“The Village”, Get Married at a Stone Quarry - Open Air Venue in Nuvem, South Goa

Get Married at a Stone Quarry! After a ten minute drive off the National Highway 17 in South Goa, into Nuvem village, you come up to a massive development in the middle of nowhere. Walk up the steps and you rub your eyes in disbelief. A massive stone quarry towers above, and at its base is a little Goan hamlet, replete with Indo-Portuguese houses in many hues. Walk up to the houses and be prepared for another surprise. The houses are not real, but just the fades with verandahs and balcaos, built into the face of the stone quarry. The faades are beautifully detailed, with gabled roofs, eavesboards, oyster shell windows, and decorative pillars.

This events venue is part of a larger water park complex called Froggyland, envisioned by its owner Cancio Mascarenhas of Nuvem. The 10-acre laterite quarry that had been lying abandoned for the last 25 years has been trimmed and sculpted, and presents a spectacular view at night, looming surreally over the guests below. The stone-quarry Village venue opened in December 2012 and can accommodate upto 1,000 guests. News of this venue has spread rapidly by word of mouth, with several events and weddings having already taken place there.

The concept of the Village is unique to any other set up that you might have ever seen. A lot of thought has gone into the interior design?the garden, the type of flowers, even the kind of lights.