Casa Tota Assagao Goa - Graham and Green

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Casa Tota Assagao Goa
For all enquires please
email Antonia Graham
retreat@grahamandgreen.co.uk
200 Mazal Vaddo
Assagao, 403529
Bardez, Goa, India

An Introduction
Our house is in the village of Assagao, one of the most sought
after villages in the Bardez province of North Goa. It is a
traditional Portuguese house approximately 150 years old. It has
been lovingly restored and is furnished to a high standard. There
is a central courtyard, which includes kitchen and dining areas
and a decorative water feature in the middle. There are 3
bedrooms with colonial 4-poster beds and adjoining bathrooms.
The back veranda looks onto the lawn and garden. There is a
telephone and broadband in the house.
Shyam our housekeeper speaks English and is very friendly and
helpful. He keeps the house and garden clean and tidy,
prepares breakfast and helps generally with ordering taxis and
mopeds etc. He also cares for our dog Candy who loves the
attention of visitors! Shyam recently married Rohini who is also
very sweet and is helping him and improving her English. They
now have a small baby and live in the cottage in the garden.
We offer you a simple breakfast of tea or coffee, fruit, muesli
and yogurt, eggs, fresh bread rolls, with butter and jam. Fried
eggs and omelettes are easy for Shyam, boiled, poached and
scrambled are a little more hit or miss! His Masala omelettes are
popular.
Casa Tota Assagao Goa
Vish Baindur supervises Shyam and takes bookings and
payments. His telephone numbers are +91 932 601
2740 or +91 800 700 0448 or you can contact him
by email on baindur@india.com and baindur@live.com.
He will call to welcome you and can give general
advice at any time. He lives in a village not far away.
We are about 4 miles from the nearest beach and one
can go by taxi, scooter or bus. Most people rent scooters
and Shyam can arrange this. A local bus passes our front
gate every hour and goes to Mapusa our local town with
a great market. The market is open daily but Fridays are
particularly special! There is also a small supermarket,
a good chemist and a bank. You can find most things
you might need here – it is also fun and a great meeting
place. Another bus that stops not far away goes to the
beach resorts of Anjuna and Vagator. Many people like
to go to the Northern beaches like Morjim or Assvem, the
latter has some good beach huts where one can spend
the day and have some very good food – the steak at
“La Plage” is highly recommended!
We are about 45 minutes from the capital of Goa,
Panjim where there is a cathedral, many shops and
Tariffs
a new 4-screen cinema. We are about 1 hour and a
quarter by car from the airport and we can send a taxi
to meet you. Monarch do a weekly or fortnightly charter
flight to Goa and you can also fly to Bombay and then
take one of about 6 local airlines down to Goa with lots
of flights in the morning. A good choice is Jet Airways
who are now International and fly from Heathrow with a
connecting flight to Goa so you can check in your
luggage to go through.
We charge 40,000 rupees (approx £535) a week in
high season (November 1st – March 31st). It is less in
low & mid season when it is quite hot and wet and many
of the restaurants are closed. Many people love it here
during Monsoon as it is very green and lush, un-touristy
and it rarely rains all day!
Many Indian people come to Goa during the Monsoon.
It is generally a time for reflection and relaxation and one
can visit a health spa, take walks on the beach or even
visit the excellent dentists in Panjim for specialist treatments
at about a quarter of the cost of the same in the
UK. We can recommend one if you wish – she and her
husband trained in London.
The best season to visit Goa is October to March (November to February the weather is perfect). During the rest of
the year it is either very hot or it’s Monsoon season and rains a lot! Some people like to go then but it is not for the
usual beach holiday and a lot of the restaurants are closed. Our prices reflect the time of year.
Main season 1st Nov - 19th Dec and 11th Jan - 31st Mar 40,000 Rs /week (approx £535)
Peak season 20th Dec - 10th Jan 50,000 Rs /week (approx £665)
Mid season April, May, September, October 30,000 Rs /week (approx £400)
Low season June, July, August 20,000 Rs /week (approx £270)
200 Mazal Vaddo
Assagao, 403529
Bardez, Goa, India

‘Paired down
chic with a touch of
Bollywood’ sums up
the flavour this
exotic holiday let.
200 Mazal Vaddo
Assagao, 403529
Bardez, Goa, India

200 Mazal Vaddo
Assagao, 403529
Bardez, Goa, India
The Graham family
have a strong love of
spicy colour &
eclectic Indian style.
Our three bedrooms
are a simple but
stylish mix of
tranquil calm
and colonial cool.

The outside areas
provide a charming,
non–pretentious
setting to eat, read
and socialise.
200 Mazal Vaddo
Assagao, 403529
Bardez, Goa, India

Four miles from the
nearest beach, a 10
minute drive to the
market and about 45
minutes from the
capital of Goa.
Most people get
around on scooters
–Shyam can arrange
rentals for this.

200 Mazal Vaddo
Assagao, 403529
Bardez, Goa, India
Many Indian people come
to Goa during the Monsoon. It
is generally a time for reflection
and relaxation and one can visit
a health spa, take walks on the
beach or even visit the
excellent dentists in Panjim for
specialist treatments at about
a quarter of the cost of the
same in the UK.