A crescent of calm water backed by palms in the far south — the best-looking beach in Goa and still relatively unspoiled.
Two hours from north Goa — stay here rather than day tripping. Beach huts are seasonal and dismantled before the monsoon. Dolphin trips leave early morning.
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A four-tier, 310-metre waterfall on the Mandovi at the Karnataka border, reached by forest jeep and…
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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.
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The Latin Quarter of the capital: narrow lanes of ochre, blue and green Portuguese houses with azulejo…