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Goa Travel Guide
It is Goa where you can have a vacation of a lifetime. Goa is a lush green paradise
edged on the one side by the wooden foothills of the Sahyadri range and on the
other by the Arabian Sea.
Goa, a tiny emerald land on the West Coast
of India, with its natural scenic beauty, attractive beaches and temples famous
for its architecture, feasts and festivals and above all hospitable people with
a rich cultural milieu, has an ideal tourist profile.
Goa is connected by
rail route through Konkan Railway and Southern Railway from Delhi. Also, it is
well connected by air routes from Bombay and Delhi. Goa has an international airport
at Dabolim. The distance from Margao to Dabolim airport is 29 kms.
 Most
of the rivers in Goa are used for waterways. Ferry boats were means of crossing
rivers in Goa. Rivers Mandovi and Zuari are being used for carrying ore to Mormugao
harbour. Goa is also connected by waterway from Bombay.
Places
of Interest in Goa
Mormugao Harbour
It is 34 Kms.
from Panaji and 4 Kms. from Vasco-da-Gama. It is one of the fine natural anchorages
on the West coast of India and the hub of intense maritime activity.
Panaji
The capital of Goa and headquarters of North Goa District, a small a
charming city on the left bank of silvery Mandovi River, with beautiful red-roofed
houses, built in Latin style, also boasts of many modern houses, well laid garden,
statues and avenue's lined with Gulmohar, Acassia and other trees. Enchantit panorama
unfolds from atop Altinho (Hill Top).
Mapusa
It is
13 Kms. from Panaji. The capital of Bardez Taluka, on the national highway, is
the cross roads of the network of highways covering whole of Northern Goa.
Weekly fair on Friday, is held at the modem streamlined market, attended by large
crowds.
Margao
It is 33 Kms. from Panaji. The Capital of
South Goa District in the hinterland of southern Goa in Salcete Taluka is a thriving
commercial metropolis linked by rail to the rest of India & Mormugao Harbour
and by national highways, with Maharashtra and Karnataka.
It has imposing
old mansions and modern buildings
Pilar
It is 11 kms. from
Panaji. It has important religious and educational centre of Christian Missionaries.
The Church, Seminary and School atop hillock command a magnificent panorama of
the country side around and a fine view of Mormugao Harbour & Zuari river.
How to Reach Goa
By Air
Goa is well connected by airline services to most major
cities in India. All flights, national and international, to and from Goa, operate
from the Goa Airport at Dabolim near the port town of Vasco-da-Gama.
The airport
is about 30 kms from the capital city of Panaji and is owned by the Indian Navy.
Major airline operators such as Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines
have flights carrying passengers and cargo in and out of Goa. Besides these, a
number of chartered flights land in Goa from UK and other European countries.
The national airline Air India also lands a few international flights, especially
from the Gulf countries.
Most of the local airlines have a contact phone number
in the city as well as at the airport where the latest information about flight
status is always available. The list of phone numbers is available in the travel
services section of the website.
Rail
Goa is connected with
Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Secunderabad, Tirupati via Londa junction on the Mirage-Bangalore
sector of south central railway, and to Mumbai, and Mangalore on the Konkan Railway
Corporation section. Convenient stations are Margao/Vasco and Karmali.
Road
Panaji, the capital of Goa, is connected by road to Bangalore-598 kms, Belgaum-157
km, Bombay-594 km, Gokarn-154 km, Hospet-315 km, Hubli-184 km, Karwar-103 km,
Kolhapur-246 km, Malwan-150 km, Mangalore-371 kms, Mysore-696 kms, Pune-458 kms,
Ratnagiri-263 kms, Vengurla-73 kms etc. Bus Service
Kadamba Transport
Corporation. MSRTC and KSRTC operate frequent bus services between Panaji, Vasco,
Margao and to Bangalore, Belgaum, Gokarn, Hubli, Karwar, Kolhapur, Malwan, Mangalore,
Miraj, Mysore, Pune, Ratnagiri and Vengurla. Sea
Ship services
between Bombay and Goa organised by Damania.
Internal Distances
Panaji to Baga beach (18 kms), Bondla (55 kms), Calangute (16 kms), Dabolim Airport
(29 kms), Mapusa (13 kms), Margao (33 kms), Old Goa (10 kms), Terekhol (42 kms),
Vagator (22 kms), Vasco-da-gama (30 kms), Ponda (28 kms).
Local Transport
: Local buses, auto-rickshaws and motor-cycles/taxis available
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