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| Margao is Goa's second largest town and a bustling commercial centre. Barely frequented by travellers, this central Goan town has an old-worldly charm about it because of its Old Portuguese churches, and fine country houses decked with dark rosewood furniture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calangute Beach :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goa Calangute beach is a haven for the hippies. It was the hippies who discovered this beach in the late 60s. The exquisite beauty of the Calangute beach in India's 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. |
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| Archaeological Museum :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The museum has been functioning since 1964 in the abandoned convent of St. Francis of Assisi and is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The collection consists of Brahmanical sculptures hero-stones and sati stones of the early and late medieval periods, portraits, coins and currency, revenue and court fee stamps, wooden and bronze sculptures and armoury of the Portuguese period. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Cathedral Church :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Topping On Tourist Pie, A mere 45 minute bus ride up the coast from the capital, Calangute is Goa's busiest and most commercialized resort, and the flagship of the state government's bid for a bigger slice of India's package-tourist pie. In the 1970s and early 1980s, this once peaceful fishing Village epitomized Goa's reputation as a haven for hedonistic hippies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Ana Church :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A church cemetery with room for more burials in a tranquil rural area. The cemetery is in fair condition. here are many unreadable home-made monuments and many slabs with names and dates attempted to be scratched onto the surface. There are some completely unmarked graves. Wherever it was possible an attempt was made to decipher the hand inscribed names and dates. |
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| Excursion from Vasco :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A few of Vasco’s cheer could ever imagine the spectacle, which they would witness in 1997. Edmundo, after faded passages through Flamengo and Corinthians was in Vasco’s team. Mauro Galvão, who had against himself the advanced age, was invited to assume the defense. Evair, with Edmundo’s approve, came to make an attack team. Till then nothing different, but then Lopes decided to make a random among these players with youth players developed inside the club or those who already played for Vasco. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dona Paula Beach :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The beach is named after Dona Paula de Menzes, daughter of a viceroy (in colonial India), who threw herself off the cliff, when refused permission to marry a local fisherman, Gaspar Dias. The myth says that Dona Paula is entombed in the Cabo Chapel of the Raj Bhawan and is supposed to be seen emerging from the moonlit waves wearing only a pearl necklace. With the romance and myth attached to it—haunted by Dona Paula de Menzes—tourists throng the Dona Paula Beach not only in search of the deceased beloved, but also to indulge in water sports on the clear waters. |
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| Museum of Goa Daman & Diu :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goa Dona Paula beach, associated with a romantic myth, is one of the hottest tourist spot in Goa. People throng the Dona Paula beach not only to enjoy the sun and the sea but also to indulge in water sports on the clear waters. The Dona Paula Beach offers an opportunity to the tourists to have a sunbath and buy cheap seaside goods from local vendors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Cajetan Church :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opposite the Se Cathedral, beyond the road is the large and beautiful church of St. Cajetan built of laterite blocks, which were lime plastered. The façade, having two towers on either side to serve as belfry, has Corinthian columns and pilasters supporting a pediment, and four niches in which are kept the statues of the apostles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excursion from Panaji :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The month of March, 'Carnival' - is an event celebrated by Goan Christian community. It is a 3-day festival of fun and merry making and colourful floats, a 3 day orgy just before the 40-day Lenten period of fasting. Huge parades through the cities are organised with bands, floats and dances and balls in the evenings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excursion from Ponda :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It gives us great pleasure to introduce ourselves as a premier excursions operator in Goa dealing with Domestic and Foreign Tourist since 1983. We work with most of the travel agencies in Goa and have received all round appreciation coupled with high quality of services we give to our clients. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vagator Beach :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The soft white sands, the black lava rocks, the coconut palms, the lush green landscape, nature playing its own music, and the sea turning from aquamarine to emerald green-Vagator and Chapora, overlooked by the 500-year-old Portuguese fort, leaves each visitor awestruck. Yet to be disturbed by the hustle and bustle of tourists, life goes on peacefully, in the background, in Vagator and Chapora. The world-famous Anjuna Beach lies to the south of Vagator. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institute Menezes Braganza :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Institute Menezes Braganza was established in 1871 to encourage literacy among the people of Goa. The entrance hall is decorated with hand-painted blue and white tiles designed by Jorge Calaco in 1935. The tiles are set in a frieze that depicts the mythological story of the Portugese conquest of Goa. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Lady Rosary Church :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We come from varied backgrounds, but we are united in a faith family bound by our Roman Catholic Faith and our love of God and love of our neighbor. We follow the magisterium of the Church and our Holy Father's teaching under the direction of our Archbishop. |
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| Excursion from Mapusa :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beaches of Calangute-8 kms, Baga-10 kms, Arambol/Harmal-31 kms, Anjuna-8 kms, Vagator-9 kms & Mandrem-30 kms (both via Pernem). Temples of Shri Dutta & Shri Vithal at Sanguelim (25 kms), Temple of Sapta Koteshwar at Narve (24 kms) and Temple of Kalikadevi at Kansarpal (14 kms). Church of Mae de deus at Saligao (10 kms), Church at Monte de Guiri (2 kms). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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