The garden deck at sunset, with a cabana to yourselves
Where the lawn ends and the sand begins, a cabana on the garden deck for the last three hours of light: cane chairs, a low table, cold coconut water and kokum, the kitchen’s small plates, and the sun going down into the Arabian Sea in front of you.
How it works
Pick the evening
Any evening of your stay, or an evening on its own if you are not staying. We suggest by the month — the sun sets between six and seven.
We set the cabana
Cane chairs and cushions on the deck above the sand, lanterns for after, a tray of cold drinks and small plates from the kitchen, and nobody else on that stretch of lawn.
Then the light goes
An hour on the deck, a walk down to the sand through the gate, and dinner afterwards if you’d like — at the long table, or a table for two under the banyan.
What it includes
The cabana
A corner of the garden deck above Candolim beach, set for the two of you or for a small group.
Drinks
Fresh coconut water, kokum and lime, iced teas, masala chai as the air cools.
Small plates
From the restaurant — Goan snacks, fruit, whatever the kitchen has that afternoon.
The beach
Two gates from the lawn straight onto the sand, for the walk after.
Afterwards
Dinner at the long table or a table for two; the beach shack for sound healing some evenings.
A planner
To set the time and keep the deck yours.
The lawn ends, the sand begins
The garden deck is the strip of lawn where the resort stops and Candolim beach starts: a low wall, cane chairs and umbrellas, and the whole of the sea in front of you. It faces due west, so the sun sets into the water every evening of the season; in October and March the sky goes pink before it goes dark.
Most evenings the deck is shared by everyone staying. A cabana reserves a corner of it — chairs, cushions, a table and the tray — for the last three hours of light.
The deck, as the sun goes.
Umbrellas on the lawn above the sand.
The beach shack, a few steps down.
The villas, cottages and rooms we'd pick
Two one-bedroom cottages nearest the sand; you hear the sea from bed. The ones we suggest to couples.
Two interconnecting rooms with a wide verandah, close enough to hear the waves at night — one room for a couple, or the cottage for four.
Capricorn, Leo and Libra — tiled Goan houses in the grove, two bedrooms and a private pool each.
Plan it with us
Tell us the date you have in mind and who it is for. A planner writes back today with how we would do it here.
Questions people ask
Do we need to be staying at the resort?
No. A cabana can be booked for an evening on its own; the gate is on Escrivao Vaddo, a few minutes from Candolim’s main road.
What time does it start?
About three hours before sunset, which is between six and seven depending on the month. Tell us the date and we set the time.
Is there a bar?
No — the resort has no bar. The tray is coconut water, kokum, lime, iced tea and chai, with small plates from the kitchen.
Can we go down to the beach?
Yes — two gates from the lawn straight onto the sand. The beach is public, and quiet at that hour.
Is there a price?
Yes, for the cabana and the tray. A planner sends it with the plan for your evening. Every experience needs at least 48 hours’ notice.