Estrela Do Mar Beach Resort

A great time to be had!

This was our second visit to the Estrela Do Mar. ALL the staff were amazing with their friendliness and cheerfulnes. Many of them recognised us from our last year and were very excited to see us. Without fail, they are all friendly, polite and helpful. Many of them have very good use of the English language, and can hold very insightful and witty conversations about just about anything, especially themselves, their country and what their dreams and aspirations are. My particular highlight of each day was coming back to the room after roomservice had been to see what they had done with our towels. The imaginations of the room cleaners is amazing, with towels displayed as frogs, swans, crocodiles, and many more. The menu in the resort restaurant is varied and interesting, with many local and western dishes, (I can certainly recommend the chicken masala with garlic naan bread), and at a very reasonable price. If you become tired of the beach and swimming in the sea, the hotel offers a lovely, crystal clean swimming pool for use by the residents. It is in semi shade, depending on the time of the day, and the water is certainly cooler and more refreshing than the sea. The pool area offers its own small bar service, and their are a few tables and chairs where you can sit and eat meals if you don’t feel like sitting in the main dining area. There are sun loungers which are free to residents. We will be back.

We always visit just before the season starts. This ensures that things are set up in readiness, but the crowds have not yet arrived, This suits us, but of course everyone is different. When shopping in the stalls, be prepared to haggle and bargain. When they see a tourist, the prices skyrocket. When visiting the beach, please take care of your skin in the sun. We have seen too many people burn recklessly on their first day and then we haven’t seen them again. Travel in a rickshaw is fun, not uncomfortable, cheap, and a slow way to actually see some countryside and scenery as you go along.

The worst Stay ever!!!

Straight to the point, the hotel was the worst hotel i have ever stayed in my whole life. Service is terrible, rooms are totally different to what you see in the pictures, infact the whole hotel was totally different to the pictures, not impressed at all, and would not reccomend thsi hotel at all for their own good...

Best stay ever in goa

We have just returned from Goa after 2 days break. We choose the Estrela Do Mar through reading reviews on trip advisor and it was the right choice. The bellboys were there waiting to take our luggage to our rooms after check-in. We were invited to take breakfast even though we had just arrived at 7.00am. The room was not so good, but when we mentioned this to reception, we were moved to a room over looking the pool area, great room. We had a living room that was well furnished and a very spacous bathroom. We asked for a Mineral Water and they were in the room in less than 10 minutes. The room was spotless, and was cleaned to a high standard every day. Sheets towels change every day. No fault at all. The location of the hotel was excellent Right On the beach, we were off the main road, it was quiet, and only 2 minutes from the beach. Go to inspirations beach shack owned by the resort, they will take care of you there. The hotel itself was just a great size, got to know the staff and all of them so friendly. The breakfast at their beach selection was ideal, a chef was on hand to cook eggs any style, and the buffet had ample choice, and it was changed daisly. We only had a candle light dinner in the hotel and the food was very good, and the value was great. This is one of the cleanest hotels I have ever been, and although India on the whole is basic, this hotel has everything you will need.