John of God
Casa de Dom Inacio, Abadiania, Brazil
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Updated May 2010
Prices continue to increase, again I have contacted every hotel/pousada owner in Abadiania and the ones that have answered are detailed below. It is still a wise precaution to confirm direct either by email or phone before travelling.
Updated March 2009
Prices continue to increase, I have contacted every hotel/pousada in Abadiania and the ones that have answered are detailed below. It is still a wise precaution to confirm direct either by email or phone before travelling.
Rooms and Meals at the Pousadas
Bare and basic. Bed with sheets, pillow and blanket, maybe a place to hang clothes. Bare light bulbs in the ceiling. You will usually be living out of suitcase on the floor. Bathrooms have a small sink attached to wall, without a vanity, toilet (do not flush toilet paper), basket for toilet paper, basic showerhead beside toilet or sink. If you have anything extra like a chair, table, or fan be grateful. Consider this a pilgrimage for your spirit and a lesson in being humble and tolerant.
Be sure to check your mattress before you take the room, not all mattresses are created equal!
Most people on their first trip, stay at one of the pousadas that has an English speaking proprietor. These pousadas are: Santa Rita, Amazonas, Dom Ingrid, Catarinense, Luz Divina, Dos Anjos, Martin's, Linda Horizonte, Neusa, Paraiso, Prates, Irmao Sol, and Girassois.
If you stay at one of the other pousadas, write on piece of paper in Portuguese what you need. You won’t understand what they say, so give them the paper to write on. If they say "R60 com cafe", that is for one night and breakfast. They will then say "R10 para jantar", meaning that is the price per meal for lunch (amorco) and/or dinner (jantar). Most will give a price including room and three meals, such as R60 per person. "Tem voce um quarto por 2 pessao por 12 dias. Quanto Real por noite? Do you have a room for 2 people for 12 nights? How much per night?
When you arrive you will be exhausted from the trip. If you don’t arrive until Tuesday afternoon, some places are already filled. Take what you can get. Don’t be flustered by language. You can move any time when you are rested and more familiar with surroundings.
Reservations are not necessary and not always honoured. You may have a reservation but show up and the place is full, or be asked to move in the middle of your stay. Fax and emails are listed if you want to make a reservation.
For those who feel more comfortable knowing they have a place to stay when they arrive, reservations can be made by email. We have been told by a number of people that the pousada may not respond. If you do not receive a prompt response, try emailing another pousada.
Just go with the knowing that you are supposed to be in Abadiania and you will end up where you are supposed to be. The spirits may intend that you are to meet someone, and you won’t know who it is until after you end up wherever it is you are supposed to be!
Pousadas Rates
The rates are R35-R90 (approximately $18-45 or £10-25) a day per person for a room which includes 3 buffet meals. The meals are served at 7am, noon, and 6-7pm. If you drink the blessed healing water from the Casa and don’t buy drinks with meals, you can save money. Regular bottled water is readily available. The bottled water at the Pousadas may be blessed by the owner but is not the same as the healing water from the Casa bookstore.
You can eat lunch or dinner at many Pousadas for R5-R15. We have found, speaking with many people, that most tire of eating the food at the same pousada. Therefore, we suggest that you get your room with breakfast only (cafe), and buy all your meals separately, which will give you the opportunity to eat at other pousadas, and at the new restaurants that are springing up in Abadiania. NOTE: Amazonas, Dom Ingrid, Dos Anjos, and Irma Sol, and others do not offer this option.
Meals on weekends are sparse at many of the Pousadas, as Pousadas guests leave Friday and Saturday, and new guests arrive on Monday & Tuesday. This is not a good time to explore a new dining experience.
If you get your room with all meals, keep track of the meals you skip at your pousada and some of the pousada owners will allow you to deduct it from your total bill. ( be sure to clarify this ahead of time). Tell your pousada owner you will not be eating today's lunch or dinner so they can keep track also.
For those staying extended lengths of time (30 days or more), it may be possible to negotiate a lower rate. Some of the pousadas offer a R10 discount if you share your room.
