GOA the paradise of South Asia
We visited goa couple of times and mostly during month of December around Christmas time , reason for this time so that we can enjoy Christmas as well as our anniversary.
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Some one wants to get relief from their stressful life and want to have some fun then this is the place. Perfect place for honeymoon or anniversary celebration, couple can spent really quality time and at the same time can have huge amount of fun. We had seen couples, even very elderly couple from across the glob were enjoying life in fullest. View from any of the beaches while relaxing at sea bed , cold breeze and watching blue sea eventually kissing blue sky , everything was so beautiful and touching.
Goa – ‘Fun for bachelorsโ , then answer is โthere is no limitโ. ๐๐
About Goa :-
Goa is one of the worldโs famous exotic tourist destination.It is located in western zone of India called as konkan.It is about 3700 square kilometers. Its Surrounded by Arabian Sea at western coast , Goa is divided into south and north goa.
North Goa has places like Calangute, Baga, Candolim,penjim that are the busiest places and are quite famous , In the South its more quiet and places such as Palolem, Colva, Benaulim etc are quite good.
North Goa is relatively busier than South Goa. North has more entertainment, restaurants, clubs, pubs, shops and beautiful crowded beaches, South has peace and quiet and beautiful empty beaches.
Places to visit :
1. Beaches : Goa Beaches are considered to be some of the stunning beaches in the world , we preferred North Goa Beaches than south during our stay , and spent most of the time at Baga Beach , Calangute beach and Anjuna Beach, As these beaches were very near to our resort at Baga Area.
A. Baga Beach : One of the crowded beach and beautiful beach , well maintained, and it has beach sides club , pubs and disco near by. Famous Titoโs Pub is very near to Baga Beach. Baga beach is famous for Water sports as well. During our visit we had taken all kinds of riding, and it was so fun.
B. Calanguete Beach : Little less crowded than Baga Beach, evening view at Calangute beach is amazing , one can go for water sport here as well , and yeah this beach also has some disco and pubs.
C. Anjuna Beach : Real good part of this beach is that, It is both a rocky and a sandy beach , Anjuna Beach is known for its full moon parties.
D. Dona Paula Beach : This beach is one of the most happening beaches of Goa because of the various water sports facilities offered here.
E. Ozran Beach : During our second visit we stayed at Ozran Beach Resort which is situated right on beach, luckily visit this beach at Vagator, almost empty with really a very few people. The best part about this beach was it was a location , only beach and very less people.
F. Candolim Beach : Candolim beach is sitiuated in Candolim a census town in North Goa and is located in the Bardez taluka ,It is situated just south of Calangute Beach,
We will update this page about various other beaches based on our experience from our upcoming goa travel.
2. Basilica of Bom Jesus Church : There are many famous church over here , but Basilica of Bom Jesus Church is the most famous of all churches., it is built in 16th Cenctury, This church is now a World Heritage Monument. The church is located in Old Goa, about 10 km from Panji and nearly 25 km from Baga.
3. Fort Aguada and light house : Very famous fort , and this the place where Dil Chahtahai shooting was done.
4. Panaji(Panjim)โs Ferry Point : Here one can go to ferry point and can book any ferry , evening ferry is beautiful with glittering lights , there is disco as well , and live performance is really good, but some how we didnโt like this part this much , may be because of crowd , or it was more like city again.
5. Dudhsagar Falls : This waterfall is world’s most exquisite falls that lies in IndiaIt is located on the Mandovi river at the border of Karnataka and Goa and its about 60km from Panaji.
Where To Stay:
I would suggest, one should plan to book Hotels / Resort in 1-2 month advance , specially during November to Jan Month (Christmas eve to New Year celebration ), these are peak time.
For our stay we have book in two month advance, after going through couple of review we have decided to book either Silk Cotton Resort situated at Bogmalo Beach or Lagoa Azul resort Located near the lagoon in Little Baga, Silk Cotton was our first priority then Lagoa Azul resort, as both has good reviews , but some how our plan couldnโt match with Silk Cotton , as type of suite we were planning were full ( Due to Christmas eve ) , then we have booked at Lagoa Azul resort, and we had really great stay at Lagoa Azul resort at given price, room was clean and maintained at Star level , all basic amenities were provided , swimming pool was clean , and food was really great, and staff were really polite.
