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Fontainhas

Panaji, India
Ranked #7 of 37 attractions in Panaji
4.5 of 5 stars 6 Reviews
Type: Neighborhoods
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New Delhi, India
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24 reviews 24 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 19, 2012

Must visit the place in Goa, the narrow lanes and the house are reminiscent of another era. i find the people very friendly and welcoming, we visited in the evening saw people sitting and relaxing in the verandas. The is a good cafe too "Tea Cafe" in the area must try their cheese cake and coffee. More

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Nagpur, India
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 23, 2012

its a part of panjim that mainly has beautiful, very colourful but not at all gaudy, rather very charming little old-style houses, with tiny but flourishing gardens. The people are friendly and a little river (i guess a distributary of the mandovi but m not sure) flows by it on which there are several small very sweet looking bridges. Its... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed March 20, 2012

The only part of Fontainhas that was adequately restored and worth seeing was the Panjim Inn and its sister buildings. More

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Bangalore, India
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 1, 2011

its the Portuguese quarter of town, dotted with old Portuguese era buildings and architecture - in hear you will feel completely in a dated Portuguese town. dotted with heritage hotels & guest houses, quiet and very serene. must visit and if lucky must stay there as well (not many rooms in these places - book ahead). More

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Vadodara, India
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed September 28, 2011
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there is not much to say abt it. A local spring or fountain made these area called as de' Fontainhas! We stayed here for 3 days. good locality, good food, some awesome art galleries, cafe' s - all parallel to Ourem creek. nicely maintained old mansions with Portuguese styled color scheme. nothing much to say, my pictures would say it... More

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Stourbridge, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 3, 2009

Went into this area after reading in Rough Guide. started by being dropped of by taxi in main town then after several wrong turns arrived at destination Panjim Inn which I had wanted to see rooms. Old hotel with lovely balcony looking out over street-not much room but great just sitting and people watching over the balcony. Rooms old Portuguese... More

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