Prices of pousadas reflect popularity and what the owner dares to ask!!! Prices do not reflect mattress comfort, noise level, or food. Rooms are priced per person. You will not split the cost if you share a room. Each person pays for their bed and meals individually.
Please help us to help people that are planning a trip to the Casa.
After you have returned home, please email us the daily rate of the pousada
where you stayed, and any other information that would be helpful to others.
johnofgodbrasil@aol.com
Noise at the Pousadas
All pousada rooms are hospital recovery rooms. It has been our experience and has been brought to our attention by a number of other people, that some guests do not honour this, and engage in long unnecessary conversations outside or next to other guest's rooms who are recovering from surgery. Please take your conversations to the eating areas or to a cafe. Please be quiet in your pousada room and around all other pousada rooms.
Map
of pousada locations.
The pousadas are listed alphabetically
The word pousada has been dropped from the listings. When calling any
of the pousadas listed below, you need to dial
011-55 (from the U.S.A) or
00-55 (from the U.K) before the phone number.
To send a letter, add to address given: CEP 72940-000, Abadiânia, Goias
Brasil. From the USA or the UK a letter takes at least a week.
AMAZONAS
Updated Sept 14, 2010
R72, R82 per day per person (including breakfast, lunch and dinner),
depending on the location of the room. Elizabeth (Beth) is the owner and 2
staff also speak English. They have 2 phone booths to call home, accepting
MCI, AT & T calling cards and Brazilians. There is a large backyard with a
view to the field and a piscina. Equipment center, follow-up physical
therapy and water aerobics. An international cable television in the
lounge area of the pool. Wireless internet is free for guests. They have a
library, books in several languages, to lend to hotel guests and to
non-guests. The restaurant receives people from other hotels also.
hotelamazonas@terra.com.br
Postal address: Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama 721 (formerly Av. Frontal)
Phone (62) 3343-1187 Fax (62) 3343-2317
AMERICA'S
Updated Jan 31, 2011
R70 per person with 3 meals. Three-story
building. Roomy, enclosed garden patio. Upstairs veranda has wonderful
view of valley. 10 minute walk to Casa.
pousadaamerica@hotmail.com
Postal address: Rua 3 QD 12 Lt 27 Casa 210
Phone: (62) 3343-2314 (62) 8587-0413
CAMINHO ENCANTADO
Updated May 15, 2010
R30 to R120 per room. The price is per room without food. This is a great
bargain for two or more people. Meals, cooked by grandmothers are
breakfast R5, lunch and dinner are R10. It is located east of the main
road to the Casa and behind Catarinense. There is a coin washing machine
on the premises. The owners names are Silvete & Walter.
caminho.encantado@hotmail.com
Phone (62) 3343 1955
CATARINENSE
Updated May 15, 2010
R80 with 3 meals. A room with coffee is R60. An R10 discount is offered
for 2 people staying in one room. This is a family-run Pousada. Carlos and
Rosane speak English. Other family members speak German and a little
Italian. All family members are volunteers at the Casa. Rooms are in
U-shaped setting with space to sit outside and visit. You can can hang
your clothes outside of the room to dry. They have a garden and fountain
behind the units and a round rock meditation/alter which is very cool to
sit inside in warm weather.
pousadacatarinense@terra.com.br
Postal address : Rua 05, L. 07 Bairro L. Horizonte
Phone/Fax (62)3343-1443
Carlos has a 2 vans, mini bus and taxi service. One van holds 15 people plus luggage. The other van holds 12 people. The Mini Bus holds 28 people plus luggage. The taxi holds 4 people plus luggage. The costs are: Van 1 R350, Van 2 R 300, Mini Bus R600 or Taxi R150 single trip to Brasilia. Cell (62)9628-1183 Gentil has 4 houses for rent, 1 month minimum @ R800/mo.
DO SOL
R30 breakfast only. R8 for dinner. No lunch served. Olga speaks German.
