Assagao · North Goa · 15.60°N
A small, hand-kept collection of private villas in the lanes of Assagao — pool, garden, and a real person on the end of the phone for the whole of your stay.
Our story
Driftwood began in 2013 with a single laterite-and-lime house off the St. Cajetan road — a home we loved too much to sell and decided to share instead. A dozen seasons on, we look after six villas within a fifteen-minute drive of Anjuna, Vagator and Mapusa, and we still visit every one of them before you arrive.
Every home is stocked with Goan filter coffee, line-dried linen and a folder of the shacks, bakeries and swims we actually go to. What you see in the photographs is what you unlock at the gate — no staged rooms, no surprise cleaning charges.
The homes
All rates are per night for the whole villa, cleaning and utilities included. Minimum three nights; longer stays and monsoon-season weeks are quoted on request.
Available now
Gaunsawaddo, Assagao
A whitewashed courtyard house with an infinity pool that catches the sunset over the fields. Open kitchen, four-poster beds, a mango tree older than the road.
₹22,000/ night
Enquire
Available now
Near St. Cajetan, Assagao
Our largest home and the founder of the collection. Two wings around a banyan-shaded pool, a long verandah for slow dinners and a cook who knows the recipes.
₹42,000/ night
Enquire
Aug onward
Badem, Assagao
A clean-lined new build on the ridge, all glass and polished oxide floors, with the widest pool in the collection and views to the tree line at Anjuna.
₹34,000/ night
Enquire
Available now
Cobravaddo, Assagao
A palm-ringed two-bedroom for couples and small families. A plunge pool, a hammock, and a kitchen garden you are welcome to raid for curry leaves and chillies.
₹14,000/ night
Enquire
Available now
Anjuna Road, Assagao
A light-flooded home built around a single living wall of windows. Best for readers, long lunches and the sort of afternoon that turns into evening without anyone noticing.
₹26,000/ night
Enquire
On request
Bouta Vaddo, Assagao
A single grand room for two — bed, bath and a private garden shower under a frangipani. Our quietest home, kept for honeymoons and long, unhurried writing weeks.
Price on request
EnquireThe Driftwood concierge
Every booking comes with a host you can reach from the moment you enquire to the morning you leave. Tell us what you want the week to feel like — we handle the rest before you land.
A named driver at Dabolim or Mopa, and a car on call for beach days and Mapusa market runs.
A Goan cook for the villa, a stocked fridge on arrival, and a table booked at the shacks worth the sand.
Sunset kayaks, a spice-farm morning, a yoga teacher to the garden — the Goa we send our own friends to.
Inside the homes
The people with the keys
Founder & host
Grew up between Assagao and Mumbai, restored the first house herself, and still answers most enquiries before lunch.
Homes & concierge
Knows which shack has the best kingfish and which mechanic to call on a Sunday. Your first point of contact on the ground.
Housekeeping lead
Runs the team that turns every home over between guests — the reason the linen smells of sun and not of storage.
Guests
We came for a wedding and stayed four days longer than planned. Ravi found us a cook, a cake and a second car within an hour. Casa Aguada felt like it had always been ours.
Three generations, one Banyan House, zero arguments. The verandah dinners and the fact that Priya remembered my father's chai order made this the easiest family holiday we've had.
I booked the Studio House to finish a manuscript and did — mostly. Silent mornings, a garden shower, and a folder of walks that got me out of the chair. Booked again for next monsoon.
Plan your stay
Send a note and Priya or Ravi will reply personally — usually the same day, always within one working day — with the right home, live availability and an honest all-in quote.
Villa viewings by appointment · Office open Mon–Sat, 9am–7pm IST