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Updated: January 14, 2022
Essentials
• Location: Mid-way in Candolim, close to the beach.
• Hotel website: casablancagoa.com
• Hotel phone: +91 (0)832 247 9224
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The affordable Casablanca offers spacious rooms and a beautiful pool close to Candolim beach.
Casablanca – Huge rooms, great value, and serene location, yet so convenient to the beach and main road.
This adorable hotel offers virtually four-star amenities at two-star rates (including breakfast). With a café/bar alongside, the pool is fairly large, while the shady palm trees all over the grounds add further to the tropical-resort vibe. Far larger than those offered at resorts costing much more, the rooms feature proper living areas (with sofa alcoves) and balconies/verandas with inviting chairs. Even better are those on the top floor featuring charming outdoor terraces rather than sitting areas inside. And the hotel is located only a two-minute stroll from the beach lined with cafés as well as the main road with its numerous tourist facilities.
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Casablanca – The Location
- Address: Just off a side street (Krishna Naik Road) which runs off the main road midway along Candolim, a major tourist region in a southern part of North Goa. (Most places in Goa don’t have an address.)
- Area: Only 200m from the main road which is packed with places to eat, drink, and shop. Also, buses and moneychangers. Barely 300m from the beach, with plenty of cafés on the sand.
- How to Get There: From the airport (35 km, 60-minute drive), there is little choice except overpriced pre-paid taxis. The nearest major train station is at Vasco da Gama, 40 km away (75-minute drive).
- Handy to: Facilities and beaches at Candolim.
Casablanca – The Basics
- Guests: Many Indians from Mumbai and packaged tourists from Russia.
- Views: All rooms overlook the gardens and/or pool, while a few face other balconies. Those on the ground floor provide no worthwhile views.
- Private Pools/Jacuzzis: Certainly not expected (or provided) at this sort of mid-range hotel in Goa.
- Parking: Possible outside the gates, and the hotel guard should ensure safety.
- How to Book: Agoda will have the best prices.
- Phone: +91 (0)832 247 9224
- Email: info@casablancagoa.com
- Website: casablancagoa.com
Casablanca – Amenities
- Pool: Inviting and shady, with a café/bar alongside.
- Spa & Fitness Center: Not expected (or provided).
- Other Facilities: Laundry. Money-changing. Car/motorbike rental.
Casablanca – Food and Drink
- Restaurant & Bar: The Saffron Restaurant & Bar alongside the pool looks modest but offers more than expected, including a full menu at pleasing prices. Special evenings, such as ‘Tandoori Nite’, regularly offered. Also, impressive happy hours and an extended wine list.
- Breakfast: Included in all rates, which is not common among rivals.
- Room Service: Available during restaurant hours of about 7 am to 9 pm.
Casablanca – Rooms
- Room Types: Terrace Rooms • Suite Rooms • List of all Rooms
- Smoking Rooms: No smoking in the rooms, but permitted elsewhere.
- Best Room: Suite Rooms are larger, and the sofa alcoves are particularly inviting.
- For Families: Both types of rooms offer space for an extra single bed, maybe even 2.
Casablanca – Local Transport
- Walking: Plenty to see along the main road, which offers some sidewalks. More pleasant along the side streets to the beach.
- Public Transport: Local buses are convenient and frequent. They travel up and down – and stop anywhere along – the main road through Candolim and Calangute. Some detour to Panaji (Panjim), the state capital and regional transport hub, via a stop opposite the Acacia hotel (300m north). No metro or any local trains of use to tourists.
- Taxis & Auto-rickshaws: No auto-rickshaws or metered taxis in the immediate area. Uber/Ola don’t operate anywhere in Goa, but app-based rides can be arranged through Goa Miles. The only option for longer trips are unmetered private ‘taxis’ which can be arranged at the hotel or with drivers hanging about the streets.
- Cars & Motorbikes: Goa is the only place in India where renting a car or motorbike is feasible. No internationally-recognized agencies are present, so renting at a local shop presents obvious risks. Best to organize through the hotel. Rides on the back of a motorbike (called a ‘pilot’) are possible; ask around.
Casablanca – What’s Nearby?
Best Nearby Restaurants & Bars
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Plenty to choose from along the main road, but traffic noise can be bothersome. Instead, these 3 places are along the side street between the main road and beach, so they’re far quieter:
- Café EDR – Cute café named after the mantra ‘Eat. Drink. Repeat.’ Laidback but gets lively as the night progresses.
- Co Co Mo – Breezy and serene setting on 2 levels. Seafood a specialty, but plenty of other reasons to come night after night.
- Kokoons Modern Indian Diner – Classy bistro/bar offering contemporary Indian cuisine, kebabs, and shishas (hookahs).
Also, there are lots of beach cafés at the end of the side street from the hotel. Friendly, cheap, and simple – picture plastic chairs and sandy floors.
- At, or very near, the turnoff to the hotel from the main road, these 2 places offer western meals in a casual environment: Lezero’s Multicuisine Restaurant & Bar (300m) and Tony’s Place Restaurant & Bar (300m).
Nearby Shops
- Abundant places to spend money along the main road, 200m away, including a few minimarts and moneychangers. The closest supermarket is Delfino’s, 700m north.
Nearby Beach
- Turn left where the short lane to the hotel meets the side street. The glorious beach, about 300m away, is packed with casual cafés on the sand that also rent out sunbeds and umbrellas. Always swim between the flags. Lifeguards are on duty between about 10 am and sunset.
Casablanca – The Hotel

