GOA VILLAGIO RESORT & SPA in Goa - Hotel Review with Photos

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Updated: January 17, 2022

Essentials
• Location: Betalbatim, next to a lovely blue and white church.
• Hotel website: goavillagio.com
• Hotel phone: +91 (0)832 2880 781
• Check prices for Goa Villagio Resort & Spa

Review of Goa Villagio Hotel in Goa, India.

The excellent midrange Goa Villagio boutique resort offes great facilities and spacious rooms close to the beach in Betalbatim.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – Charming and mid-priced boutique resort with great amenities and excellent rates.

Located alongside a quaint blue-and-white church, this resort is considerably larger and more developed than expected. The design ensures that most rooms are on a corner and feature at least one balcony and three windows, making them all bright and airy inside. Every room is also surprisingly spacious and has a substantial sitting area. Almost everything expected at a higher-rated resort is available, except a gym, but the main attraction is the remarkably good rates (which include breakfast). It’s also close to the glorious beach via a serene countryside road flanked by palm trees.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – The Location

Address: At Betalbatim in the northerly part of South Goa. (Most places in Goa don’t have an address.) Well signposted from the main road, 650m from the resort. A good landmark is the lovely blue-and-white church only 20m from the resort entrance. A short-cut to the beach is down a lane between the resort and the church and past the peach-colored house.
Area: Betalbatim is very quiet and laidback compared to the more popular beach areas in Goa. The resort is a little remote: a few places to eat and drink on the beach, 700m away, but no village or shops nearby.
How to Get There: From the airport (18 km), there is little choice except overpriced pre-paid taxis. The nearest major train station is at Vasco da Gama, 25 km away (45-minute drive).
Handy to: Betalbatim Beach.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – The Basics

Guests: Variety of Indian and foreign tourists (particularly Russians).
Views: Most rooms feature at least one balcony. These overlook the gardens and/or pool, but a few do face another balcony barely 10m apart.
Private Pools/Jacuzzis: Not expected (or provided) at this sort of mid-range hotel in Goa.
Parking: Casual parking outside. A public area, but with a hotel guard, it should be safe.
How to Book: Booking.com will have the best rates.
Phone: +91 (0)832 2880 781
Email: resv@goavillagio.com
Website: goavillagio.com

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – Amenities

Pool: Good size but could become crowded at times. Some shade and a few sunbeds and cabanas. Bar/restaurant alongside, and a special pool for children attached.
Spa: The spa near the pool is better than expected, but offers little more than massages.
Fitness Center: Not provided.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – Food and Drink

Restaurant & Bar: In a pleasant courtyard near the pool, the Pebbles & Sand café offers daily specials, cheap drinks, and a limited but tempting menu. Buffets at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but this would depend on the number of guests. Attached is the brightly-decorated Pinto’s Fun bar.
Breakfast: Modest buffet breakfast included in all rates.
Room Service: Full menu options during restaurant hours – 7 am to 9 pm. More limited snacks available overnight.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – Rooms

Room Types: Superior Rooms • Deluxe Rooms • Luxury Rooms • List of all Rooms
Smoking Rooms: Smoking is not allowed in the rooms, but is permitted on the balconies and elsewhere around the hotel.
Best Room: Most rooms are the same size and fairly similar inside. The best would be on the top floor (for premium views) and furthest from the pool and restaurant/bar (for less noise).
For Families: The sofa could be used as a bed for a small child, and there is plenty of space in all the rooms for families of 4.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – Local Transport

Walking: Within 700m of the beach. Also, lovely to walk along the meandering neighborhood lanes. Terrific area for cycling, too, and a few bikes available for rent at the end of the road to the beach.
Public Transport: The hotel is 650m from the main road. Along this road, buses loop around the local beaches, such as Majorda, before heading back to Margao (Madgaon). From this major transport hub are connections across Goa. No metro or any local trains of use to tourists.
Taxis & Auto-rickshaws: No auto-rickshaws or metered taxis. App-based Uber/Ola don’t operate anywhere in Goa. The local alternative – Goa Miles – is worth trying, though really, the only option for longer trips are unmetered private ‘taxis’. Arrange these through the resort. Rates are overpriced but negotiable.
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 this at the resort. Rides on the back of a motorbike (called a ‘pilot’) are possible; ask around.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – What’s Nearby?

