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Goa Beaches
Majorda Beach : Majorda beach is famous for
delicious breads. If you want perfect silence 
responding to the humming of the sea, where you can sit engrossed
in a book and look up to catch the picturesque scene of the sea
dressed in golden orange frills sprayed by the rays of the setting
sun before sinking into oblivion, then Goa Majorda beach is the
place to be. Majorda beach in Goa has a very interesting history
behind it. Majorda is the village where the Jesuits, fond as they
were of the good things of life, discovered the best Goan toddy
(sap from the coconut palm), which they used to leaven the bread.
Calangute Beach :
 Calangute Beach is also
called the 'Queen of Beaches'. The natural beauty you at find Calangute
beach in Goa cannot be found elsewhere. Goas Calangute beach is
often crowded with people, children making sand castles, colorful
crowds surging towards the sea, hippies busy remembering the good
old times and the young and old alike lazing on the golden sands.
Goa Calangute beach is a heaven for the hippies. It was the hippies
who discovered this beach in the late 60s. The exquisite beauty
of the Calangute beach Goa soon spread around, bringing hordes of
European tourists. And this trend has still been continuing…tourists
come down to this small Indian state of Goa searching for this lovely
beach. Once you reach Calangute beach Goa, then you can spend your
vacation soaked in the serenity of the sea, sun and sand. This picture
of a perfect tourist haven is completed with shacks and stalls under
the shade of palm trees selling everything from fried prawns and
beer to trinkets made of seashells..
Anjuna Beach:
 Anjuna
Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Goa. The beauty of the
white waves rushing to embrace the pale golden sand on the beach
can be witnessed in full form at the Anjuna beach Goa. Anjuna beach
at Goa is a perfect haven for the hippies and you will come across
some of them who have been staying on this beach for a couple of
months.
Goa Anjuna beach comes to life with the flea market and the full-moon
beach parties at Goa Anjuna beach that continue through out the
night. The flea market at Goa Anjuna beach offers a tourist just
about anything he desires, right from swim suits to water-sports
equipments to second hand bikes to cameras to various trinkets that
can taken away as souvenirs to…just about anything. The Anjuna
beach flea market is held on Wednesdays and if you are good at bargaining,
then you can walk away with good stuff at throw away prices. You
will also be able to find a mixture of good Gujarti, Kashmiri and
Tibetan handicrafts.
Candolim Beach : Candolim is the birth place
of Abbe Faria, a Goan Freedom Fighter and the Father of Hypnotism.
When we stay at Candolim, we usually book one of the rent-back apartments
a stone's throw away from the beach.
There is little or no shelter close to the beach, but you can hire
out a beach umbrella, sample the good food available at the beach
shacks that dot the beach, and sun yourself in solitude. This Goa
beach is very popular with package tourists, but is still not too
crowded.
Sinquerim Beach : Located very close to Fort
Agunda Sinquerim beach has clean, white sand. Portuguese Fort the
early 17th century Portuguese fort that was built by the Portuguese
to control the entry into River Mandovi and to protect old Goa from
enemy attack.
Baga Beach : Baga beach is an option for those
who want to be away from the hustle-bustle found on the other beaches.
Baga beach in Goa looks as if it has come alive out of a painting…
majestic white waves rushing to wipe out the feet imprints left
by you on the brown sand while the wind continues to flirt with
the palm trees. Goa's Baga beach is a small but perfect beach located
between its two more famous cousins, Colva on one side and Calangute
on the other. It is a good place to enjoy some quiet moments and
dwell in peaceful contemplation with oneself.
You can catch some action of a different kind if you like water
sports and fishing. After dark, night-time revellers frequent
Tito's - one of the more lively watering holes of Goa's nightlife.
Baga has a Saturday night flea market and you can shop for colourful
Kashmiri handlooms and other artifacts all along the road leading
to the beach
The Baga River flows down from one side offering a pleasant diversion
for children and those who love the water but can't risk the rip
currents that swirl round the mouth. Where the river and the sea
meet, and on the far right bank, tourists at Baga beach will see
a group of black rocks against which the sea crashes
Bambolim Beach : Bambolim beach is a small,
clean, largely undiscovered beach, in a shaded spot before the mouth
of the river Zuari. The road goes all the way down to the Bambolim
beach resort from where you can make your way to the beach. The
beach is carpeted with broken mother-of-pearl and other shells,
which makes it a haven for shell-collectors. Thick coconut groves
line the beach and provide shade and privacy. A little off the road
before Dona Paula just before the National Institute of Oceanography,
is a restaurant called White House. It serves excellent seafood
and has a view of the bay to die for.
Its also one of the few pet-friendly restaurants in Goa, so if you
have a well-behaved pooch along, you won't have to tie it outside
till you finish your dinner.
Goa Tour Packages
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Goa Travel Guide |
Attractions:
Cities:
Panaji, Margao,
Mapsua, Vasco-da-Gama
Tourist Attractions:
The Bogmalo beach, Naval Aviation museum, St. Andrews Church,
The Friday market, Shrine of Lord Bogeshwar , Church of our
Lady of Miracles, Beaches, The Steely Church of The Holy Spirit,
Elephanta Caves,The Church Square, Conception Church, Adilshah Palace, The
Goa State museum, The Central Library
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