

  • Namaste Jungle Garden

    North Goa

    There's a real feeling of communing with nature in these slick and spacious timber cottages set back in a jungly Assagao garden. It also has two apartment…

  • Casa de Olga

    North Goa

    This welcoming family-run homestay, set around a nice garden on the way to Chapora harbour, offers spotless rooms of varying sizes in a three-storey…

  • Goan Café & Resort

    North Goa

    Fronting Morjim Beach, this excellent family-run resort has a fine array of beachfront stilted ‘tree house’ huts and more solid rooms (some with AC) at…

  • Micky's

    South Goa

    Micky's is an old-timer at the north end of Patnem Beach with a range of simple budget huts and rooms. It’s run by a friendly family and open for most of…

  • A Pousada Guest House

    Panaji

    The five rooms in this bright-yellow place are simple but clean and come with comfy spring-mattress beds and TV. Owner Sabrina is friendly and no-nonsense…

  • Sevas

    Palolem

    Hidden in the jungle on the Colomb Bay side of Palolem, Sevas has some of the more basic palm-thatch huts around, reflected in the price. But it's a very…

  • Cuba Agonda

    South Goa

    These blue-and-white sea-facing cottages look a bit like fancy English bathing boxes but they’re well-appointed inside with air-con, TV and comfy beds,…

  • Abrigo de Botelho

    Panaji

    At the end of a quiet lane in the Old Quarter, the six rooms in this lovely sky-blue heritage house are spacious, neatly furnished and enhanced with…

  • Caravela Homestay

    Panaji

    In a beautiful Sao Tomé heritage building, Caravela has 10 minimalist but comfortable rooms with extra touches such as minibar and toiletries. Across the…

  • Casa Britona

    North Goa

    Casa Britona is a gorgeous 300-year-old converted customs warehouse on the water, with luxurious antique-filled rooms, fine outdoor dining beneath the…

  • D'Hibiscus

    North Goa

    Huge modern rooms with balconies are the draw at this Portuguese home off Sinquerim Beach. The top-floor penthouse rooms, with spa bath, big-screen TV and…

  • Bougainvillea Patnem

    South Goa

    Simple but clean and good value rooms behind the restaurant as well as the few premium sea-facing huts at the front. Yoga retreats and drop-in classes and…

  • Pappi Chulo

    North Goa

    Unashamedly Vagator's party hostel, Pappi's has a bar in the garden, movie nights and an international vibe of travellers just hanging out. Themed dorms…

  • Shalom Homestay

    South Goa

    This homestay at the beginning of the lane to Majorda Beach is a real bargain, with three clean rooms (two rooms share a bathroom). Enquire at Suzanne's…

  • Baba Guesthouse & Villa

    North Goa

    With its laid-back Chapora location, Baba is often full with long-stayers but you might be lucky as a walk-in. The 14 rooms are clean and simple but…

  • Abba's Gloryland

    South Goa

    Back from the beach, Abba's is a decent budget choice with timber cottages at the side and air-con rooms in a separate building, all in a pleasant garden.

  • Palm Trees Ayurvedic Heritage

    South Goa

    This ayurvedic resort has an exquisite riverside location in a thick palm grove at the southern end of Patnem village (access from Patnem–Rajbag road).

  • Fatima Guesthouse

    South Goa

    An ever-popular budget guesthouse set back from the beach, with clean rooms, a good restaurant and obliging staff. Rooftop yoga classes in season.

  • Kamaxi Beach Resort

    South Goa

    Kamaxi Beach Resort, the sole place to stay in Polem, has some pretty earthy rooms but you’re paying for the seclusion, and the friendly brothers work…

  • Palolem Beach Resort

    Palolem

    The location is handy, on the beachfront at the main road entrance to the beach, but that only contributes to the lack of soul here and the rooms and huts…

  • Byke Old Anchor

    South Goa

    One of Cavelossim's original resorts, the ageing Old Anchor is quaint and hard to miss – the main building is shaped like a ship. But it remains good…

  • Chilli’s

    Arambol (Harmal)

    Near the beach entrance on Glastonbury St, this friendly canary-yellow place is one of Arambol’s better nonbeachfront bargains. There are 10 decent, no…

  • Cotiago Cottages

    Palolem

    If you’re serious about spotting wildlife at Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary, it might be worth staying a night in one of the forest department cottages, right…

  • Alcove Resort

    North Goa

    The location overlooking Little Vagator Beach is hard to beat at this price. Attractively furnished rooms, slightly larger cottages, and four suites…

  • Palolem Guest House

    Palolem

    Set back from the beach on Ourem Rd, Palolem Guest House has been around a long time and will suit travellers not looking for the beach-hut experience. A…

  • Beachside by Bombay Backpackers

    North Goa

    Down a lane off the main road opposite the beach, this backpackers in a converted old house makes a decent budget stay with four- to six-bed dorms with…

  • Mayfair Hotel

    Panaji

    The oyster-shell windows and mosaic tiling in the lobby of this popular corner hotel are promising and the refurbished rooms are mostly in good shape. Ask…

  • Hotel Mandovi

    Panaji

    A Panaji institution for more than 50 years, the Mandovi offers dated rooms, many looking out onto the wide Mandovi River. For ambience, style and…

  • Oceanic Hotel

    Palolem

    This neat white building, set a fair distance from the beach on the road between Palolem and Patnem, is a popular six-room boutique hotel, made…

  • Casa Nova

    Panaji

    In a gorgeous Portuguese-style house (c 1831) in Fontainhas, Casa Nova comprises just one stylish, exceptionally comfy double-bed apartment, accessed via…

  • Julie Jolly

    North Goa

    Rooms are neat and spacious, like little Spanish villas surrounding a small pool. It’s back from the beach action but has its own resort-style atmosphere…

  • Wellness Inn

    North Goa

    This 13-room guesthouse will suit yoga practitioners with daily drop-in classes, yoga training on the rooftop terrace and a health-conscious veg…

  • Marquito's Guesthouse

    Panaji

    This attractive olive-green Portuguese house down a lane off 31st January Rd in Sao Tomé is equipped with compact, clean and plain-white rooms, but there…

  • Hotel Satyaheera

    North Goa

    Next to the little Maruti temple in the town centre, this is Mapusa’s best central midrange hotel, which isn't saying much. Rooms are comfortable enough…

  • Sunbeam

    North Goa

    This pair of creative suites is one of North Goa’s most idiosyncratic properties. Owned and overseen by Jivi Sethi, a well-known and flamboyant Indian…

  • Villa River Cat

    North Goa

    This fabulously quirky circular guesthouse – filled with art, light, antiques, and an owner with a decidedly creative inclination – is popular with arty…

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