Casa
Palacio Siolim House Goa is a Heritage
Boutique Hotel that is two hundred and
seventy five years of history. At one time the
house belonged to a governor of Macau from an
aristocraic family, and still has the porcelain
china grills that the senhor brought from the
east. Later on other members of the family were
administrators in Portuguese Mozambique, which
is where its other name 'Mosmimcar', 'The Mozambican',
comes from. The house was bought by its present
owners in 1996 and the first renovation completed
in 1999. The aim was to bring the Palacio back
into use, and its 22 rooms were convered into
only 7 large suite accomodation, all with en suite
facilities named after trading ports of the 17th
century (the century in which Siolim House
was built), including one two roomed apartment
(all with ensuite facilities) sleeping a total
of 16. They have their own masseur, fantastic
home cooked meals and most things that that would
mae you feel comfortable.
Facilities
available at Casa Palacio Siolim House Goa :
•Telephone, email, free broadband
wireless LAN
• TV/Games/X-Box/Play Station room with
a fully equipped Libraryfor books and movies
• A car with driver, and Honda scooters
are available on hire.
• Home-style cuisine, using the best local
produce, prepared by their goan chefs
• All rooms with en-suite facilities, showers,
some rooms air-conditioned
• Yoga classes off site
• Ayurvedic treatments from in house trained
masseur/masseuse
• Baby sitting
• Their own RIB boat for crusies on the
river or ocean or for water sports
• 12.5 m lap pool with children's area
• Cycles for use at liberty
• Walk and excursions to discover the area
on request
Accomodation
at Casa Palacio Siolim House Goa :
Siolim House Goa
has seven bedrooms (including two suites) named
after trading ports/areas of the 18th century
mostly along the Konkan coast where Goa is located,
during the time Siolim House was at its prime.
Each room or suite has attached tastefully designed
large bathrooms. There is a large garden with
bursting bougainvillea bushes and fragrant trees
and a pergola in what they call the "secret
garden", a fully equipped kitchen, an inner
pillared courtyard with a mosaic fountain and
a part that even has a stepwell that provides
water for the house. There are several large halls,
and an 12.5 meter overflow swimming pool.
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