They have a small garden patio setting and a meditation room. Olga accepts
US dollars and Euros. Email contact Iraci Genz who speaks English.
genz.nho@pop.com.br
Postal address : Rua Araguaia Qd. F-Lote 7/8,
Phone (62)3343-1379
DOM INGRID
Updated May 15, 2010
R75 R85 R100 for single room with 3 meals per person. R140 R150 R160 for
double room with 3 meals a day . They only serve meals to their guests or
friends of guests. Ricardo (one of the English speaking Casa interpreters)
works there. They book groups, but individuals are also welcome when space
is available. Dinner is served at 7pm. Good food with lots of variety, and
they also have 12 flavours of ice cream. Ricardo also helps here at hotel
with translations for a single person or a group.
ricmello@terra.com.br or
valdete.ferreira@terra.com.br
Postal address : Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama 706
Phone/Fax (62)3343-1206
Ricardo's Cell (62)5562-9628-7408 Ricardo is
there at meal times every day except Sunday to answer questions and take
phone calls. Ricardo and his brother also have a taxi service.
EUROPA
Updated March, 2010
R70 for a single room with 3 meals. Marcela Araujo is the owner. She
speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Marcela is also a volunteer at
the Casa and can help you with any questions concerning your treatment.
pousadaeuropa03@hotmail.com
Postal address:Rua 5 Qd. 4 Lt. 23n 65
Phone (62)8516-3947 (62)3342-1795
FURLAN
Updated May 15, 2010
R45 for single room or R40 per person for double room, includes only
breakfast. New with 17 rooms, 9 doubles & 8 singles = 26 persons capacity.
Ignez is the owner. Quiet, spacious, calm, tidy. Away from noise of other
pousadas. Located opposite Pousada Catarinense.
ignezfurlan@yahoo.com.br
Postal address : Rua Frontal B,
Phone/Fax (62)3343-1338
www.pousadafurlan.com
GIRASSOIS
Updated May 15, 2010/April
28, 2011
R70. Includes 3 meals or R40 for bed and breakfast. Claudio speaks English
and is a volunteer at the Casa. His wife's name is Miriam. They have 6
rooms. They are building a new place in front of their address with 17
rooms and a big garden , could be ready in July 2010, please ask. If you
are not a guest, you need to make reservations to eat here. People rave
about their food. This Pousada has no identification sign because Claudio
and Miriam prefer to keep it like a home, it is next to Irmao Sol. This is
a February 2011 email from 'Leesa'
miriampruja@hotmail.com
cjapruja@bol.com.br
CA180354@yahoo.com.br
Postal address: Av. Getúlio Vargas, Qd. 10 Lt. 04 Bairro Lindo Horizonte,
Phones (62)3343-1961, (62)3343-2089, Cell (62)9622-2934
HOTEL BRASIL Updated
Dec 3, 2010 by Michael K.
R40 per day for a room with breakfast. Breakfast is served at Amazonas.
Lunch and dinner are available at Amazonas for R10.
Postal address : Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama 681
Phone (62)3343-1348
If you are staying several weeks and need a cheaper room, they have older
units in back of the Pousada that are negotiable in price.
hotelamazonas@terra.com.br
Phone (62)3343-1187 Fax
(62)3343-2317
NOTE: Elizabeth owns Amazonas and Hotel Brasil, . Make your reservations through Amazonas. There is usually an English speaker at the desk.
HOTEL MONTREAL
R34/R7 They have 20 Rooms
Located on main highway frontage street.
Phone (62)3343-2262,
Cell (62)911-1967
HOTEL PARAISO Updated
Sept 10, 2010
R60 with 3 meals, R35 breakfast only. R55 for groups or long term stay.
Ivan and Ida are the owners. English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are
spoken. They are both Casa guides and can assist their guests through the
healing process.
Ivan and Ida have added an Italian Restaurant within the hotel and they
serve pizza, pasta and seafood. They also have houses to rent for long
term stay at R450 & R750 per month. They also have a bike shop and they
hire out the bikes for the comfort and convenience of visitors to The
Casa. The pousada and the houses all have Wi-Fi.
hotelparaisosanjose@hotmail.com
Postal address: Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama 59, Lindo Horizonte,
Phone(62)3343-1231
HOTEL REI DEVI
Updated May 15, 2010
R85 Single room per person, including 3 meals. Double room R75 per night/
per person, including 3 meals. R$ 55 per night/per person, breakfast
only. Meals are R15 each. Payment: Cash in Reais. 4 minutes walk to the
Casa Dom Inacio de Loyola. Quiet area, comfortable rooms with view to
preserved land with trees and nesting owls, and a private garden where you
can dine and relax. Wireless internet access. Taxi fare from Brasilia
airport to Abadiania is: R150 from 7am to 10pm R180 from 10pm to 7am.
