GOA (India) advice sought
An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we
would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. |
GOA (India) advice sought
depends on what you want actually..
if you like to relax in the hotel with a swimming pool and sip cocktails all day, take a package, they' prob. take you on a 1-day-tour to see Panaji and the surroundings. otherwise, there's no problem to find hotels on the net, many travelagents will be willing to find you a nice deal. Take an AC-room though. Depending on the season, make a hotel reservation. i think august is a the busy season (i went there end october/november, when it was quite deserted) Getting there can be done by train or by plane (easiest) from Bombay & other places. Check the airlines sites or ask the TA. personally i'm not very fond of packages, i tend to change the itinerary often, plus in case ur not happy with something it's hard to quit a package halfway. Ben "Newbie" wrote in message ... An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. |
GOA (India) advice sought
depends on what you want actually..
if you like to relax in the hotel with a swimming pool and sip cocktails all day, take a package, they' prob. take you on a 1-day-tour to see Panaji and the surroundings. otherwise, there's no problem to find hotels on the net, many travelagents will be willing to find you a nice deal. Take an AC-room though. Depending on the season, make a hotel reservation. i think august is a the busy season (i went there end october/november, when it was quite deserted) Getting there can be done by train or by plane (easiest) from Bombay & other places. Check the airlines sites or ask the TA. personally i'm not very fond of packages, i tend to change the itinerary often, plus in case ur not happy with something it's hard to quit a package halfway. Ben "Newbie" wrote in message ... An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. |
GOA (India) advice sought
depends on what you want actually..
if you like to relax in the hotel with a swimming pool and sip cocktails all day, take a package, they' prob. take you on a 1-day-tour to see Panaji and the surroundings. otherwise, there's no problem to find hotels on the net, many travelagents will be willing to find you a nice deal. Take an AC-room though. Depending on the season, make a hotel reservation. i think august is a the busy season (i went there end october/november, when it was quite deserted) Getting there can be done by train or by plane (easiest) from Bombay & other places. Check the airlines sites or ask the TA. personally i'm not very fond of packages, i tend to change the itinerary often, plus in case ur not happy with something it's hard to quit a package halfway. Ben "Newbie" wrote in message ... An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. |
GOA (India) advice sought
JetAirways (and probably others like Sahara, AirIndia, ...) fly from bombay
to Goa airport codes: BOM - GOI http://www.jetairways.com/ http://www.airsahara.net/airsahara/index.jsp "claire edwards" wrote in message ... Originally posted by Newbie An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. I would buy yourself a lonely planet on India - check out lonelyplanet.com. It's really useful and you can get an idea of sights to see etc in the area. You can email and book some accommodation prior to your arrival, if you wanted to, or book yourself a package deal. Depending on what time of year you go, my depend on how busy the Pune area is. I turned up in Arombol (North Goa) in November (01) and had difficulties finding accommodation, ended up living with an Indian family - it was brilliant, but we were lucky. Pune is bigger and the choice of accommodation is greater. In terms of flights, you can get flights into Mumbai, but I'm not entirely sure if you can get flights into Gao, I travelled by bus to Goa from Mumbai and I spent a couple of weeks getting there. Would highly recommend it! I loved travelling in India, have fun. Claire -- claire Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
GOA (India) advice sought
JetAirways (and probably others like Sahara, AirIndia, ...) fly from bombay
to Goa airport codes: BOM - GOI http://www.jetairways.com/ http://www.airsahara.net/airsahara/index.jsp "claire edwards" wrote in message ... Originally posted by Newbie An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. I would buy yourself a lonely planet on India - check out lonelyplanet.com. It's really useful and you can get an idea of sights to see etc in the area. You can email and book some accommodation prior to your arrival, if you wanted to, or book yourself a package deal. Depending on what time of year you go, my depend on how busy the Pune area is. I turned up in Arombol (North Goa) in November (01) and had difficulties finding accommodation, ended up living with an Indian family - it was brilliant, but we were lucky. Pune is bigger and the choice of accommodation is greater. In terms of flights, you can get flights into Mumbai, but I'm not entirely sure if you can get flights into Gao, I travelled by bus to Goa from Mumbai and I spent a couple of weeks getting there. Would highly recommend it! I loved travelling in India, have fun. Claire -- claire Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
GOA (India) advice sought
"Newbie" wrote in message ... An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. I went to Goa from Mumbai in late January. This time of year is very popular with Europeans escaping the winter. August is probably still in the low season. The monsoon hits this coast in June and peters out in Sept. So don't think the hotels will be packed. I flew into Dabolim airport and there is a board with all the taxi fares as you come out. The airport is a long hike from anywhere. One thing is certain, if you don't already have a hotel then the taxi driver will find one ! The choice is therefore where to stay. I went to a place called Candolim where there are a few places to stay and one nice resort for sedate travellers called Taj Holiday Village which is probably the priciest place in this part of coastline. It's next to the Taj Aguada which has been going for a long time. http://www.tajhotels.com/resort/taj_goa/new.htm Nearer the airport marginally is a place called Calangute which has plenty of hotels and used to be a sort of hippie haven. Further along the coast strip is Baga beach where again there are places to stay. There are plenty of other places in Goa but that's my 2 rupee worth. but watch the weather forecast and track the monsoon! |
GOA (India) advice sought
"Newbie" wrote in message ... An American couple would be in Pune in late August. From Pune, we would like to visit Goa for a few (3-4?) days, and then go to Bombay. What is the best way of going about this: 1. Should we simply fly to Goa, find a hotel and go around on our own? 2. Should we fly to Goa but then find a hotel package? Which hotel would you recommend? 3. Should we try to find a package in Pune itself which includes a flight to Goa, hotel/sightseeing there and then a flight to Bombay? Any advice from experienced Americans, Indians, and others will be greatly appreciated. I went to Goa from Mumbai in late January. This time of year is very popular with Europeans escaping the winter. August is probably still in the low season. The monsoon hits this coast in June and peters out in Sept. So don't think the hotels will be packed. I flew into Dabolim airport and there is a board with all the taxi fares as you come out. The airport is a long hike from anywhere. One thing is certain, if you don't already have a hotel then the taxi driver will find one ! The choice is therefore where to stay. I went to a place called Candolim where there are a few places to stay and one nice resort for sedate travellers called Taj Holiday Village which is probably the priciest place in this part of coastline. It's next to the Taj Aguada which has been going for a long time. http://www.tajhotels.com/resort/taj_goa/new.htm Nearer the airport marginally is a place called Calangute which has plenty of hotels and used to be a sort of hippie haven. Further along the coast strip is Baga beach where again there are places to stay. There are plenty of other places in Goa but that's my 2 rupee worth. but watch the weather forecast and track the monsoon! |
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