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There aren't any balconies at the front as far as I remember. Never stayed there but it did look a very nice hotel, lovely gardens. We stayed close by and used the lane at the side of the hotel every day on our way to the beach.
Really do recommend the Calamari, the service, staff are excellent.
Have a wonderful holiday
Cx
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Thanks roxey. I saw that you stayed in apartments near there, we will check those out for future reference. Did they have air-con? Are you going back to them next holiday?
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We stayed at a little place called Angelas guest house, just down the road from Santana. Apartments are lovely, huge lounge, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom and a couple of balconies that had sunny and shady spots all day.Didnt have air con in the apartment we stayed in, just ceiling fans. Absolute gem of a place and very reasonably priced. Definitely going back there. I really must stop saying how lovely it was otherwise I wont be able to get a booking next time :rofl
Must say the Santana does look to be a very nice well kept hotel, even though they had two dogs who took great delight in scaring me half to death every day!!!!. They were harmless just liked to bark at me when I was least expecting it.
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Hi folks, does anyone know where the Santana Beach Resort is? We have heard good reviews about it and apparantly it is at Candolim. We have been to Candolim several times but dont recall seeing the Santana, It has it's own shack "Calamari". We usually stay at the Sinqerim end of Candolim but I don't know if it's in that area. Can anyone help?
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Dave, the Santana Beach Resort is in Candolim towards the Sinquerim end. If you know the Stonehouse restaurant it's very near there, just to the left and opposite. Almost on the beach.
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Thanks for the info. Know where the Stone House is. There are so many little lanes leading to the beach we must have missed that one
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Stayed at this hotel last season i can only speak for my self but i hated it ,the rooms smell damp only half of them are habited the rest are quite deralict,the calamari is the only saveing grace but no good for the beach
its oposit flaumby
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Hi angelswitch, just read your comments about Santana Beach. When you said it was no good for the beach did you mean the hotel or calamari, i'm a bit confused cos i thought the hotel was very close to beach, or did you mean that the beach at that part of Candolim was no good :que
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sorry meant the beach it's self is no good
when we went in dec 08 the erosion was so bad it made the beach unsafe i ended up with pebble dash when i was upended in the sea its very rough (my hubby found it very funny )
so :think
beach=bad
santana=bad
calamari=good(very clean very good food) :tup
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Thanks for clearing the confusion, I know what you mean about beach errosion although when we were there this January it didn't spoil things. I seems to be worse near the Taj. I think the ship might have some effect on the safety of the sea. I' m a coward - need to be able to keep my feet firmly on the ground so I only stay near the edge but I know there are some very strong under currents. Sorry you had a bad experience at Santana, it has had more good reviews than bad so hopefully any probs have been sorted now. Do you know if all the rooms there the same or are some better and bigger than others? By the way , hope the probs you had have't put you off going back to goa. :wave:
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The rooms are not all the same some have separate living room all have small kitchen
nothing puts me off Goa every year i say this is the last time and then i go and book again.
I fly out on 7/12/09 this time but not to Santana beach
Santa Monica for me this time been 3 years ago
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