rustic homes – What's Next?

We learned one of the greatest lessons in 2020- gratefulness for every moment of our life. As things start looking a little brighter this time around, we eagerly look forward to celebrating life in itself. It need not be a birthday or occasional party, but the idea of relaxing, taking time off to rejuvenate feels desirable. A cherry on the cake of your celebrations is when you truly make an experience of it. Celebrating in private villas or homes is a step up over hotel rooms or banquet halls because they provide a well-curated experience just for you. And we have many such reasons for you to come, celebrate with SaffronStays…

Unparalleled Privacy

SaffronStays Arrivée — Unparalleled privacy in spacious villas!

An entire place to yourself, with nobody else to pry on what you do, what you wear or how weirdly you laugh. You can do the embarrassing dance moves by the private pools or flaunt your sporty side on gaming lawns, our private villas near Mumbai, Lonavala, or Alibaug all are equipped with various facilities for guests to choose from. While you enjoy, our chefs and caretakers on site will ensure you get the best hospitality.

Safe and Sanitised Villas

SaffronStays Horizon 360° — Regularly sanitized villas

It’s become a norm to check on the hygiene standards and practices being followed whenever you book a place for a vacation now. All our private villas and homes are regularly sanitized and keep up with the safety protocols as per the Govt. So be rest assured that your safety is also our concern, that we fully address.

Intimate Celebrations Stay Intimate

The premise of having small, intimate gatherings is to only have people that you really want by your side. When booking private villas for wedding-related events, it gives a space and time to personally bond with your people, instead of the rushed hi-hellos and plastered smiles.

With SaffronStays, you can choose an occasion — pre-wedding party, roka, wedding to reception and leave it to us with the arrangements to make it a memorable one for you! Don’t stress over what can go wrong, when you can focus on what to make right- a choice to select private villas for your intimate celebrations. You will cherish your special moments when you exactly remember how happy you felt in them.

Freedom of Choice

SaffronStays Parnakuti, Nashik — Relax in a way you wish to!

You have a lot of free time on your hands when you are being taken care of by someone else. There’s no worry about what’s cooking for breakfast or lunch, or what tasks need to tick off the routine. In spacious villas, one can have the ‘Me-time’ or ‘Us-time’ as you desire, by the pool, walking on the lawn, playing games, or curl up with a book in a cozy corner. You have the flexibility to spend your time as you want, something that you cannot do at your own home at times. That essence of being free of restrictions or responsibilities even for a day or two is so engrossing.

The Foodie Experience

Farm-to-Table food experience at Sanvina Farms

The food you eat during your vacation is also very much a part of your memories. How many times have Dal Makhni or Chicken Masala Curry from fancy hotels tasted distinctly different? But when you’re staying at private villas like ours, where chefs have their own specialties infused with local tastes, food also becomes part of an experience. Have a preference for veg-only homes? We got that too! From coastal style curries at beachside homes in Alibaug, to farm-to-table experiences at private villas in Karjat, your stay with us also serves you some delectable dishes.

Home For Every Vibe Tribe

SaffronStays Over The Valley, Mahabaleshwar

What is your vibe for celebrations? Taking a nature’s retreat, cousins’ reunion, family staycation, work with a view, girls getaway or occasions — we have luxurious private homes that match it. Wake up to sunrise views over mountain valleys at beautiful villas in Lonavala or to the sound of sea waves by staying at a beach-facing private villa in Alibaug, go organic farming in rustic homestays around Mumbai or plan a workation from WiFi-equipped private homes. We have pet-friendly homes around Mumbai and Pune, so a getaway with your pooch, why not?

Celebrate You!

Kamal Farms by the River, Karjat — SaffronStays Kamal Farms by The River, Karjat

Last, but not least — celebrate you for being you! We all have seen difficult times, dealt with extra pressure, crumbled even but here we are again. Owe up to that, to give yourself a celebration you deserve. With the whole place to yourself in private villas, you need not have a show-and-tell, but a quiet celebration of just your family. Go all out with your favorite playlist or elusively finish that self-help book that you’ve been putting away.

Be grateful to you, your loved ones, celebrate life with SaffronStays, and let us be the gracious hosts to add the feathers on your party hats!

City life offers us various benefits, unboxed daily, many of which we take for granted. From grocery stores delivering essentials to your doorstep to ordering in a hot meal with just 3 clicks, and getting ‘farm-fresh’ vegetables sliced and sealed in easy-to-use containers – we’ve been living the easy, sheltered life. Which is why, stepping out of these daily comforts to get our hands dirty via rustic experiences only broadens your mind and learning. Here’s 5 lessons that we can take back to our brick-and-mortar houses after going on au naturel rustic homes staycations.

