Each 2BHK service apartment on the first floor has:
* A double bed in each of the two bedrooms
* A sofa and a table in the sitting room
* A 20" color TV set with DTH connection
* A steel cupboard
* A kitchen with a refrigerator, dinnerware (plates, cups, forks and spoons), cooking utensils, a mixer, a pressure cooker, and a gas stove with two burners. You can cook food on your own. Cooking gas is free. You'll only need to get raw materials and ingredients for cooking from the grocery stores nearby.
*
One bathroom with a commode (European toilet) inside the bathroom
NOTE:
This particular pink colored apartment complex has only one floor. Two 2BHK apartments are on the first floor and on the second floor is a covered terrace where you can put your clothes (both inner and outer wear) to dry after washing.
The sheets covering the terrace deflect all the rays of the sun making the apartments remain cool without air-conditioning even during the summers. So one can get to breathe, cool natural air coming from the 4-5 windows and doors in each apartment (every room, and even the kitchen has a balcony). There are fans in every room.
Each 2BHK apartment can take up to 6 members of a family or group comfortably. 4 can sleep on two double beds and 2 on mattresses arranged on the floor. We'll provide linen (bedsheets, pillows and a sheet to pull over the body) to all.
We can take max 8 persons in each of these 2BHK apartments. In other words, 16 persons totally.
Hence, they are ideal for groups or families coming down to Goa for a holiday.
NOTE: If you book a 2BHK apartment for 2 people, one of the bedrooms will be locked so it'll turn into a 1BHK apartment.
About the surroundings: There is a pub with which we share a boundary and one of our 2BHK apartments faces it. Many a times, especially during the weekends, live western music is played till midnight. If you don't like live music or Western music or think that it may disturb your sleep, while booking ask if the apartment not facing the pub is free.
You can see a video of 2BHK apt no.1 (a non ac apartment which doesn't face the pub) on YouTube by using this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0hPSEeqGyM
You can see a video of 2BHK apt no.2 (an ac apartment with two ac bedrooms facing the pub) on YouTube by using this link:
http://youtu.be/F800gwXYynM
Please copy and paste the links in your browser.
Tariff (From 04 Jan - 31 May, 2013) for a 2BHK apartment:
For 1-2 people: Rs.2000/- per night (non ac) and Rs.2500/- per night (ac)
For 3-4 people: Rs.2500/- per night (non ac) and Rs.3000/- per night (ac)
For 5-6 people: Rs.3000/- per night (non ac) and Rs.3500/- per night (ac)
This means that if 5-6 members of a family or group come during this period the cost is Rs.3000 per night totally for the non ac option and Rs.3500 per night for the ac option.
Tariff (From 01 Jun - 31 Aug, 2013) for a 2BHK apartment:
For 1-2 people: Rs.1500/- per night (non ac) and Rs.2000/- per night (ac)
For 3-4 people: Rs.2000/- per night (non ac) and Rs.2500/- per night (ac)
For 5-6 people: Rs.2500/- per night (non ac) and Rs.3000/- per night (ac)
This means that if 5-6 members of a family or group come during this period
the cost is Rs.2500 per night totally for the non ac option and Rs.3000
per night for the ac option.
Tariff (From 01 Sep - 19 Dec, 2013) for a 2BHK apartment:
For 1-2 people: Rs.2000/- per night (non ac) and Rs.2500/- per night (ac)
For 3-4 people: Rs.2500/- per night (non ac) and Rs.3000/- per night (ac)
For 5-6 people: Rs.3000/- per night (non ac) and Rs.3500/- per night (ac)
This means that if 5-6 members of a family or group come during this period
the cost is Rs.3000 per night totally for the non ac option and Rs.3500
per night for the ac option.
If you use Google to compare these rates with hotel rates you'll discover that they are much cheaper. And you get two bed rooms, a sitting room, a kitchen and a covered terrace to yourself versus just one room in a hotel!
They are ideal for families, honeymoon couples, long married couples, company employees, backpackers, groups of friends or for groups of students looking to come down here for a vacation.
