amã Stays & Trails La Maison Fontainhas, Goa

The property is in a prime location - itself a key landmark and also closer to some of the sightseeing places in Panaji Goa. There are lots of visitors who take photos with the property as a background- which was surprising to us, later learnt that it is part of the properties that is a tourist attraction. When we step of the property, the tourists looks at us in awe, because we stay in it. Coming to the property, it is a beautiful one, with 8 bedrooms in the first floor with ground floor as a reception and a restaurant space with dining tables and chairs, sofas etc. You will see as depicted in the pictures, nicely maintained. The first floor has a nice drawing room kind of space before you go to the bedrooms with sofas and a reading space allotted with some nice books kept as well. In case you had forgotten to carry a book, you can use the book there. The bedroom allotted to us was the corner one, on the right hand side- was a very nicely decorated one with a huge queensize bed and nice storage table with antique furniture, TV table etc. There is a huge window space as well where you can keep your stuff. The bed was very comfortable and cosy. The washroom was nice and practical, with a separate shower space and the soap kept was the Pears soap(special mention - as it reminded of nice fragrance of the soap). Since the property is maintained by Taj Vivanta Panaji, it is very nice and breakfast is arranged from there with a car sent by them and dropped back. The cartakers - Anil and the person in the morning (forgot his name- he is from Karnataka) are very nice and helpful. The Taj team - who oversee and supervise the housekeeping and the arrangements are exceptional. Will write a separate review of Taj Vivanta Panaji. The parking is outside the property, closer to the other gate. Because of the crowd of visitors, there is a chance of an issue as i faced, with my car getting a scratch possibly by a unruly crowd person. The Taj team graciously agreed to get my car parked in Taj Vivanta Panaji. The first floor also has the issue of noise of the tourists dropping in from morning onwards- but that is a relatively smaller issue, compared to the other comforts. The nearby vegetarian restaurants, particulary GreenR- which offers vegan food were all conveniently located within walking distance. The famous Church is also within walking distance as is the boating and other attractions.