Thursday, June 10, 2010

Goa Hotels - Goveia Holiday Homes

Go Veia Holiday Homes
Amol Sawal Natasia De Souza Vithal Talkar

Overview
Nestled in the heart of Candolim, Goa on the idyllic northwest coast of India, Goveia Holiday Homes is the embodiment of legendary Goan hospitality. Conveniently situated close to the Candolim Beach Zone, the property boasts an exciting mix of 24 Hour Concierge, Swimming Pool and Multi Cuisine Dining.

Service Apartments is a concept, which is changing the face of the hospitality industry. Service Apartments are fully furnished apartments or executive homes that form an alternative for Goa Hotel accommodation.

Unlike Hotels, Service Apartments are pet friendly and are easy on your pockets as well. Service Apartments provide A/c rooms / apartments which are spacious, each room has an attached bathroom and a colour TV.


Location
Nestled in the heart of Candolim, Goa on the idyllic northwest coast of India, Goveia Holiday Homes is the embodiment of legendary Goan hospitality. Conveniently situated close to the Candolim Beach Zone, the property boasts an exciting mix of 24 Hour Concierge, Swimming Pool and Multi Cuisine Dining.





Validity

  • Goveia Holiday Homes Package valid from 1st Oct 09 TO 15th Apr 10 ( 3 Nights / 4 Days )
Package Type CP MAP AP CPAI MAPAI APAI Valid Days
Executive -- -- -- -- 13000 14000 ALL
Standard Room -- -- -- -- 12000 13000 ALL
Inclusions:

# Pick up and Drop From Air-port / Railway Station.# Welcom drink on arrival.
# One day seight seeing with boat cruise.# 24 hours hot & cold water.
# Free use of swimming pool # WI - Fi internet service
# Massage facility (on extra charge)# Taxi service (on extra cost)
# Mini bar facility in the room.# Multi cusine Restaurant.

Notes:
# Above rates are inclusive of all Taxes. # Extra adult charges for MAP package Rs.4000/- and for AP package Rs.4500/- # Extra child charges for MAP package Rs.3000/- and AP package Rs.3500/- # MAPAI package includes Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner with Taxes. # APAI package includes Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with Taxes.


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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Come Explore Divinity on Your Sikkim Tours

Couples enjoying in Sikkim Valleys
The tiny charming state of Sikkim lures the travellers with its soothing scarlet of rhododendrons, a stiffish breeze and an obscure foggy scenery, which appears ghostly and yet very captivating. The state’s 200 monasteries in addition make another attraction which scores above any other tourist circuits. The Sikkim tours are sweetened with its charming farms, village stays and views of Himalayan beauty. The calm of these sacred hills of the state carries a divine retreat and yet are also the dream trek for those enthusiastic mountaineers making tours to Sikkim a multi-faceted entity.
Gurodongmar Lake - sikkim
Leaving the bustling north and busy south behind travellers make the journey straight to the east for a journeying through rocky pavements and for an off-road adventure.

Sacred Trails:
Sikkim River View
The purposeful fog and the quaint environs have long being the ideal residence of about 200 monasteries of the state. These benign and beautiful heights are known for being tributary to meditation and thus are dotted by numerous monasteries resting at the remote and inaccessible hilltops. Spiritual heritage of Sikkim has been mainly preserved by the gompas belonging to Nyigma and Kagyu orders of Buddhism. Lamas in red and yellow attires flank the hills and their chants reverberate thorough out the divine valleys marking the spiritual essence of Sikkim tour packages. The occasional trumping of drums and the sounds of prayer wheels, fluttering flags and the dazzling lamps in front of a splendid idol of Guru Padmasambhava all denotes the spiritual and cultural ethnicity of the land of serenity, Sikkim where ancient rituals are performed and
Sikkim Assembly Gangtok
where humanity is considered the best offering to almighty.
The experts believe that instead of more visited Rumtek, Tashiding and Pemayagtse there are several other monasteries worth a visit in the vicinity. Karma Kagyu monastery is fascinating with its stunning murals, Enchey monastery is the 200 year old monastery and Sang Choeling monastery enchants with its short trek meandering amidst thick forests.