Check in and check out policies:
- The check in time is 11AM and the check out time is 9AM on the next day.
- If you arrive in Goa in the morning and if there is a booking on the
previous day, you'll be able to check into the apartment / villa at
11AM only. This is because the guests staying in the apartment / villa
will check out at the official time of 9AM and the house keeping people
will need two hours to get the place ready for you.
- If
there is no booking on the day before you come (you can call to ask
this just before you leave your town for Goa), you can come directly
from the bus depot, railway station or the airport and check into the
apartment / villa in the morning before 11AM (provided it's after 6AM).
- If you need to check in at an odd hour (before 6AM in the morning),
you can pay the full day charge for the previous day so we can keep the
apartment empty for you to come directly from the station to rest.
- If you arrive in the afternoon or evening, you'll still need to pay
the whole day charge as the apartment / villa will be kept empty for you
starting from 11AM.
- If you continue after the check out
time of 9AM, and leave in the afternoon or evening, you'll again have
to pay the full day charge even if you don't spend the whole night in
the apartment / villa.
This is because we won't be able to put
other guests in the apartment / villa in the afternoon or evening as
most trains and buses reach Goa in the morning.
You can avoid this
charge by keeping your luggage in a storage room we'll provide at 9AM
and go for sightseeing till you have to come back and collect your
luggage to catch your train, bus or flight.
Driving distance from our property in Benaulim / Colva to:
Dabolim airport - 26 kms (45 mins)
Madgaon town / Railway Station / Bus Depot - 8 kms (12 mins)
Benaulim and Colva beaches - 1 to 2 kms (3 mins)
Varca beach - 7 kms (10 mins)
Cavelossim / Mobor beaches - 14 kms (30 mins)
Palolem beach - 41 kms (45 mins)
Ponda town / Bus Depot - 25 kms (45 mins)
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary - 35 kms (1 hr)
Dudhsagar Falls - 102 kms (3 hrs)
Panjim town / Bus Depot - 39 kms (45 mins)
Mapusa town - 49 kms (1 hr)
Calangute / Baga / Anjuna / Vagator beaches - 50 to 54 kms (1 hr)
How to get here:
* From Dabolim airport - Take a taxi
* From Madgaon Railway Station - Take a taxi or an auto rickshaw
A government prepaid taxi booth is located just outside the Southern entrance of the railway station near Platform 1.
Auto rickshaw stands are there outside both the Northern and Southern entrances.
* From Madgaon Kadamba Bus Depot - Take a taxi, an autorickshaw or a bus.
From the Madgaon Kadamba Bus Depot, you can sit in a bus going either to Cavelossim beach or Colva beach (There are buses running to Cavelossim or Colva every 15 mins) and get down at Maria Hall. The fare is just Rs.8 per person. Maria Hall is a famous landmark in the whole of South Goa.
Other important things near the complex:
- Medical shops
- Medical clinics
- A supermarket
- Grocery stores
- Scores of affordable restaurants.
- Souvenir shops
Booking your train tickets:
For searching for trains from your home station to Madgaon Railway Station in Goa check the site:
http://www.erail.in/
Booking your bus tickets:
For searching for buses from your home town to Madgaon Bus Depot in Goa check the site:
http://www.redbus.in/
Booking your flight tickets:
For searching for a flight from your home town to Dabolim Airport in Goa check the site:
http://www.makemytrip.com/
Feel free to call us up to inquire about the most convenient route from you place.
Our address is:
Ashirwaad Holiday Apts and Villas, Near Maria Hall, Benaulim-Colva beach road, Salcette, Goa - 403716
If you see the map of Goa, you'll find that Madgaon is in the centre of Goa (along the coast).
Here's how you can divide your time here (depending on the time you have):
Day 1 Going to the beaches nearby
Day 2 North Goa - places near Mapusa town
Day 3 North Goa - places near Panjim town
Day 4 South Goa - places near Madgaon town
Day 5 South Goa - Palolem beach
Day 6 East Goa - places near Ponda town
Day 7 West Goa - places near Vasco town