Sea Change

A Luxurious Goan Weekend Escape Doesn’t Get Any Better Than Taj Fort Aguada

- Humaira Ansari

Good times in Goa usually kickstart with either Kings or Kingfisher, and I’ve just spotted two of the latter. It’s 7.30 a.m. I’m lazing in a hammock inside the private garden of my villa in Taj Fort Aguada. My plan is to snooze but my surroundings are distracting. As I lay scissoring my feet, through the vantage point of the resultant V, I see nature sprawled at its panoramic best. First up is the crest of the hillock upon which my single-storey villa, Hermitage, stands. Flaming orange gulmohars follow next, and beyond them shimmers the Arabian Sea.

What else does a sapped city dweller needs to resuscitate? Away from the daily grind, I’m happy to be in an actual garden, because in Mumbai, much like the city, even gardens grow vertically. At best, they remain confined to token balconies.