Goa, once the premier trading port between India and Europe, is also...
... one of the subcontinent's most beautiful coastal regions.
Its long sandy beaches may not always be as pristine as most Westerners would like--many of the local citizenry both work and perform their ablutions in the water--but the hotel has a full-time staff of maintenance men who rake the beach continually from dawn to dusk.
The Leela Palace, a Kempinski resort