Panaji
SPOOKIEST STAYS
Panaji, the capital of Goa, is renowned for its Portuguese colonial architecture and vibrant culture, particularly showcased in the annual Carnival festival. Yet, as the sun sets, the old hotels whisper secrets of lost souls, their halls echoing with eerie laughter and unsettling shadows.

The Leela Goa

India

Panaji

Spook rating:
5
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Some guests have reported seeing a woman in white wandering the grounds; particularly near the river. Others have experienced strange occurrences in their rooms; such as lights flickering and doors opening on their own.
Price estimate per night

384

USD
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The Leela Goa stood like a forgotten sentinel, its opulent facade a thin veneer over centuries of whispered regrets, every corridor echoing with the soft rustle of a woman's white gown as she glided near the river, the moonlight catching the edges of her spectral form. Guests often found themselves ensnared in the flickering dance of lights, a silent warning that doors might open to more than just the night air, revealing the lingering shadows of colonial ghosts that still walk these grounds, their eyes heavy with untold sorrow. In the stillness, beneath the weight of silence, the disquieting truth settled like a fog: the hotel never truly belonged to the living.

The Old Goa Residency

India

Panaji

Spook rating:
5
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Guests have reported sightings of a ghostly figure believed to be a former resident; along with strange noises and flickering lights in the night.
Price estimate per night

147

USD
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The Old Goa Residency looms like a vestige of a forgotten empire, its crumbling walls whispering secrets from a colonial past, where the air grows thick with the weight of memories untold. In the stillness of the night, guests have felt the prickling chill of unseen eyes, heard the soft rustle of phantom footsteps echoing in the hollow corridors, and witnessed the flickering of lights that dance like dark spirits, casting grotesque shadows that seem to beckon them closer to the abyss. They say a ghostly figure-a sorrowful specter draped in the garb of nostalgia-wanders these halls, forever searching, forever lost, leaving behind an unsettling reminder that some histories are best left undisturbed, and some

The Postcard Velha

India

Panaji

Spook rating:
5
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Guests have reported strange occurrences such as flickering lights and the sensation of being watched. Some have claimed to hear voices in the night.
Price estimate per night

119

USD
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The Postcard Velha loomed like a forgotten specter amidst the crumbling beauty of Velha Goa, its colonial arches whispering secrets of a time when the living tread carefully among the restless dead. Guests often found themselves ensnared in the flickering shadows of their own rooms, cold fingers dancing along their spines as disembodied voices slithered through the night air, murmurs of the past intertwining with their dreams. Each night, a creeping unease settled heavier than the damp air, reminding them that some guests never checked out, merely faded into the suffocating silence of that haunted facade.