Beach-front cottages on Palolem with an art-driven design and a good restaurant.
Palolem Beach, Canacona
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A crescent of calm water backed by palms in the far south — the best-looking beach in Goa and still relatively unspoiled.
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A four-tier, 310-metre waterfall on the Mandovi at the Karnataka border, reached by forest jeep and reliably spectacular after the rains.
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A 1605 baroque basilica in Old Goa holding the remains of St Francis Xavier, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble.
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The largest church in Asia, begun in 1562, with the Golden Bell and a Portuguese-Manueline exterior.
Built into the ramparts of the old Portuguese fort above Sinquerim beach.