High Escapade:
Sikkim - Green Lake Trek
The region is an absolute heaven for trekkers. The undulated treks meander through thickets and goes to the isolated mountain peaks. The lower hills of Sikkim comprise of various routes between Yuksom, Peling, Tashiding and Legship. The most popular of the treks opted by those on Sikkim tour package is the Dzongri-Goecha La trek which offers spectacular views of Kanchenjunga while Green Lake trek, the base camp marking the beginning of treks to high peaks is opted by more experienced trekkers. To explore the rich scenery of the land one often opt for jeep rides which takes the visitors deep inside the wilderness and to those high altitudes otherwise out of their reach.
Bridge on River - Sikkim
The scenic views of landscape at high altitude are one must see and another such must see is the sacred lake of Gurdongmar. A couple of things one must pay attention to while opting for Sikkim tours is that foreigners must obtain Inner Line Permit to visit the state. Even trekking in the interiors such as the trek to Green Lake and more requires special permit. One can apply for these permits through an authorised tour agent in the country. All these arrangements made well in advance will assure you a hassle free and a rich experience at the state.


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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Best Gulmarg Tour Package

Couples at Gulmarg
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Accomodation in Gulmarg
Gulmarg
Gulmarg's -aka "meadow of flowers'- legendary beauty, prime lcation and proximity to Srinagar naturally make it one of the premier hill resorts in the country. It is located in the Baramulla district of Kashmir at an altitude of 2,730 m.
Guy enjoying snow with 'sofa'
Gulmarg is 56 km southwest from the capital city of Srinagar and is close to the Indo-Pakistan border. A huge cup-shaped lush green meadow, Gulmarg looks like something out of a fantasy, and in spring, the green meadows are dotted with colourful bluebells, daisies, forget-me-nots and buttercups.
Fun in Gulmarg
Surrounding them are snow-capped mountains, and on a clear day, one can see all the way to Nanga Parbat in one direction and Srinagar in another. Come December, and the luxuriant green slopes of Gulmarg are blanketed with snow, forming some of the finest natural slopes for ski runs of all levels.
Nehru Park
It is during this time that Gulmarg acquires a new persona — the country’s premier heli-skiing resort. There are immense beauty and adventure activities that make Gulmarg much more than a cool hill resort. The journey to
Snow Covered Gulmarg
Scenic GulmargGulmarg is half the enchantment of reaching there-- roads bordered by avenues of poplar give over to flat expanses of rice fields interspersed with picturesque villages. Depending on the season, nature's colours could be the translucent green of spring, summer’s rich emerald, or autumn’s golden hues, when scarlet chillies festoon windows of village homes. After Tangmarg, the climb to Gulmarg begins through fir-covered hillsides. At one point, known simply as View Point, travellers generally stop their vehicles for a few minutes and look out a spectacle of snow-covered mountains, almost within touching distance.
History
Golf Course in Gulmarg
British discovered the hill resort of Gulmarg in 1927 during their colonial rule in India. Originally called ‘Gaurimarg’ by shepherds, its present name was given in the 16th century by Sultan Yusuf Shah, who was inspired by the sight of its grassy slopes emblazoned with wild flowers.
Skiing Ground - Gulmarg
Gulmarg was a favourite haunt of Emperor Jehangir who once collected 21 different varieties of flowers from here. Today Gulmarg is not merely a mountain resort of exceptional beauty- it also has the highest green golf course in the world, and is the country's premier ski resort in the winter.
Horse Riding - Gulmarg
Fact Files

Area: 3.5 km long; 1km wide
Altitude: 2730 meters
State: Jammu and Kashmir
District: Baramullah
Languages: Kashmiri and Hindi
Best season: Throughout the year.
Snowy Gulmarg
Clothing: Summer: Light woollens Winter: Heavy woollens
Attractions: Skiing

What To Do?
Golfing Holidays - It is for golfing that Gulmarg has long been famous. Situated at an altitude of 2,650 m, it is the highest 18-hole green golf course anywhere in the world.
Cycling Gulmarg
The historic Gulmarg Golf Club was started in 1911 by the British who used the place as a holiday resort. The payment of a daily fee entitles one to play 18 holes on course maintained by the State Tourism Department.
For the would-be golfer, there are golf sets on hire, professionals to instruct one in the game, and short-term memberships.

