Aryans Hotel

The food was amazing, and worth the wait, though the kitchen is closed from 3pm to 7pm. There are plenty of other places nearby to eat. At the pool, you can have breakfast or a beer while looking out to sea, and hear the sunset music from Thallassa very clearly since the resort shares a wall with it. If loud music bothers you, this probably isn’t the place for you. We stayed in a Deluxe cottage, which is smaller than the Premium Cottages, but it had all the amenities, fresh clean linen, and a small, clean bathroom. The rooms don’t have phones, so you have to walk to reception to order food. The resort is up on the hill near small Vagator, in the Ozran beach area, next to Thallasa, the well-known Greek restaurant in Goa. To reach the beach, walk down the stairs. It’s about two minutes away. You can easily hire a two-wheeler or four-wheeler near the resort, and Hill Top Goa, one of Goa’s happening open nightclubs, is about five minutes away. Check in advance whether they accept card payments, as the resort didn’t when I stayed, though that may have changed. Room tip: choose a Premium Sea Facing cottage for a small private balcony overlooking the pool and sea.

The staff did so much to make our stay memorable, and we loved the pool. The waterfront views are breathtaking. I’ll definitely return when I visit India.

We paid 5K per room per night for Aryans. I was unsure whether the place would really look like the online pictures, but checking in put those doubts to rest. The view was a wow: sea-facing rooms, with the pool right in the middle. Rooms, bathrooms and facilities were all pretty much on point. The beach is easy to get to, and Thalassa is right next door, which saved us time and money. We partied there in the evening, ate, came back, then danced and jammed by the pool to the music playing at Thalassa.

The rooms, food and service were awesome. Loved the swimming pool and the beautiful sunset view. Such a great sunset point.