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We rested at the Beira Mar Alfran Resort 2 * from April 5 to April 18.2014.
To the beach 5 minutes on foot without stopping near each trading shop, or 20 minutes in the junction going to the shops along the way, and there are a lot of them. The distance from the hotel to the beach strip is 650 meters, we walked further along the beach towards Calangute for another 200 meters, there are fewer people, near Shekov - Xavier's Shack (Baga), ST. Anthonys, Inspirations, and Bosco's shack, Bobby's shack.
In Shek Inspirations, the guy Barma is a professional massage therapist, he does a full body massage for 1 hour not expensive (asks 700 rupees = $ 11, we bargained for less), my husband and I were the first of our company to go, and we were very pleased. The four of us rested.

The hotel is located in the courtyard from the road, so there is no noise from cars, the traffic is very active in the evening. April is the end of the season, there were not many vacationers, mostly Russians, Indians, a little Germans and British.
HOTEL - I rate the hotel as 2 + * or even as a weak 3 *. a small area, several three-story, and one four-story building (we lived in it), there is some greenery, grass, different trees and fruit trees too - Mango, Chiku (chiku, chikoo) and some other, two clean pools, one in the courtyard building A3, and the other near the restaurant overlooking the meadow where cows and herons graze. Towels are provided near the pool, there are sunbeds and umbrellas, a shower and a toilet. In the corridors on the floors, the floor was washed once a week. There were no cockroaches and ants on the upper floors, only geckos sometimes ran around. Nearby, the Nazri Resort is a little better.
ROOM No. 369 - we had a standard without air conditioning with a ceiling fan at several speeds, about 20 m *, metal furniture - two beds, two armchairs, two bedside tables and a bench. Bedding and two towels are very shabby but washed, a refrigerator, a small wardrobe with 8 trempels and an additional sink and countertop next to the wardrobe. The room smells of dampness. The bathroom is medium in size, the boiler perfectly heated the water immediately after turning on the switch - which is located next to the switch in the bathroom. There were no interruptions in water, everything is fine! In the bathroom there is a bucket and a ladle. The light was turned off twice in 2 weeks, and then for a very short period of several minutes. Maybe it looks stupid, but we refused to clean the room, hanging our padlock on the door. Bought a big bar of Tide soap for 10 rupees and cleaned up ourselves. On the balcony there is a table and two chairs, an ashtray. A rope was tied on the balcony and the laundry dried quickly. There are 5 sockets in the room, only 2 of them worked normally, they took FumiToks from mosquitoes from the house - they did an excellent job. They also took Off aerosol with maximum protection against insects (sprayed on the body before going out for dinner in the evening and for a walk). Safe at reception, we didn't use it.
No luck with the neighbors, the youth slept during the day and in the evening for buns, they came extinguished after 3 a. m. , yelled, laughed, sang “Black Raven” and “Natashka-Turd”, first they knocked out the door to their room and then found the keys and opened the door. And so every night. When we had elections, liquor stores were closed for 2 days, it was forbidden to drink alcohol in restaurants, so the locals rented rooms in our hotel and spent a full 2 ​ ​ days in the rooms.

