December is Goa’s busiest month, and the hotel says its Penthouse books out early over the December season. This guide walks you through booking a suite at The Astor Goa in Candolim, step by step, from choosing dates to confirming the details in writing. It also shows which suite fits which group and what to […]

I get some version of this question from nearly every guest booking a stay with us in Candolim: which airport should I actually fly into, and how far is it really from wherever I land? Goa has had two operating airports since 2023, and most guides online still talk about “the Goa airport” as if […]

Most people default to booking Goa for November through February, without realising the six weeks before that window offers a genuinely different — and in some ways better — version of the same trip. Goa’s tourism calendar follows a fairly predictable rhythm. Monsoon runs roughly June through September, beach shacks and seasonal structures come down […]

Rather than describing The Astor Goa in general terms, here’s exactly what’s included — suite by suite, amenity by amenity — so you know precisely what you’re booking before you book it. The Astor Goa is a small, all-suite boutique hotel in Candolim, North Goa. Rather than a general overview, this guide goes through the […]

Two claims get stretched more than any others in North Goa hotel marketing: “near the beach” and “boutique.” Here’s what both should honestly mean, and how to check before you book on the strength of either one. Search for a boutique hotel near the beach in North Goa and the results share two things in […]

Half the listings calling themselves “suites” in Goa are simply larger rooms with better marketing. Here’s what the word should genuinely mean, and what to check before you pay a suite premium for a room that isn’t one. “Suite” has become one of the most loosely applied words in Goa’s hotel listings — attached to […]

Every Goa itinerary eventually runs into this question, and most travel guides answer it the same way: North for nightlife, South for peace, pick your poison. That’s not wrong, but it’s not especially useful either, because it treats “North Goa” and “South Goa” as single, uniform places. They aren’t. There’s a version of North Goa […]