There is small bakery shop near to Lagoa Azul resort, it is being run by guy name alphanso , he offers two wheeler for rent, yeah one more best thing in goa is one should not worry about transportation , here you can easily rent Four Wheeler or Two Wheeler. For First three Day we have booked Avenger from Alphonso at 200 INR per day cost and last day we had gone for Honda activa at 150 INR.
These are affordable and Good hotels/Resorts :
1. Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort, Goa – Candolim ( Beach Resort)
Review – @ TripAdvisor
Rating – Nice , go for it
2. Silk Cotton Resort
Review – @ TripAdvisor
Rating – Nice , go for it
3. Resort Lagoa Azul
Review – @ TripAdvisor
Rating – Nice , go for it
4. Resort Rio , near the beach but not beach resort
Review – @ TripAdvisor
Rating – Nice , go for it
5. Casa Severina , 10 minutes walk from beach
Review – @ TripAdvisor
Rating – Nice , go for it
6. Fahrenheit Hotels and Resorts , no private beach but walkable distance to Baga and calungute
Review – @ Trip Advisor
Rating – nice , go for it
7. Royal Orchid Beach Resort & Spa, Goa
Review – @ Trip Advisor
Rating – good , Please go through review once more.
8. Dona Sylvia Beach Resort
Review – @ Trip Advisor
Rating – nice , go for it
9. Alila Diwa Goa
Review – @ Trip Advisor
Rating – nice go for it
Affordable beach Resorts
1. The Meems’ Beach Resort ( Beach Resort)
Review – @ TripAdvisor
Rating – nice , go for it
2. Santana Beach Resort ( Beach Resort)
Review – @ Trip Advisor
Rating – Nice , go for it
3. Ozran Heights Beach Resort
Review – @ Trip Advisor
Rating – Nice , go for it , we stayed here and highly recommended.
Picture : Resort Lagoa Azul
Ozran Heights Beach Resort
Best time to visit:
Goa always has a hot climate ,so its better to visit during winter season i.e month of October to January ,but if you manage to plan around Christmas, then it will be very good as there is Christmas decoration all over and party everywhere, and if you stay little longer then You can have Killer New Year Bash.
How To Reach:
Dabolim Airport is located in the village of Dabolim,which is about 30km away from Panjim.
Goa has two main railway station i.e Margao and VASCP-DA-GAMA ,both situated in southern zone. Apart from it other station are Thivim station about 23km , Karmali railway station 13-15km from Panjim city.
From Bangalore :
By Train: Chennai Vasco Express , Starts at 9.50 pm form Yesvantpur Railway station on Friday, and reach early around 1 pm at Vasco station.
By Bus: We preferred Bus rather than train , we had booked in Paulo Travel Sleeper Bus , and it was comfortable , Bus was started at 6 pm and reached some where around 8 a.m , Bus will drop you at Panjim , from their you can take taxi for Resort / Hotel.
By Car : During Our second visit we did Road Trip it was amazing drive , we have another road trip planned and we will share complete v log here , stay tuned.
From Chennai :
By Train: Chennai Vasco Express , Starts at 2.10 pm form Chennai Central Railway station on Friday, and reach early around 1 pm at Vasco station.
From Mumbai :
By Train: Konkan railway is a daily train which hardly takes 8-9 hrs,though mumbai-goa train connectivity is really good,their are many train available apart from this train.
By Bus: There are many good travels , I heard Good Review about Paulo
and VRL Travels.
From Delhi :
By Flight: A flight from Delhi Airport to Dabolim airport will take approximately 2-3 hrs.
By Train : Nizamuddin-Goa Express ,this train departs from Delhi and comes to Goa via Pune.
From Kolkata:
By Flight. A flight from Kolkata Airport to Dabolim airport will takeapproximately 2-4 hrs
By Train: Poorva Express,Howrah New Del Duront Express,Sealdah Amritsar Express,Calcutta Rajdhani Express they takes about 38hrs.
Some Pics :
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South GOA
North GOA
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