Siolim
House
A
beautifully restored 300 year old Portuguese era manor house that once belonged
to a governor of Macau, Siolim House is now a unique boutique "Heritage"
Hotel in Goa, unlike other hotels.
When we decided to restore the house in 1996, Siolim House's future looked bleak
- for five years it had fought a losing battle with the Goa monsoon.
A family's history seemed to be fading away, and like so many other elegant
homes, it would see its end. But over three years, without sparing any detail,
from its lime plaster to its patterned floor tiles, the house was lovingly brought
back.
Location:
Siolim House is still a private home, and we hate to call it a hotel. The entire
restoration of Siolim House was done with a view to it being a home, and therefore
we were very generous in our use of space. In a building that had twenty four
rooms there are today only seven suites and seven bathrooms. No necessity was
felt to cram rooms in, and so we have spacious public areas and rooms.
We realised several years after the restoration began that welcoming guests
in a "hotel de charme" would help us keep Siolim House in perfect
shape, and give it the character that comes with welcoming people from all over.
That way we also did not have to worry about the Goan monsoon storms that had
wreaked so much havoc on the house when we decided to take on the enormous restoration
job.
Accomodation:
Siolim House would be thoroughly enjoyed by that kind of person who knows that
luxury has nothing to do with hotel receptions, air conditioning, glass atriums,
piped music in hotel elevators, bell boys with funny caps, 'coffee shop' menus,
uniformed waiters, checkout times, complaints departments, guest service officers
and other such things and has everything to do with giving yourself the chance
to really relax. Siolim House is no competition to a hotel until the day they
all want to be like us, which is highly unlikely!
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Siolim
House
