Old Anchor, Goa

Old Anchor Hotel Description

Rooms
The resort houses 150 air conditioned Deluxe bedrooms appointed with facilities such as a mini bar, a telephone with STD and International calling facilities, colour television with satellite channels, private balcony and en suite bathrooms with running hot and cold water and shower heads.

Dining
The resort has a wide range of dining and drinking options such as Rancho, the coffee shop, the Shack, the Adega Goana Bar. The resort also holds pool side barbeques and houses La Samba, a discotheque.

Hotel Facilities
The resort has an open air theatre called Bellavista that is home to live bands. There is also provision for a health club, Ayurvedic massages, a gym, sauna and Jacuzzi. The resort provides banquet / conference facilities, with a hall that can accommodate up to 100 people. In house entertainment options include a billiards table. Other facilities that the resort offers are swimming pool, doctor on call, laundry services, travel assistance, car rental and currency exchange.

Location
The resort is located 32 kilometres from the airport 13 kilometres from the Madgaon railway station and 11 kilometres from the Madgaon bus stand.

Area Attractions

Dabolim Airport (40 Km)

Located 29 kms from Panjim, some airport facilities include currency exchange, a book shop, handicrafts emporium, a duty free shop and facilities for the physically challenged. There is a prepaid taxi stand within and outside the premises.

Margaon Railway Station (15 Km)

One of the two main railway stations in Goa, Margaon is in the southern area of the state and services the Konkan Railway line, which has trains plying from Mumbai and other destinations including Delhi.

Mandovi River Cruise (50 Km)

The best way to take in the scenic beauty of Goa is on a river cruise, giving you breathtaking views of the lush greenery. While the day cruise involves folk dance performances and a chance to spot monuments, the moonlight cruise offers stunning sights.

Old Goa (55 Km)

Old Goa is dotted with convents and chapels painted in cream. It showcases giant facades and gilt altars of the well preserved churches. The most famous is the tomb of the 16th century missionary, St. Francis Xavier, whose remains are preserved in the Bas

Calangute Baga Beach (70 Km)

Among the most popular beaches in north Goa, both the Calangute and Baga beaches are thronging with crowds soaking in the sun and splashing in the sea. Shacks and stalls line these palm fringed shores.

Dona Paula (55 Km)

Steeped in myth and romance, the beach is named after Dona Paula De Menezes, the erstwhile Viceroy’s daughter. This is where the Zuari and Mandovi estuaries meet the sea. The Dona Paula beach houses the National Oceanography Institute.

Panjim CIty (50 Km)

Visitors usually give Panjim a miss from their itineraries, not aware of its quaint old district. Fontainhas still retains a Portuguese air with colourful houses and old churches. Clean and not congested, the city is unlike any other.

Colva Beach (10 Km)

Unsullied, golden sands, palm groves and fish laid out to dry on the shore, Colva Beach in South Goa offers this and much more. Hotels, souvenir kiosks and snack bars dot the beach and fishermen trawlers can be seen in the distance, anchored in the sea.

Titos Night Club (70 Km)

The club is synonymous with Goas nightlife. Located on the Baga beach, this indoor night club has a multi-cuisine restaurant called Brass, an outdoor pub and also Mambos, a 24 hour coffee shop and boutique.