| Goa is the perfect place to enjoy a relaxing, rejuvenating and tension free holiday. You can visit this lovely place anytime of the year, though you may want to avoid the monsoons. It rains quite heavily over here thus making transportation a bit cumbersome. Else, the best time of the year that can be called the peak season for Goa travel is from October to March. The place is blessed with maritime climate which makes almost the entire year the ideal time to visit Goa! |
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| Right after the monsoons the weather becomes even more pleasant, the skies clear up and the seas become placid and calm. Every monument and every building looks like it has been washed spick and span. There is not a speck of dust on trees and they look lush green. The summers here are a bit harsh with maximum temperature going upto 35o Celsius. Winters can hardly be called winters as the minimum temperature does not drop below 18o Celsius. The weather is just perfect to enjoy your vacation thoroughly |
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| During monsoons, Goa receives an average annual rainfall of 2500 - 3500 mm. Though one can visit Goa during monsoons, the weather becomes humid and transportation becomes cumbersome. You wouldn't want to be stranded at the airport praying that a taxi comes and takes you safely to your hotel! It is not advisable to visit the beaches during monsoons as the sand becomes very sloshed and the sea turns a bit violent. Thus visit Goa right after the monsoons from October - March and experience Goa in its best form |
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| 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) |
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| From Panaji |
| Dona Paula Bay (7 kms), Old Goa (10 kms) with its Basilica of Bom Jesus, Se Cathedral, Archaeological Museum and other churches, Mangueshi Temple (22 kms), Shantadura Temple (33 kms), Calangute (16 kms), and Baga Beach (18 kms) |
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| From Margao |
| Beaches of Colva (6 kms), Benaulim (8 kms), Majorda (8 kms), Varca (10 kms), Cavelossim (15 kms), Mobor (18 kms), Betul (16 kms), Agonda (40 kms) and Palolem (47 kms). Cabo de Rama (21 kms). Ranchol Seminary (8 kms). Shree Damodar Temple at Zambaulim (22 kms) and Shree Shantadurga Temple at Fatorda (18 kms). Cotigao Wild Life Sanctuary (33 kms), Dudhsagar Waterfalls (59 kms by train) |
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| From Vasco |
| Margao Harbour-3 kms, Bogmalo Beach-9 kms, St.Jacinto Island-7 kms Velsao Beach-10 km, Kesarval Springs-15 km & Pilar Seminary-19 km |
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| From Ponda |
| Bondla wildlife, Molem wildlife etc ... |
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| Goa In Goa the tourist enjoy's the advantage of easy accessibility and conveniently linked to each and every corner of the country and the world and can be reached by all means of transports i.e by Air, Water, Railway and Road. |
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| By Air |
| Goa's international airport, Dabolim, is 29 km from Panaji, on the coast near Vasco da Gama. Most of India's domestic airlines operate services here, as well as several direct charter companies that fly into Goa from the UK and Germany. There are numerous flights between Goa and Mumbai. Indian Airlines flies daily and Jet Airways has two flights daily. Sahara Airlines also flies to Mumbai and Delhi. Indian Airlines has daily direct flights to Delhi and Cochin, and four flights a week to Bangalore and Chennai. |
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| By Railway |
| Now the lines of the Goa is transferred from meter-gauge to broad-gauge. Goa's two main stations are at Margao and Vasco da Gama. Seats and sleepers can be booked at either of these, or at the train reservation office in Panaji's Kadamba bus stand. Other useful stations on the Konkan route are Mapusa Road (Thivim) for Mapusa and Old Goa (Karmali) for Panaji. Railway which is now completed and it provides fast services to Goa from different cities of India. The convenient railhead for Panaji is Margao, 34 km. away. Konkan. Vasco-da-Gama and Margoa are connected by train with Bangalore, Belgaum, Hospet and Hyderabad and via Miraj to Bombay, Delhi and Agra. |
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| By Water |
| As matter of fact that Goa lies on the side of Arabian sea so water transport is available and one of the means of the transport. The catamaran service between Mumbai and Panaji, operated by Frank Shipping, has been a bit erratic in recent years due to breakdowns. In theory it sails between October and May. From Goa it sails every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, departing at 10 am and arriving in Mumbai at 5.30 pm. Going the other way, it departs Mumbai on Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am, arriving in Panaji at 5.30 pm; on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it leaves Mumbai at 10.30 pm, arriving at 6.30 am. Apart from the half-hour cruise up the Mandovi River, the trip is pretty dull as the catamaran is obliged to stay at least 15 km from the coast to avoid fishing fleets. Water transport is available between Panaji and Mormugao. There are motorboat, launch and ferry services to various parts of Goa. |
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| By Road |
| Goa has good road connections. Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka state road transport corporations all operate service out of Panaji's Kadamba bus stand. There are also services to Londa (where you can get a daily direct railway connection to Mysore every day), Hubli (a railway junction on the main Mumbai to Bangalore line, where you can also get trains to Gadag for both Bijapur and Badami, and Hospet and Hampi) and Belgaum. |
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| Many private operators have offices outside the entrance to the bus stand, with luxury and air-con buses to Mumbai, Bangalore, Hampi and other destinations. Most private interstate buses arrive and depart from a separate bus stand next to the Mandovi Bridge. |
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