cancel your hoilday IF YOU CAN! we went in 2006 and loved it! it was clean and friendly. we went in Nov 2007, and hated it! the manager had changed and wait for it..... it was the head cheif, who was now the waiter. He's really let it go down hill. they changed our rooms 3 times in one day, we were so tied, after a very long flight! baring in mind i had a 3yr old daughter, they did'nt care, we unpacked 3 times. i have read afew reviews where people have said they have had their sheets changed everyday{ha ha} they never changed our sheets, from the last couple that stayed their! there were was period marks on the sheets and althrough the stay the room was not cleaned proply. we did tip the cleaners 100rs everyday and told them to change the sheets, but they did if you stayed in the room, but some would say the new manager tells them off if they do! if your room faces the pool, you wont get any sleep, with the cheep horrr singers they have in. they bum like the white people and than make jokes about them being cheep! Our clothes went missing in the laudary. the hotel cheif manager did'nt want to no. evey one there was moaning and saying never again! it was like a 1 0r 2 star no way 3 star

We were at a bit apprehensive about staying at the Sun Village, as we had read the reviews on Trip Advisor before we left. When we arrived we realised we had nothing to worry about.
The hotel was lovely, the rooms were nice maybe they were a bit old fashioned but that didn't bother us.
The staff were lovely, nothing was too much trouble. The food was excellent with plenty of variety with the different restaurants, bbq's etc to try.
The pool was nice, but we only spent a couple of days by the pool as it was too hot, we went to Baga beach or one of the quieter beaches, which our taxi driver recommended to us .
We went to the Big Banana. a shack on Baga Beach where we well looked after, the food there was fanastic too.
There are a lot of sellers on the beach, but we enjoyed talking to them & buying from them, you can buy anything you want there & if they don't have it they will get it for you! We needed some batteries & a memory card for our camera, 20 minutes later & one of them came back with them for us!
We enjoyed our holiday that much we were sorry we had only booked for two weeks & not three!

Hay this is an amazing place - I warn though the hotel has steps and lots of them! Plus everyone moans there is not enough sun beds - but we english like to moan!!

The food I thought was great - buts it not the caribean so dont think you can eat english....there is three resturants the main one which is buffef for b/fast/lunch/dinner..there is an a la cart you can eat in twice, plus lawn dinning and BBQ. Dinks are good too - free till 11.00 the very cheap.

Theres not too much local but enugh to eat out for a change and have a few drinks. We went to East Meets West and Titos resturant and both were great - entertainment at both too.

The local beach - baga is a little crazy and there are lots of shacks and people trying to sell you things - not relaxing but great fun to barter. We went to Angelheart shack - best food on the beach. To get a to a relaxing beach you HAVE to go to maderm beach - its the most beautiful beach Ive ever been on. Get a taxi to Dunes!! Morjim is also very nice.

If you want to do the local trips - travel agents are con!! Spice place, elephants, waterfalls, temples .... get a cab for a day - we did it all. Elephant was great and water falls were amazing - very bumpy ride through jungle and bit of a treck so need to be a little fit!!

All in all great place .... going back to Delhi in Oct and backpacking the west coast - cant wait!!

Having read some of the bad reviews the Sun Village was getting recently was really worried about the holiday. What on earth was every one moaning about? In the end I was pleasantly surprised as it was not awful we had a really good holiday. Ok the hotel is old fashioned and its not what we are used to but it had a charm of its own. We have to remember India is a third world country. Its more like a 3 star but very clean, stayed in hotels 100 times worse in Spain.
My only moan was the sink in the bathroom was a bit mildewed round the edges. Now I'm being fussy.
We had a top floor room looking over the pool with fantastic views. I was glad we decided not to upgrade rooms because everyone I spoke to was sorry as we had the better views.
The room was cleaned every day and towels and sheets changed constantly.
I really enjoyed the Indian food, you could have curry breakfast, dinner and tea if you wished. The staff where excellent and nothing was too much trouble.
Would recommend using the taxis outside the hotel for trips as it works out much cheaper than with the reps. Ask for driver called Jana as he was a lovely man and a very safe driver. Also spoke very good english and told us lots of useful information.
Very cheap to phone England from Goa, we used Sammys phone shop just outside hotel gate. Also you could change money in Sammys shop with a better rate than in the hotel. Say hello to Sammy and his wife Sneha as they are lovely and helpful.
Remember to take 100% deet, I only had 1 bite and usually I am covered. Had a really enjoyable holiday and will defintitely return one day.