An hour-long sunset cruise from Panaji with Goan folk dance on deck — touristy, cheap and genuinely enjoyable.
Government-run boats are the cheapest and leave from Santa Monica jetty. Buy tickets at the jetty an hour ahead in season.
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The Latin Quarter of the capital: narrow lanes of ochre, blue and green Portuguese houses with azulejo…
A 1612 Portuguese sea fort above the mouth of the Mandovi, with a working lighthouse and views over…
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A 1605 baroque basilica in Old Goa holding the remains of St Francis Xavier, and part of a UNESCO World…
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The largest church in Asia, begun in 1562, with the Golden Bell and a Portuguese-Manueline exterior.