Best Nearby Restaurants & Bars

A3 Bros +91 99228 31024 – Set in a family home, meals are cheap and the service is friendly. About 250m down the road towards the beach.
Alagoa Resort – Take the dirt path (250m) from directly opposite A3 Bros café. Opposite the yellow building is the pleasant courtyard café, Amigueiro. With plenty of shade near the pool, it offers a wide range of cuisines, including Russian, Chinese, and Goan. Lively bar with bands on most nights. (500m).
However, most guests will probably prefer a cheap meal and cold drink at one of the very casual and very friendly shacks on the beach (see below). All have plastic chairs and most feature sandy floors. Magzika Beach Shack (750m) is the best, while the Little Palm Restaurant (750m) is ‘classier’ with its raised wooden floor. Come for the sunset, when sunbeds are replaced by tables on the sand. Seafood is a specialty, but plenty of other meals available.

Nearby Shops

Nothing nearby, but a few huts sell souvenirs and beach gear at the end of the road to the beach from the resort.

Nearby Beach

Stretching as far as the eye can see in both directions, the glorious Betalbatim beach is wide and uncrowded. Waves can be rough at times, however, so always swim between the flags. (Lifeguards are on duty from about 10 am to sunset.) Shacks sell food and drinks and rent sunbeds and umbrellas. The beach is at the end of the road (700m) from the resort. Slight shortcut down the lane between the resort and church.

Goa Villagio Resort & Spa – The Hotel

The resort is located in Betalbatim in south Goa.

The mid-priced Goa Villagio Resort & Spa is in Betalbatim, a beach region within South Goa.

The resort is larger and extends further back than initially expected.

The resort has a few quiet garden areas.

The resort offers some garden areas where guests can relax.

The pool is quite large and very appealing.

The pool is as large and inviting as those at resorts costing far more.

A small area for young children is attached to the main pool.

Limited sunbeds and cabanas are on the pool deck.

Some sunbeds and cabanas are dotted around the pool, but are probably not enough during busy times.

The large spa offers a small selection of treatments.

The spa is also larger than expected, but offers little more than the usual array of massages.

Pebbles & Sand café offers multiple seating options.

Pebbles & Sand is the quaint name for the spacious café at the resort. It provides tables undercover, near the pool, and inside.

Pinto's Fun bar serves a good selection of drinks.

Pinto’s Fun bar attached to the resort café sells a wide range of drinks.

Most rooms have at least 1 balcony and multiple windows.

The resort design ensures that almost all rooms feature at least one balcony, and many have 3 windows.

All rooms are more spacious than expected.

Rooms have large sitting areas with sofas.

The sizable sitting area in every room features a sofa which could be used as a single bed for a small child.

All rooms feature at least one balcony; many have two.

There is enough space in all the rooms for families of 4.

Most rooms face the garden and a few also overlook the pool.

A useful landmark is the lovely church just across a path from the resort entrance.

The resort is about 50m from a quiet dead-end road in a sleepy part of Goa.

The closest place for a meal and/or drink is A3 Bros, a café in a family home about 250m down the road towards the beach.

Directly opposite the A3 Bros café, a dirt path (250m) leads to the Amigueiro café at the Alagoa Resort.

Attached to the Amigueiro restaurant at the Alagoa Resort is a lively bar.

The road almost in front of the resort leads to the beach, about 700m away.

A few stalls sell souvenirs and beach gear on the sand.

Between the end of the road to the beach and the sand, a couple of huts sell souvenirs and beach gear.

Of the handful of laidback cafés on the beach at the end of the road from the resort, Magzika is the best.

Little Palm Restaurant stands out for its wooden floor.

Near Magzika, the Little Palm Restaurant offers a wooden (rather than sandy) floor.

The beach at the end of the road from the hotel is glorious.

Flags identify areas with lifeguards that are safe to swim in.

Waves can be rough at times, so always swim between the flags. Lifeguards are on duty from about 10 am to sunset.

The beach shacks rent out sunbeds and umbrellas.

Shacks on Betalbatim beach near the hotel also rent out sunbeds and umbrellas.

It’s always possible to escape the crowds (which are minimal anyway).

The beach is the best spot to enjoy the sunset.

Come for a drink and watch the majestic sunset, just a few minutes’ walk from the hotel. Check rates and availability: Goa Villagio Resort & Spa

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