There are numerous good places to stay in Diu.Suzlon
beach hotel and Sea view are located facing the
Ahmedpur Mandvi-Goghla beach and have a good choice
of a/c and non a/c rooms and facilities. Kohinoor
is Diu's best hotel for accommodations and facilities-it
has deluxe a/c rooms, multi-cuisine restaurant,
pool, health club, conference hall, recreational
room etc-but is not located by the sea. Tents
and Ganga Sagar guest house at Nagoa, a/c cabins
at Chakratirth, a/c cottages and Jayshankar guest
house at Jalandar and camping at Simmer are available
for those who wan't to stay at the beach in a
reasonable budget. Hotels in town are Central,
Triveni, Ankur, Alishan and Samrat with a/c and
non a/c rooms, Apna, Prince, Harekrishna and PWD
rest house with cheap rooms. Diu is a great place
for sea food and fresh coconuts. Try the sea food
platter at Apna-shark, lobster, kingfish, crab,
veg and fish, Goan and Continental sea food at
Jayshankar, tandoori fish at Magico do Mar, sea
food snacks with your
drinks at Sanman
fun club. Deepee cafe has inexpensive Indian veg meals,
Saraswati is a popular hang-out for dosas, t ea and
South Indian coffee, Ram Vijay offers homemade icecream
and snacks, Island bar and restaurant has multi-cuisine
and musical fountains. There are numerous places for
Gujarati and North Indian food. Kohinoor has an Indian,
Chinese and Continental restaurant. For Portugese homecooking,
visit Martha D'zouza or Carmine D'souza-either of them
will cook a coconut rich prawn curry with steamed rice
on 1 hour prior order. As Diu is a Union territory,
there are numerous lively bars, offering the usual choice
of `Indian made foreign liqour’, some imported
makes and coconut cocktails. While at Diu, look at the
old walls running between ornate arched gateways surrounding
the town, carved with fine sculptured lions and Catholic
statutory, the musical fountains and the Zampa waterfalls.