The Coolness Welcomes You With Warmth

SaffronStays Olive Greens in Karjat — SaffronStays Olive Greens

As you leave behind the city confines and enter the quaint townships, you will notice a dip on the temperature scale. Have you ever rolled down the window when you’ve hit the countryside to embrace the nip in the air, the pleasing green cover and unpolluted air? It’s a refreshing feeling for all your senses and an ambience that no wallpaper in your home or hotel can do justice to. As we soak in the calming effect of the greens, it is time to go back home as a plant parent.

SaffonStays Olive Greens in Karjat, a beautiful and spacious farmhouse presents you with such scenic scapes. A dip in the pool will relax your body, and to have it amidst bountiful greenery with towering Sahyadri ranges as the background, will rejuvenate your soul. You can ask the caretaker here for a sapling of your favourite herb/flowering plant/shrub and take back a part of your holiday with you.

Farm Fresh Is Truly Farm Fresh

Your definition of farm-fresh meals will change when you step into the plantations, pick out the ripe produce and relish the taste of your fruit. With organic farms as far as the eye can see, and not a tinge of pesticides in the soil, you know every dish you consume is as raw and authentic as it can get. A taste palette that will linger on your tongues because of its freshness.

SaffronStays Sanvina Farm offers this farm-to-table experience, where one can live within an organic farm of over 2,000 trees. You go back to your home with an understanding of what fresh really tastes like. Spread over 10 acres, the farms here have a range of plantations from Teakwood and sal to fruits like mango, lychee, mulberry, pineapple, phalsa and cherry. Besides, there are masalas like Tamarind and other vegetables too. So be rest assured, everything on your plate is truly farm-fresh.

The Need to Disconnect

SaffronStays Mango Huts in Khopoli — SaffronStays Mango Huts by The River

We are constantly hooked onto our smartphones or laptop screens, a single notification resulting in endless scrolling, be it work or ‘distraction’. But have you ever experienced the quietude of being unavailable? When you are disconnected from the network of notifications, you are connected to yourself, peeking into a peaceful insight. A break from the fast-paced city lives to enjoy the quaintness in open nature, accompanied by your immediate family is what bliss feels like.

SaffronStays Mango Huts by the River, earthy cottages nestled in Khopoli offer you this chance to disconnect. It promises abundance of nature as you indulge in a digital detox on this rustic homes staycations. You go back home with peace and lovely memories looking back to simpler times.

Working From Nature

SaffronStays Kamal Farms By The River in Karjat — SaffronStays Kamal Farms By The River

A rough day at work makes you wish, if you could take a dip in the pool sometimes. Even dipping your feet in the pool water can be therapeutic after a busy day. But can you? Unless you choose to work remotely from a place with a riverfront! SaffronStays Kamal Farms By The River sits on the banks of the Tez river in Karjat. Even your 10-minute break away from the laptop, is right into the lap of nature. You can sit in glass-walled rooms, that give a feel of working from nature, one’s true wishful home. The constantly working folks can head out with their family on a workay here, be it for a couple of days. Give yourself this chance of a workation and experience your productivity increase manifold under the canopies of the natural world.

The Luxuries of Rustic Homes Living

SaffronStays Asanji Wadi in Alibaug — SaffronStays Asanji Wadi

It is time to break away from the notion of rustic being dreary. Yes, the choices and ways of living here may differ greatly, but there is so much to learn from. The best memories are often the ones where you have laughed whole-heartedly, surrounded by your friends and family, played outdoors or enjoyed a colourful sunset. It is recognising the daily drill back home does not give enough chances of spending such moments.

If you miss the old-world charm of brick homes and wooden furniture, the family sitout sessions or playing together and enjoying the chitter of the birds, SaffronStays Asanji Wadi, a rustic villa in Alibaug will transport you back in time. Surrounded by several vegetable and fruit plantations in a one-acre Wadi, it will remind you of your ancestral homes. This 3-bedroom villa is equipped with board games, Table Tennis table, a plunge pool and enough space to just recreate the bonds of familial living. The beautifully decorated interiors, unique pieces carrying a piece of history will inspire one to stay connected to their roots.

Family retreats, workation or a friends getaway, experiencing such rustic homes staycations is a reminder of what all we take for granted, as well as, what we miss having in our four-walled structures. Driving down to the countryside is not solely an escape from the chaos of the city, but a reunion with nature, one that you and your family can cherish forever.

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