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…
Must-see hotels in Goa
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…
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…
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…
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.
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).
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.
Calangute & Baga
The beautiful Casa de Goa is popular with Indian families and books up months in advance for weekends and high season. Portuguese-style yellow ochre…
Calangute & Baga
This popular beachfront hotel at the end of ‘Holiday St’ has a fine range of rooms and apartments, from cheaper but tidy ones at the back to the boutique…
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…
Calangute & Baga
Tucked away between the beach and St Anthony’s Chapel, in a quiet, lush little area full of palms and sandy paths, Ospey’s is a traveller favourite and…
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…
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…
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…
Anjuna
This lovely family-run mansion, filled with antiques and ornate furniture, is as quirky as you could hope for in Anjuna – perhaps too over-the-top for…
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…
Calangute & Baga
Idiosyncratic, ivy-clad Cavala has been harbouring Baga-bound travellers for over 25 years and is often full, especially the cheaper rooms. Perhaps as a…
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…
North Goa
The location overlooking Little Vagator Beach is hard to beat at this price. Attractively furnished rooms, slightly larger cottages, and four suites…
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…
Calangute & Baga
Long-running Divine still sits prettily behind a plant-covered wall on the relatively quiet headland north of the Baga River. The ‘Praise the Lord’…
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…
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…
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…
Panaji
In a gorgeous Portuguese-style house (c 1831) in Fontainhas, Casa Nova comprises just one stylish, exceptionally comfy double-bed apartment, accessed via…
Panaji & Central Goa
Part of the Indy resort chain, O Pescador’s waterfront site has been utilised to create well-decorated mock-Portuguese villas with a nice view of the …
Panaji & Central Goa
Indulgence is the order of the day at this swanky village-style place, designed by renowned local architect Charles Correa, located 1km down the coast…
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…
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…
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…
Calangute & Baga
This basic backpackers' hostel is a welcome budget addition to Calangute in a super-central location behind the main market (it's actually down a quiet…
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…
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…
North Goa
This fabulously quirky circular guesthouse – filled with art, light, antiques, and an owner with a decidedly creative inclination – is popular with arty…
Panaji & Central Goa
Sun Inn is a comfortable multistorey business hotel a few kilometres from central Ponda on the highway to Panaji, making it handy for temple visits…
North Goa
Although a bit rundown, Goa Tourism’s Mayem Lake View is almost certainly the nicest of all the GTDC’s hotels and the lakeside location is peaceful. Its…
South Goa
A short walk north of the lagoon, Cola Beach Resort fronts an even quieter stretch of beach, where Rajasthani safari tents and wooden cottages occupy…
Palolem
This smart wooden beach hut operation is one of the most eye-catching on the northern beach strip, offering premium sea-facing cottages and cheaper garden…
South Goa
Vasco’s best hotel, La Paz is a comfortable but unexceptional business hotel. All rooms have air-con and satellite TV, and facilities are good, including…
North Goa
The once budget Vilena has had a refurb and all rooms are now air-conditioned with bathroom, but it's still good value and the rooms are well kept. There…