FOOD - breakfast was free: toast, buns, orange jam and strawberry marmalade, tea bags, coffee and hot and cold milk. For money you can order 2 eggs. fried = 70 rupees, omelette with cheese = 90 rupees, omelet with sausages = 150 rupees.
The course is 1 $ = 60 rupees, if you change 100, and smaller bills are taken at a low rate.
Lunch and dinner in the hotel restaurant is quite good menu and prices. There is never a ready meal. Everything is cooked after you ordered, so the waiting time can be decent))) up to an hour))) Shrimps in white sauce 8pcs. with rice = 220 rupees, chicken too. King prawns 7 or 8 pieces = 380 rupees, soup = 70 and 90 rupees. In general, dinner for two cost us from 400 to 700 rupees, we took our drink and alcohol and asked for glasses from the bartender. A pleasant surprise were gifts from the chef 5 times in 2 weeks they brought us rum. At first we were wary, but then we got used to it =)) at the end of the holiday, the chef came up and thanked us for having dinner at his restaurant. Pleasant music played in the evenings, there were show programs - karate, fire shows, live music. From neighboring hotels also came to eat in ours.
The cafes down the street and in shek on the shore also have a good selection and prices. We ordered a shark in shek, about 1.5 kg for 1700 rupees, they cooked very tasty.
We bought different rum 750 ml. , Old Monk = 150 rupees, Old Seilor = 90 rupees (it tastes more like our good cognac), Kaptain Morgan = 550 rupees, Bacardi = 480 rupees.
Juice in a package 1l. = 90 and 100 rupees, ice cream cone 35 rupees, cup 20 rupees, yoghurt 500g. = 50 rupees, Goan mango= 150 rupees 1kg, passion fruit=300 rupees 1kg. , pineapple=50.70, 100 rupees by size, tomatoes 40 rupees 1 kg, watermelon 60 rupees a piece, papaya = 50 rupees a piece, freshly squeezed fresh juices from 80 to 100 rupees a glass.
Glasses from 150 rupees, a large selection, flip flops from 200 rupees, you need to bargain everywhere, but there are also fixed prices.
WIFI. INTERNET at the hotel in the restaurant and in shek on the beach give a password for free if you order food from them. Often disconnected, the speed is small, but at least somehow you can keep in touch with family and friends.

BEACH - we stopped at Inspirations shek, few people, no locals, nice bartender, gently sloping clean beach. Get ready for the fact that you will be photographed constantly both from under the quiet, and ask to be photographed together, sometimes it was annoying. Sometimes cows walk along the beach, there are a lot of dogs near each shack, molesters walk along the beach, selling various trinkets, elephants, jewelry, pareos, bedspreads, strawberries, etc. During our vacation, there were two cases - a bag was stolen from a woman. Once we saw how young sales guys grouped by 5 people, three girls and two guys, distracting those sunbathing on the sunbeds near the shek, one takes away the bag, then everyone scatters into the bushes for the shek. We walked to Calangute beach, a little to Candolim, there are more people and there are more cows and more dogs. The air temperature was +35 during the day, +28 at night, the water temperature in the Arabian Sea of ​ ​ the Indian Ocean was +28, +30 in the afternoon, for me it's just a fairy tale!
For young people in GOA just a paradise! In the evening, there are discos until the morning for girls to enter and drink all night for free, alcohol is very cheap in stores, drugs are offered at every turn, girls will not get bored. In general, get drunk, stoned, fall in love, and the like =))
EXCURSIONS - they didn’t take it from the guide (and saw the guide only when they arrived at the hotel), agreed with the taxi driver about “GOA in one day” - waterfalls with monkeys and the jungle, elephants, temples, old GOA. He spoke mainly in English and a few words in Russian, in general, almost everyone understood. We also traveled by regular bus for 20 rupees to the capital of GOA, Panaji, from the final stop in Panaji we took a ferry ride - it’s cool when the whole crowd on scooters, bikes and on foot fills up on the ferry, 5 minutes and already in the city itself.
For those who take lunches and dinners - a card for 200 rupees is issued for each person, you must order from the menu. If ordered in excess of this amount, simply pay the difference. The food is very tasty. By 12.00 we returned to the hotel, until 16.00 lunch and sleep. It is better to relax in the room at this time. Waking up at 7:00 am, going to bed at 1:00 am.
The tour was taken from TO News Travel (NEWS Travel) with a transfer through Kyiv-Sharjah-Dabolim, Air Arabia, without food (they took their own on board). The road from home to the hotel took 22 hours, very tiring. They waited for a visa for 5 days, they received passports with a visa right in Boryspil upon departure. , a photo for a visa is needed