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India Hotels and Resorts - India will sideswipe you with its size, clamour and diversity - but if you enjoy delving into convoluted cosmologies and thrive on sensual overload, then it is one of the most intricate and rewarding dramas unfolding on earth, and you'll quickly develop an abiding passion for it. Nothing in the country is ever quite predictable; the only thing to expect is the unexpected, which comes in many forms and will always want to sit next to you. India is a litmus test for many travellers - some are only too happy to leave, while others stay for a lifetime. The country's glorious diversity means there's an astonishing array of sacred sites, from immaculately kept Jain temples to weathered Buddhist stupas; there's history around every corner, with countless monuments, battle-scarred forts, abandoned cities and ancient ruins all having tales to tell; and there are beaches to satiate the most avid sun worshipper. On a personal level, however, India is going to be exactly what you make of it.

Panjim Inn (Heritage),Goa E-212, 31st January Rd, Fontainhas, Panaji- Goa , India Hotel Rating: Reserve Inquire View Rates

The Panjim Inn has been part of the Latin Quarter pantheon for many years and was amongst the first big houses of fontainhas. Built in the late 1800's by Francis Assis D'silveira, a landed gentleman and successful businessman it is owned by the same family over 5 generations. The gilded pelmets and wrought iron railings, which run across the 1st floor balcaos and verandahs, sport the family insignia or brazao of Francis D'assis Silveira.

Panjim Inn (Heritage) Accommodation Diligent restorations preserve the external facade and retain the distinctiveness and intrinsic elegance of the building. While making alterations care has been exercised to conserve and strengthen the 90cm. thick mud, clay and lateritic stonewalls, which make for the basic structure. The massive burmah teak beams and rafters have been treated to protect them from termites and white ants. ACCOMMODATION : There are 14 bedrooms with modern facilities including partial air-conditioning on the premises. Each is quite individual in character; four-poster beds, carved rosewood almirahs, period furniture, and paintings from an in house art gallery generate an air of romance for the present and nostalgia for the past.     RESTAURANT: The kitchen serves local and continental cuisine on a 1st floor verandah restaurant overlooking a street junction. Depending on workload, guests are welcome to try their hand in the kitchen or suggest changes to the menu. Sitting on turn of the century rosewood chairs and tables over a beer or a local feni or sipping a juice, one can observe the towns people go about their mundane chores. a little imagination - down memory lane to better times, to an old fashioned world of chivalry and noblesse oblige and you can envision youthful Romeos serenading comely damsels from below the balcaos or perhaps almost hear the wistful lament of a portuguese fado emerge from the shadows of twilight.