LOCATION :
The Panjim Inn has been part of the Latin Quarter pantheon for
many years and was amongst the first big houses of fontainhas.
Built in the late 1800’s by Francis Assis D’silveira,
a landed gentleman and successful businessman it is owned by the
same family over 5 generations. The gilded pelmets and wrought
iron railings, which run across the 1st floor balcaos and verandahs,
sport the family insignia or brazao of Francis D’assis Silveira.
Diligent restorations preserve
the external facade and retain the distinctiveness and intrinsic
elegance of the building. While making alterations care has been
exercised to conserve and strengthen the 90cm. thick mud, clay
and lateritic stonewalls, which make for the basic structure.
The massive burmah teak beams and rafters have been treated to
protect them from termites and white ants.
ACCOMMODATION
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There are 14 bedrooms with modern facilities including partial
air-conditioning on the premises. Each is quite individual
in character; four-poster beds, carved rosewood almirahs,
period furniture, and paintings from an in house art gallery
generate an air of romance for the present and nostalgia for
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RESTAURANT:
The kitchen serves
local and continental cuisine on a 1st floor verandah restaurant
overlooking a street junction. Depending on workload, guests
are welcome to try their hand in the kitchen or suggest changes
to the menu. Sitting on turn of the century rosewood chairs
and tables over a beer or a local feni or sipping a juice,
one can observe the towns people go about their mundane chores.
a little imagination - down memory lane to better times, to
an old fashioned world of chivalry and noblesse oblige and
you can envision youthful Romeos serenading comely damsels
from below the balcaos or perhaps almost hear the wistful
lament of a portuguese fado emerge from the shadows of twilight.
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