Mateus

Panaji


The nine boutique rooms are compact but delightful in this renovated 1879 Portuguese mansion. The whole place, with a striking canary-yellow facade, has been beautifully refurbished with a lounge and breakfast area, colonial-era furnishings and rear garden with a tiny pool. It's in the heart of the Old Quarter.


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Nearby Panaji attractions

3. Statue of Abbé Faria

0.19 MILES

Beside the Secretariat Building, look out for the sublime, starkly black statue of a caped man, arms, hands and fingers outstretched, towering over an…

4. Chapel of St Sebastian

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Fontainhas is notable for being home to the pretty Chapel of St Sebastian, built in 1818. This small whitewashed church contains one of only a few relics…

5. Ashokan Pillar

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This pillar at the centre of the Municipal Gardens was once topped by a bust of Vasco da Gama, the first Portuguese voyager to set foot in Goa in 1498,…

6. Municipal Gardens

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Panaji’s central square is the leafy Municipal Gardens, also called Church Square (Largo da Igreja). The Ashokan Pillar is at the gardens’ centre.

7. Jama Masjid

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Tiny Jama Masjid, barely 100m south of the Municipal Gardens and built about two centuries ago, is easy to miss. The exterior of the mosque is plain, its…

8. Gitanjali Gallery

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Worth a look while walking around the district of Fontainhas, this spacious gallery in the beautiful Panjim Peoples displays works by local and…