My Stay at “Hotel Golden View”, Shirdi, Maharashtra

Way to "The Golden View" hotel

                                       

Deluxe A.C. Room

View of the Goden Peak of Samadhi Mandir

Paintings hung on corridors walls

 

                                  

Restaurant Sai Nisarg

    

This hotel is very convenient for pilgrims as it is just 200 meters from Shirdi Sai Baba temple. As it is in the heart of the town, one can visit neighboring tourist spots like Sambhaji Park (350 meters), Sai Teerth Spiritual Theme Park (one km) and Sai Heritage Village(2kms) and Wet N Joy water Park (1.5 Kms). This hotel is nearly 3kms from Sainagar Shirdi Railway station, 500 meters from Shirdi Bus Depot and 15 kms from Shirdi airport. The golden peak of Saibaba’s Samadhi mandir can be clearly seen here from the lounge. That is why this hotel is named as “Golden View.” The reception room is quite spacious and beautiful paintings of Shirdi Sai baba and scenes from his life are kept on the walls of the corridors.

There are many restaurants nearby. This hotel was a three-star hotel built in 2017. It has two floors with fifty rooms of different sizes to suit the pilgrims like Standard A.C. Deluxe with double bed, Deluxe Trible bed and Deluxe family room with two double beds. It has got all modern facilities such as A.C. Lift, free wifi, T.V. free parking, safe deposit box, complimentary water bottle, laundry, and room service. There is also Taxi service provided by this hotel for visiting nearby famous places.

 In each room there is a desk and a sofa besides a double bed. The white thermal screening provided by the hotel to shield from bright sunlight though useful obstructs the front view from the room. At night the bright light from street lights is reflected through this screen and one cannot sleep in bright light. So the ambiance of dark night is not seen. So better provide curtains so that the front view is not obstructed and one can sleep without glare of bright light. In the toilet liquid soap is kept in containers. It would be better to supply solid soap. Though kettle, tea and milk powder are kept, some may prefer to drink coffee. So, it would be better to supply a few coffee sachets also. As many pilgrims get up early to go to the temple, coffee and tea should be supplied by 6.00 a.m. to avoid delay in visiting the temples. Room service should be prompt. There is more scope to improve the cleanliness of rooms and supply of fresh, clean bed sheets and towels. 

Just near it, there is Sai Nisarg restaurant which provides South Indian, North Indian and Chinese cuisine. The nearby hotels are: Hotel Sai Amruth, Hotel City Point, Haldi Ram Hotel and Sai Naivedyam. Besides these, there are many eateries providing varieties of food. The check-in and check-out timings are: 11.00 a.m to 1.30 p.m. and from 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. respectively. The room tariffs are reasonable and the pilgrims will find this hotel very convenient and safe to stay here.

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   22nd August, 2023                                        Somaseshu Gutala