Hospedaria Abrigo de Botelho

Lovely colonial style with beautiful ornate furnishings floors and ceilings. Informative host and a good breakfast make this a good place to stay for exploring Panjim and the Latin quarter. Modern touches, include WiFi, kettle and flat screen TV in room.

Beautiful hotel, beautiful street, good room. Beware, sympathic but a bit tricky Roy can give you a different kind of room than the one you ordered: he doesn't upgrade but downgrade. We booked for a "premium" room but we got an "executive" one.

My wife, I, and 2 of our friends had a very memorable stay at the Hospedaria Abrigo de Botelho mid-December 2022. * Property: is a well-maintained beautiful heritage building with Goan-Portuguese architecture, with tastefully curated & decorated interiors. Loved the wooden staircase, the decorated ceiling, rustic lamps, vintage furniture, double-height ceilings, large doors & windows, thick walls, and beautifully tiled floors. * Rooms: we were accommodated in 1 premium room and 1 executive room on the upper floor. Both rooms were fresh, clean and spacious. The premium room was even larger. Both rooms had beautiful furniture and fixtures, as well as modern creature comforts. The executive room had a small balcony. Bathrooms were clean, loved the bathroom-vanities, loved the brown-marbled floors in the bathroom. * Location: Nestled within the beautifully picturesque Fountainhas / Latin Quarters on a peaceful and quiet inner lane. Very short walking distance from the famous local bakeries and eateries. * Host, service and breakfast: A wonderful and smooth experience right from enquiry till check-out. Roy, the proprietor and our host, was an absolute pleasure to converse with! Roy and our group got to know each other a bit more over breakfast, and conversed about various topics while we enjoyed a wide variety of Indian and Continental food and beverages from the fresh, delicious and plentiful breakfast spread at the in-house cafeteria. I got to try the delicious Goan Banana buns (sweet puris) that had eluded me for all my previous meals at Panjim, and loved the fresh Goan Poee (bread) too. The service team too was very attentive and helpful – spotted us and approached to help find a car parking spot when we arrived, helped carrying our luggage up and down between the rooms and the car, as well as during breakfast service. * Parking: is available alongside the foot-paths right outside the hotel building. We always found parking quickly for our car even in the peak December season. Though we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, but I feel like we didn’t do justice by staying there just one night – will surely love to visit again if Roy’s able to accommodate us!

Two main things I rate in accommodation first bed comfort and second wifi speed. Both were not good, the mattress was so hard I was stiff and sore each morning normally I am find with beds but this had been the worst 3 nights of sleep. On the summary for the guest house it states super fast Wifi the down load speed was lucky to get to 5 mbps, Roy said the reason why was they do not pay for wifi and use a public system set up. I went to Panjim Inn to have a meal and their speed was 20 mbps they pay for their wifi, I needed internet for work. The building itself it lovely as is the whole area of the old quarter. I had stayed in Goa for 8 weeks so this was my splurge for my last days in India. Roy was a very informative host, breakfast selection was good too. Solo traveller.

We had a lovely 3 night stay here. Roy and his team were very friendly and helpful but the big appeal was the lovely old heritage building. Our room was huge with a wraparound balcony and near some lovely food and drink spots. The included breakfast had a good range of options.