About
Anjuna-Beach Goa, India
Anjuna Goa, 18 kms from Panaji is a popular beach
area adjacent to Chapora fort- it was the haunt of the flower
generation in the sixties - and is still popular with the younger
generation. In Anjuna there is magnificent Albuquerque mansion
built in 1920, flanked by octagonal towers and attractive
Mangalore tiled-roof. The Anjuna band plays for the beach party at
night.
In Anjuna Beach Goa Palm trees stand motionless in the warm
air. To the east is a mountain. If you want to return to civilization,
climb the mountain to get to Baga where you can catch a ferry out.
Designer leather and lycra may have superseded
cotton Kaftans, but most people's reasons for coming are the same as
they were in the 1970s: dancing and lying on the beach slurping
tropical fruit. While browsing in the area have a day trip to the
famous
Anjna flea market
Anjuna attracts a weird and wonderful collection of
over monks, defiant ex-hippies, gentle lunatics, artists, artisans,
seers, searchers, sybarites and itinerant expatriates who normally
wouldn't be seen out of the organic confines of their health-food
emporia in San Francisco or London.
Bathing is generally safer than at most of the
nearby resorts, too, especially at the more peaceful southern end,
where a rocky headland keeps the sea calm and the undertow to a
minimum.
Full moon, when the infamous parties take
place, is a particularly good time to be here if you want to indulge
in bacchanalian delights.
Arambol
Goa Beach is 50 kms from Panaji.
A unique beach in the North Goa, is both rocky and sandy beach and
much sought after. It has a sweet water pond right on the shore.
Arambol is along the Goa border with its fresh water lagoon. Due to
its isolation, some tourists has been unable to reach this beach.It is
the 16-km-long sea beach. The main beach has adequate body surfing and
there are several attractive bays a short walk to the north.
Beyond an idyllic, rocky-bottomed cove, the trail emerges to a board
strip of soft white sand hemmed in on both sides by steep cliffs. A
small fresh-water lake extends along the bottom of the valley into a
thick jungle,just behind it. Fed by boiling hot springs, the lake is
lined with sulphurous mud, which, smeared over the body, dries to form
a surreal, butter-coloured shell.
Dona
Paula Beach
Goa - 7 kms from Panaji. An idyllic picturesque spot. Command a fine
view of the Zuari river and Mormugao Harbour. This is an idyllic spot
to relax and sunbathe. Water scootering facilities are also
available over here. The Dona Paula bay is at the place where two of
Goa's famous rivers meet the Arabian sea. Named after Dona Paula de
Menezes, this place is called the Lovers Paradise due to a myth
which has been attached to this place.
Due to its proximity to the capital Panaji, Dona
Paula is a popular stop for the sight seeing tours. Along the road
leading to this place lies the ruins of the small military cemetery
the British built at their brief occupation of the Cabo, to deter the
French from invading Goa.
Water Sports
Tranquil and blue, Dona Paula unravel the ultimate
in aquatic sport and fun.Dona Paula Sports Club, Dona Paula offers
some of the best water sports facilities to the sports enthusiasts
including Water-scooter rides, Motor-boat rides, etc.
Dona Paula Beach Goa -
How To Get There
By Road
Take a bus or motorcycle-taxi from Panjim or the
ferry service from Marmagao. Buses to Miramar & Dona Paula leave every
fifteen minutes from Panjim's Kadamba Bus Stand. One can also pick
them up from the steamer jetty, and at various points along the
waterfront.
Miramar (Caspar
Dias) is 3 kms from Panaji. A
lovely golden beach of soft sand girdled with palm trees facing
the blue Arabian Sea, is the nearest to Panaji. Miramar is almost part
of Panaji.
It is one of the most popular beaches of Goa India.
If you wish to watch the sunset from Panaji then the best
location would be this beach, which is fifteen minutes' walk along the
riverfront avenue called Dayanand Bandodker Marg. Miramar is an urban
beach where the Mandovi River meets the Arabian Sea. It is not a safe
beach to swim. There is a strong undercurrent.
The accommodation arrangements are available at the
various beach resorts and hotels on the Miramar Beach Goa itself.
Therefore the tourists find all the facilities within the close
vicinity of the Miramar Beach. Whether it is shopping, sightseeing,
tourist destinations or the festive hue of the fishermen Konkanis ;
alike other Goa beaches you find here every activity that comprises of
your entertainment list.
The coast covers an expanse of 2-km, having a fine
silvery sand bed. From here one has a panoramic view of the Aguada
fort just across the Mandovi River. The best time to visit the Miramar
Beach is from November to March.
Palolem beach
is about
37 kms from Margao. Just west of Chaudi one of the most enchanting
beaches in Goa relatively deserted, with backdrop of Western ghats,
situated in Southern Taluka of Canacona. Palolem beach goa is one of
the most beautiful and idyllic beach and it has 1.5 km crescent
shaped beach. The beach lies on the southern coastline of Goa amidst
outstanding natural beauty.
The sweeping crescent of white sand is
fringed by a shady rim of coconut palms and the whole beach is hemmed
in at either end by rocky crags. Many travellers drift down from the
northern beaches to spend days, weeks or even months chilling out
here.
There is very little development and it's extremely
laid-back. Palolem Village is nestled in the palms backed from the
beach. With the large influx of tourists to the Northern beaches and
the resultant increasing commercialisation of these places. Palolem
fits the bill and in recent years, more and more tourists have been
making a beeline for this palm fringed golden beach.