Sledging - There are a host of snow sports held at Gulmarg every year during snow-time. Tobogganing the most popular among them requires no skill. A flat wooden board is taken up the hill and is allowed to descend downhill.
There are also snow scooters and snow bobbing, neither requiring special skills. Sledges as well as sledge-pullers are always available on hire.
Khilanmarg - Gulmarg
Horse Riding - This is the best activity by which all the sites of Gulmarg can be seen. Horses can be hired directly or through the Tourist Office.
Skiing and Winter Sports
- Come December, and the verdant green slopes of Gulmarg are blanketed with snow, forming some of the finest natural slopes for ski runs of all levels. Enjoying the paranomic beauty - GulmargIt is during this time that Gulmarg acquires a new persona — the country’s premier skiing resort. Gulmarg is the ultimate beginner’s ski resort. Instructors and skiing equipments are available on hire. Among the multitudes of slopes, there are a few which are serviced by ski lifts.
Fun loving People in Gulmarg
The longest ski run in Gulmarg is provided by the Gondola Cable Car lift, where skiers can swoosh down the slopes from the height of 2,213m. The slopes in Gulmarg varying between 8,700 and 10,500 feet make the ski runs the highest in India. It is noteworthy that Gulmarg is the only heli-skiing resort in Asia. The skiing season at Gulmarg is from November to February.
Enjoying the paranomic beauty - Gulmarg
Trekking - There are the Nanga Parbat and the Haramukh that you may explore. Gulmarg also offers some excellent opportunities for long walks. In case you take up the outer circle walk you can enjoy the pine forests and wonderful vistas. The beauty of the Kashmir valley will not fail to mesmerize you.
Snowy Road - Gulmarg
Attractions
Khilanmarg: Khilanmarg offers an unparalleled view of the great Himalayan range. This smaller valley is about a 6-km walk from the Gulmarg bus stop and car park. The meadow,carpeted with flowers in the spring,is the site for Gulmarg's winter ski runs and offers a fine view of the surrounding peaks and over the Kashmir Valley.

It's a 600-metre ascent from Gulmarg to Khilanmarg and during the early spring, as the snow melts, it can be a very muddy hour's climb up the hill. The effort is rewarded,if it's clear,with a sweeping view of the great Himalayas from Nanga Parbat to the twin 7,100-metre peaks of Nun and Kun to the southeast.


Alpather Lake: Beyond Khilanmarg,13-km from Gulmarg at the foot of the twin 4,511 metre Apharwat peaks, lies Alpather Lake, a picturesque alpine lake which remanins frozen until mid-June and even later in the year one can see lumps of ice floating in its cold waters. The walk from Gulmarg follows a well-graded Pony track over the 3,810 metre Apharwat ridge, separating it from Khilanmarg, and then up the valley to the lake at 3,843 metres.
Ice Trekking Gulmarg
The more adventurous trekkers can climb straight up the boulder-strewn slope of the ridge and descend the other side to the path.

For horse riding aficionados, Alpather Lake makes an exciting day's excursion, starting early morning and returning late evening.
Shrine Of Baba Reshi / Ziarat Of Baba Reshi : This Muslim shrine is on the slopes below Gulmarg and can be reached from either Gulmarg or Tangmarg. The Ziarat, or tomb, s of a well-known Muslim saint who died here in 1480. Before renouncing worldly ways he was a courtier of the Kashmir King Zain-ul-Abidin. Every year thousands of devotees visit this shrine regardless of the faith they believe in.
Other AttractionsA Cable Car(Gandola) is also installed which is great hit with tourists and it takes tourists upto Kongdori.


Access


Air : The nearest airport to Gulmarg is in Badgam district.


Rail : The Jammu railway station is the closest in the vicinity.

By Road : Gulmarg is 56 kms from Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir SRTC operates regular deluxe and ordinary bus services from Srinagar.
In winter, the buses operate up to Tangmarg (11 kms from Gulmarg), the remaining distance being covered with smaller vehicles. Tourist taxis also operate between Srinagar and Gulmarg.

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