Hiya

We,ve not actually stayed at the santa Monica yet but will be doing so next year for a month. We visited the hotel & checked out the rooms, my advice would be to email them before you go & state that you don't want a room overlooking the factory at the rear. These rooms were the biggest but the view was appauling. We dont mind not having a pool view & infact do like to watch how the locals live & go about there daily tasks but could not have stayed in these rooms.

Hope this helps

AJ

Thanks for that. I did read in the hotel reviews about the rooms opposite the toilet roll factory how awful! I will pass on your message about emailing the hotel first, thanks again

have stayed at the santa monica 3 times and am going back for the 4th time in feb.
they do have a website http://www.resortsantamonica.com which shows rooms etc.
seen a lot of worse hotels.
do you have any specific questions?

Thanks Ron. I will have a look at their site. I was just wondering about the location, size and cleanlieness of the rooms, eating in the hotel, just the usual stuff. any info is greatly appreciated.

hi gemma.the santa monica is behind the nizmar in calangute.i would say its really half way between calangute centre and candolim
you can walk to the beach or calangute/candolim easy but theres always plenty of taxis at the back of the nizmar.
its a small hotel made up of 3 blocks with 40 rooms i believe with 3 floors.
1 block is above reception,1 above the kitchen and dining area and as someone wrote earlier the other block is in front of a toliet roll factory.
breakfast is tea/coffee and toast and jam.you can buy other food if you wish.food there is ok ive eat there a few times
towels and bed linen are changed daily and i would say the cleanliness is ok.
i like it there i find it a friendly hotel ideally siuated,always meet people who weve meet previously when ive stayed there.
hope this helps.

Thanks ron thats brill, I will pass on the information.

We stayed there for a month a few years ago. I don't remember seeing a factory there but things pop up so quickly in Calangute I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Our room was very "posh" for Goan standards, trendy wrought iron furniture, a large balcony and a massive TV (though I didn't watch it). The shower was very powerful and there was hot water all day due to solar panels on the roof.
The beauty salon "Jennifer's" was excellent value for money, I had eyebrow threading, massages, manicures and pedicures for next to nothing.
The cleaning staff were lovely, especially Krishna, our room boy (but I think he's now moved to the Falcon).

We never used the pool, bar or eating facilities, as they were was packed with loud Brits in nylon footie shirts, their stiletto-wearing chain-smoking wives accompanied by brats with inflatables and buggies (my idea of holiday hell)

Does anyone know the owners name / managers name, so that I can enter them as a reference for a visa application.

Thanks in advance
EDIT:
It's "Mr John Carrasco"