Casablanca resort is located down a quiet side street within a busy tourist region of North Goa.

The likable design features terracotta tiles and whitewashed walls.

With plenty of shady palms, the Casablanca provides more of a tropical-resort vibe than some higher-rated hotels.

Rooms at the back are more distant from the pool, so they are a little quieter. They also offer more interesting views.

The reasonably large pool dominates the hotel grounds.

The pool provides plenty of natural shade as well as umbrellas.

The Saffron Restaurant & Bar next to the hotel pool may look modest, but the food and service are excellent.

Rooms on the ground floor don’t offer great views.

The rooms on the upper floors are certainly more appealing.

All rooms are more spacious than many offered at resorts costing much more.

Each Suite Room features a living area larger than the bedroom.

The balcony attached to each Suite Room is quite large, and many overlook the pool.

The Terrace Rooms forego indoor sitting areas for lovely outdoor terraces.

With an inviting terrace, these rooms are reminiscent of a Mediterranean guesthouse.

The resort is well-signposted along the side street leading to the beach from the main road (but the turnoff to the side street from the main road is less obvious).

Directly opposite the turnoff from the side street to the hotel are a bunch of souvenir stalls.

This side street links the main road with the beach and is the way to the resort.

A cute café that livens up as the night progresses is Café EDR, along the side street from the hotel.

Also along the side street, the stylish Kokoons bistro offers shishas (hookahs).

Best of the bunch, if only for the quiet and breezy setting, is Co Co Mo.

About halfway between the hotel and beach, Co Co Mo specializes in seafood and is renowned for cocktails.

At the corner of the main road and side street to the hotel, Lezero’s is ideal for people-watching.

Opposite the turnoff to the hotel from the main road, Tony’s Place serves up western meals such as fish and chips.

About 300m from the hotel, numerous cafés are dotted across the sand.

These beach cafés also rent out sunbeds and umbrellas.

The beach, only 300m from the resort, is wide and clean.

Waves can be a little rough at times, so always swim between the flags.

This is the turnoff along the main road for the side street to the hotel. There is a sign at ground level, but it’s not entirely obvious.

The resort is about halfway along Candolim, one of the more developed tourist regions in northern Goa.

The main road near the hotel is packed with shops, cafés, and bars, as well as travel agencies and moneychangers.

Buses ply the main road, linking all the places along Candolim and Calangute, as well as Panaji (Panjim), the state capital and regional transport hub. Check rates and availability: Casablanca
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