Marcio is also a taxi driver and speaks good English.
hotelreidavi@gmail.com
Postal Address: Av. Belem, Qd 14, Lotes 14 a 16, Bairro Lindo Horizonte
Phone (62) 3343 1145
Cell (62) 84147408 Cell(62)7813-0211
HOTEL SAN RAPHAEL
Updated April 21, 2010
R80 including 3 meals. Double rooms: R140 including 3 daily meals per
person. Special rates can be negotiated for long stay guests and for
groups with special conditions applying to group leaders. Located a less
than one block from the Casa and it is the newest hotel/pousada in town.
It offers 32 spacious rooms, outstanding and healthy food prepared with
the freshest ingredients. Outstanding service and extremely high standards
of cleanliness.
Services offered: Daily chambermaid service, 24-hour reception desk, room
service upon request, organizing 24-hour airport pick-ups, special food
requests, multilingual staff with international hotel experience, free
telephone calls to the U.S.A., the cheapest rates in town for telephone
calls to the rest of the world, unlimited free internet (Wireless
and broadband), free printing (including photos), laundry service, free
assistance to the Casa and translation services for our guests, guest
services (bookings of flights, confirmations, city tours of Brasilia and
the local area etc)... just to name a few .
cpapas@gmail.com
Postal address: Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama
Phone +55 62 33432383
IRMAO SOL, IMA LUA
Updated May 15, 2010
(referred to as Martin's Pousada) also NAMASTE
R90 Three buildings each a different color. Enclosed garden setting with
fountain. It is a 15-20 min. walk to the Casa, but they do supply
transportation. They have 65 rooms plus 4 more in 2 local houses. Meals
are R15 for people from other pousadas.
Luciano speaks English and has a taxi service, he has 2 vans for rent and
to pick up people from the airport.
Reservations suggested.
sol.luna@terra.com.br
Postal address: Av. Antonia Pereira da Silva, Q. 08 L. 01 Bairro Lindo
Horizonte
Phone (62)3343-1544
Luciano's Cell (62)9974 2668
Slide Show of
The Pousada Irmao Sol Irma Lua
IZAIRA
R30/R5 No reservations needed. For the budget traveler. A German guide,
Michail, brings his groups here. Can use their washing machine for R5 per
load. May take MasterCard.
Phone (62)3343-2373.
JARDIM DOS ANJOS
Updated Dec 26, 2010 thanks to Jal F.
R90 (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Mauricio & Mardenia speak English, Spanish
& French. 23 rooms. Rated as the best food in town, they have an extensive
vegetarian menu as well as quality beef and fish. They serve fruit and
desert daily. This pousada has become popular for those wishing to escape
the mundane fare of the majority of the pousadas. Enclosed garden setting
with hammocks. Free wireless internet connection.
jardimdosanjos@yahoo.com.br
Postal address: Av. Belem Q. 16 L. 01 Bairro Lindo Horizonte
Phone (62)3343-1793 Fax (62)3343-1081
http://jardimdosanjos.com
LINDO HORIZONTE
R55/R10. Divina is the owner, and will cook special meals for you.
lindohorizonte@hotmail.com
Phone (62)3343-2354
LUZ DIVINA
Updated May 15, 2010
R65-95 per day with 3 meals included, free Wi-Fi and Internet, free use of
computer, and free international phone calls to 40 countries? land phones
and in USA and Canada, cell phones also. Catherine, the American owner
spends most of her time these days in Abadiania. New in Jan, 2003. Fenced,
open garden setting with labyrinth, hammocks under beautiful shade trees,
lounge chairs for sunning, and natural rock water fountain, view of
sunsets and valley. 15 rooms with screened windows, lighted ceiling fans
with separate controls, dresser, lamp and nightstand, firm mattresses,
cotton sheets and towels, shower curtain, meditation room.
