The breakfast was ok as tea and toast goes you can't really get that wrong.

Dirty flea pit! Been to Goa 4 times now know what to expect concerning hotels but this place was a joke.

Never touched the food the rooms were bad enough.

The location was good, the staff were friendly the entertainment what entertainment we went with a party of eight we would never stay at this hotel again if you can call it a hotel.

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If you require luxury on your holiday then this is not the place for you.

The Dona Alcina is basic and needs updating.
The staff are fabulous and if you take the time to speak to them, even try a little Konkani, they will be so pleased and helpful.

We choose to stop here as we are normally on a budget and we know what we are getting.

Breakfast seems to be going downhill every year but evening meals seem to be a hit.

They try with everything tbey do but its very differnet to what we are used to.

If they spent money on the rooms the hotel would be alot better.

The location is one of the best, right in the heart of candolim.

Arrived at the Hotel Dona Alcina at the end of Jan. 2005 for a 2 week stay.

Wasn't expecting much for the price, but was hoping for clean and basic accommodation. It was the pits!

The room we were shown to was at the back of the complex,the room was very low lying and when the porter opened the door there was an overwhelming smell reminiscent of a full ashtray. The walls, wardrobe and fridge were a mucky shade of nicotine and sticky to the touch - we were stunned. The 'piece de resistance' was a tatty piece of yellowed paper sellotaped to the headboard requesting us not to smoke in bed! The porter deposited our bags and hung about until we tipped him.

We were not looking for luxury and have island hopped round Greece and had many holidays 'roughing it' under canvas but we have never ever been in a scruffy, dingy room like this - It was disgusting! We immediately returned to the reception with our suitcases and were accompanied back to our room by a staff member "to see what the problem was" - he was speechless when I asked him if he would be prepared to holiday in a room like this and immediately offered to look for a better room for us.

We took the opportunity to have a good look around the complex, filthy broken windows, peeling paintwork, everything is in a state of decay and neglect, even the public areas around the pool.

It was breakfast time and the food - bread and jam and drinks were left exposed and the flies were taking full advantage of the situation - yuck.

We returned to reception by which time a long queue of irate new arrivals had congregated. We asked the reception staff to contact our rep and when he arrived we asked to be moved. To be fair he didn't put any obstacles in our way, it is obviously a frequently occurring scenario and we were taken in a taxi to a nearby property to which we could have a free transfer and then at our request to an upgrade Hotel (Valentines Retreat) which we accepted paying an extra