Kamat Holiday Homes, Calangute

Advantages: Lovely staff, 2 swimming pools, free gym, great evening food and close to both shops and beach.
Disadvantages: Basic furniture, noisy air-conditioning units, poor breakfasts and quite busy area.

...a B&B deal at the Kamat complex in Calangute. Neither of us had been to India before and to be honest we expected the worst of our hotel - but from the moment our maniac taxi driver set us down outside, we loved it. It's not a hotel I would recommend unreservedly (many of the things that we found endearing, might well drive someone of different sensibilities quite mad). If your idea of the perfect hotel is something secreted away from the locals, ...
...patio) the guys at the Kamat really haven't mastered English brekkie yet. It would be better if they served Goan style breakfasts instead but in a desperate bid to please the tourists they serve up the same soggy toast, eggs and fatty bacon day after day. But there are plenty of opportunites to stuff yourself with great Goan food (and even traditional English fare) throughout Calangute - so you're unlikely to feel that hard done-by. The Kamat homes ... Read review