ctucker@onehearttours.com
Postal address: Rua de 1 Maio QA Lote 19, Vila Bastos,
Catherine or Partner (in Arizona) will take reservations at 1-480-861-8871
Brazil Phone(62)3343-1830
http://pousadaluzdivina.com
MARTINS
Updated January 30, 2011
R35 breakfast only. Dalma & Marcio speak some English.
pousdamartins@yahoo.com.br
Postal address Rua 4 Q 16 L 2,
Phone (062) 3343-1352
Good rates on long-term stay. Bicycle rental.
They have additional rooms and houses on Rua 5 that have a lovely garden
courtyard with gazebo.
NOSSO LAR
Updated Jan 28, 2011
R50 breakfast only. Two persons per room R40 each person. They do not
serve lunch or dinner. Good for those that like to explore other places to
eat, or who do not always eat 3 meals a day.
pousadanossolar@aol.com.br
Phone (62)3343-1372 Fax (62)3343-1373
PRATES
R60/R10 or R40 breakfast only. This was newly built in 2004. They have 9
rooms and an enclosed garden setting. Free use of internet for 2 hours/day
for quests. Portuguese lessons are available R20 per hour, individual
classes.
noprates@hotmail.com
Postal address: Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama
Phone (62)3343-1200 Cell (62) 9974-8367
They have 3 computers for public use with DSL Internet connection at R2/15
minutes.
SAO FRANCISCO DE ASSIS,
Updated Jan 28, 2011
R30 rooms near front, R40 rooms in back. Both include breakfast. Located
close to the Casa.
pousadasaofranciscodeassis@hotmail.com
Postal address: Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama 823-hB
Phone (62)3343-1089 or (62)8409-1521
SANTA HELENA
R60. with 3 meals, R40 breakfast only. Located next to the Casa. Sandra is
the owner and speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and a few words of English.
Quiet pousada, spacious rooms. Good food with lots of variety. Energy from
Casa is felt here by some. Monthly discounts available.
pousada_santahelena@hotmail.com
Postal address: Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama
Phone/Fax (62)3343-1295
Free use of computer to access email, Wi-Fi.
SANTA RITA
Updated May 15, 2010
R80 with 3 meals and R50 with breakfast only. Managers Maria & Veronica
speak Spanish & English.
pousadastarita@brturbo.com.br
Postal address : Av. Francisca Teixeira Dama
Phone(062) 3343-1243
SAO MIGUEL
Updated March 26, 2009
R100. Group discounts available for groups of 8 to 10 people, the daily
rate is R$ 85.00 also with the three meals). Payment can be made with
Visa or Master Card Card , hostel laundry service and taxi service.
Reservations are made in advance.
18 rooms with a beautiful inner courtyard. There are additional rooms
available for long term stays of a month or more. Free WI-FI Internet and
phones available for outgoing calls. A nice garden and just steps from The
Casa. A traveler tells us that this is the quietist pousada they have
found. Menu is Americanized with a large vegetarian menu as well as
quality beef, lamb and salmon.
saomiguelpousada@yahoo.com
Postal address : Avenida Francisco Teixeira Damas, 727 Villa Bostos ,
Phone/Fax (62)3343-2021 Tel/Fax (62)3343-2021
HOUSE RENTALS IN ABADIANIA
Ida at Hotel Paraiso has houses for rent.
hotelparaisosanjose@hotmail.com
Pousada Catarinense has several houses for rent.
pousadacatarinense@terra.com.br
Marco D'Costa, (speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese) and has 12 or more
rental houses. Price range is R600 to R1450 or more per month. One month
minimum. Reserve 1 month in advance. His cell phone number for rentals
only is (62)9621 0761 or (62)3343-1943. He
also has a taxi service with an English speaking driver.
rbm865@yahoo.com or
w3internetabadiania@hotmail.com
House rentals are also posted on the Community Message Board at Frutti's
and at the Internet Shop. There seems to be a growing number of houses for
rent.
If calling from the USA dial
011-55
plus the listed number.