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Can anyone recommend anywhere?
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Patnem Beach, Goa, India
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Patnem beach, south of Palolem beach (just over the rocks) is a beautiful palm fringed bay with another continuation south over a little headland. It's essentially a little Palolem, with fewer people, fewer beach huts and restaurants, fewer palms and fewer hawkers and gawkers. It's a great alternative to Palolem if you are looking for somewhere a little more laid-back and cheaper. It's definitely not a second-best to Palolem though, with good accommodation and restaurants.
Facilities at Patnem beach
The beach has a good selection of restaurants and stalls. The beach road has travel agents who can change money (the nearest ATM is at Canacona), Internet access, motorbike and bicycle rental, convenience stores, kayak rental and small sailing catamarans can also be rented.
Surfing at Patnem beach
On most days in winter there is a tiny wave that could be surfed with a longboard or fat fish. Occasionally the swell is a little bigger, and you're looking at 3ft on the face at best. But, the water is warm and there is rarely another surfing in sight. Only cheap boardboards can be rented, so you'll need to bring your own equipment. The surf at Palolem is much the same.
Accommodation on Patnem beach
Patnem accommodation prices are cheaper that in Palolem. Most accommodation at Patnem is beach huts on the beach (INR700 at Christmas). There are some guesthouses on the beach road (INR500 at Christmas) and some just of the beach north towards Palolem. There are several houses and rooms with bathrooms and kitchens for rent, which can be good for larger groups and long stays, but all are a little away from the beach.
Beach huts
There a many little beach hut communities down the beach. Just ask and look around.
Mountain Palms
t: 9823491734
Nice sturdy beach huts at the southern end of the beach. The huts have solid wood walls, concrete floors, attached bathrooms, table and chairs, ceiling fans, power, mosquito nets, good mattresses and bedding. A few are beach facing. The restaurant serves great food, provides bike rental and arranges taxis and dolphin trips. Run by Ramnath and his great team, always willing to do anything they can to help, without selling you anything. INR1,000 at Christmas.
Home
t: 2643916
e: homeispatnem@yahoo.com
The best place to stay on Patnem Beach. Home offers real rooms, rather than beach huts, with each room being spotlessly clean and of different sizes, all with private bathrooms and a good European style restaurant. INR500 - INR 1,000.
Patnem Beach, Goa, India
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Patnem beach, south of Palolem beach (just over the rocks) is a beautiful palm fringed bay with another continuation south over a little headland. It's essentially a little Palolem, with fewer people, fewer beach huts and restaurants, fewer palms and fewer hawkers and gawkers. It's a great alternative to Palolem if you are looking for somewhere a little more laid-back and cheaper. It's definitely not a second-best to Palolem though, with good accommodation and restaurants.
Facilities at Patnem beach
The beach has a good selection of restaurants and stalls. The beach road has travel agents who can change money (the nearest ATM is at Canacona), Internet access, motorbike and bicycle rental, convenience stores, kayak rental and small sailing catamarans can also be rented.
Surfing at Patnem beach
On most days in winter there is a tiny wave that could be surfed with a longboard or fat fish. Occasionally the swell is a little bigger, and you're looking at 3ft on the face at best. But, the water is warm and there is rarely another surfing in sight. Only cheap boardboards can be rented, so you'll need to bring your own equipment. The surf at Palolem is much the same.
Accommodation on Patnem beach
Patnem accommodation prices are cheaper that in Palolem. Most accommodation at Patnem is beach huts on the beach (INR700 at Christmas). There are some guesthouses on the beach road (INR500 at Christmas) and some just of the beach north towards Palolem. There are several houses and rooms with bathrooms and kitchens for rent, which can be good for larger groups and long stays, but all are a little away from the beach.
Beach huts
There a many little beach hut communities down the beach. Just ask and look around.
Mountain Palms
t: 9823491734
Nice sturdy beach huts at the southern end of the beach. The huts have solid wood walls, concrete floors, attached bathrooms, table and chairs, ceiling fans, power, mosquito nets, good mattresses and bedding. A few are beach facing. The restaurant serves great food, provides bike rental and arranges taxis and dolphin trips. Run by Ramnath and his great team, always willing to do anything they can to help, without selling you anything. INR1,000 at Christmas.
Home
t: 2643916
e: homeispatnem@yahoo.com
The best place to stay on Patnem Beach. Home offers real rooms, rather than beach huts, with each room being spotlessly clean and of different sizes, all with private bathrooms and a good European style restaurant. INR500 - INR 1,000.
Is it a requirement to have table cloths at a wedding?
KJ
I am having a beach themed wedding next summer. We decided to have the reception at a rental beach house and I want it to be really a relaxed, laid back atmosphere. I really like the the wood design on the tables and don't want to cover them up. But a couple of family members we have talked to about this say table cloths are a requirement. They tell us that it would be more like a bbq or a buffet, than a wedding. We are having the wedding in the afternoon and we are only serving finger foods/appetizers. There is not going to be assigned seating, or even enough seats for everyone to sit all at the same time. So do I have to have table cloths for the tables that are only going to have food on them?
Answer
Tablecloths do dress up a party, and make it more formal, a little more coordinated looking.There are no rules about it though. How lucky that the wood of the tables is pretty for you.
A compromise might be in order, have a tablecloth for your cake table [you do want that to be smashing] and maybe the serving tables, and leave the wood exposed on the others. Plenty of time to find a tablecloth that will go with your cake, or make it stand out. Do you have someone in the family that sews? A tablecloth is just four hems, and it can be done on a sewing machine. When you pick out your cake, go to the fabric store and look around. Take the sewer with you, and pick out something that does not easily ravel.
Is it possible to have a chair for everyone? You could beg or borrow folding chairs from family and friends, young and old, have illnesses and pains that standing for long periods difficult. Is space an issue? If you are just having a cocktail party, 1/2 hour and that is it, OK, less of a problem.
Tablecloths do dress up a party, and make it more formal, a little more coordinated looking.There are no rules about it though. How lucky that the wood of the tables is pretty for you.
A compromise might be in order, have a tablecloth for your cake table [you do want that to be smashing] and maybe the serving tables, and leave the wood exposed on the others. Plenty of time to find a tablecloth that will go with your cake, or make it stand out. Do you have someone in the family that sews? A tablecloth is just four hems, and it can be done on a sewing machine. When you pick out your cake, go to the fabric store and look around. Take the sewer with you, and pick out something that does not easily ravel.
Is it possible to have a chair for everyone? You could beg or borrow folding chairs from family and friends, young and old, have illnesses and pains that standing for long periods difficult. Is space an issue? If you are just having a cocktail party, 1/2 hour and that is it, OK, less of a problem.
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