Shadya

Not really sure if GBP1,595 for a week (excluding flights) falls into the "cheap" category, but it does look nice. Wouldn't Kerala be more cost effective?.

MataHari

If you devide the costs between 6 adults it would be.

Shadya

But not when compared with a beachside villa in Kerala for less than GBP500 per week, but then perhaps you are paying for the staff and other amenities.

Autonomy

it actually looks really nice and 400 quid per couple for a week with chef etc sounds pretty nice. went to Goa for a week a few years back and loved it...

did you like this villa?

where is it in relation to beach / towns? calangut, anjuna etc?

MataHari

I loved it, and if you share the costs it's not that expensive in my opinion.
The villa is wonderful, no other houses in sight, you look out over the river, monkeys jumping on your roof in the morning...it's absolutely quiet apart from the sound of birds...
the guy makes you breakfast, anything you like...a maid comes and cleans every day. He drives you anywhere you want to go.
We went out for dinner at night, there was this great place where you just sat on the floor on a load of carpets and cushions and every night there used to be guys making music, just jamming away, hippy type, really really nice, all sorts of people, from kids to old hippy grandmothers, everyone would be dancing halfway through the night, lol...
you don't spend a lot of money once you are there anyway...

we didn't do much sightseeing to be honest, just stayed in the area, I was happy enough just driving around and seeing what it was like as it was my first visit to India...there was a beach at the end of that street where the nice restaurant was, and I remember going to another beach that was a bit more nice looking and that had a lot of beach shacks on it that did food and rented out those wooden lounge chairs (with the most disgustingly dirty cushiouns on it)...must have been about 20 mins away from the house.

Nic1

what a coincidence - was looking at their website yesterday - but having had the worst every vomitty thing in Sri Lanka where I thought I was dying and wished I would, not sure I want to risk it. Got the weakest stomach in the world.

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MataHari

oh that's a pain...we never had any problems there, and some of the places we ate at looked like they hadn't been cleaned for ages, lol...
but then again, we aren't that fussy...my son came home with some flat breads the other week, still hot, got them from the builders across the road, freshly prepared over a little stove on the buildingsite...we ate them and are still alive...

Blue Cat

I miss getting bread in this fashion, we used to get it every day down in Satwa.

Spugsy

well it'll be between 7 or 8 of us.

Spugsy

I share an office with this lebanese lass and she brings me in manaesh (or whateveR), they are ACE, some sort of bread stuff wrapped around cheese, total great stuff.

Confucius

I heard that one can get by easily in India for 3 months with just USD100 in his pocket...

Confucius

Oh aye...You should also try the zaatar manaish...Best place to get it will be Moulin D'or near Karama post office...

Blue Cat

bloody lovely

Nic1

one of my favourite foods - great shop just down the road from us also does great pizza type things with rocca, salami and chesse, yum
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The Dean

Which shop's that?