A wonderful day @ Goa's best beach - Palolem Beach

Palolem Beach is one of the clean and beautiful beach in Goa. Surrounded by Palm trees, situated in South Goa (Canacona)... this is the place where you can (definitely) hope to find clean water.

Clean and beautiful beach...

Although there were a lot of accommodation options on the beach itself, we preferred to stay @ Colva... there are a lot more resorts around Colva to choose from, also since we had a car with us... the idea was to cover all south Goa beaches staying at one central place...

Beach Hut

Lots of options to choose from... Right on the Beach!!

Tip: If you plan to stay at Palolem, book the resort in advance as here are only a few of the good ones and they tend to fill fast during the holiday season, also same day booking may cost you more...

Palolem is an hour drive from Colva and the other beaches in between are - Varca and Agonda (there are others as well, just listing the ones which are worth visiting if time permits)

When we came to the beach, the first things we observed were:-

• Peace!
• Kayaks!
• Clear water!
• Shacks!

Clean. Peace. Calm!

Ferries which will take you to Butterfly Island...

The beach was not much crowded. Once we were done enjoying in the water, there were a lot of 
shacks available to relax. You can sit and enjoy the beautiful beach in the shacks... they won't charge you as long as you are ordering food and drinks from them :-)

Chilling ... view from the shack!

Nice Place...

Kayak's are available here for as cheap as INR 100 for an hour (~$2).

This is a must to do activity here...

One must do thing is to visit the Splendid Butterfly Island or Honeymoon Island through ferry.

It was a fun day on definitely one of the best beach in South Goa.

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Calangute ... 'Queen of the Beaches' - Goa

This is the most happening beach (alongside with Baga, obviously). It's a must visit for the tourists coming to Goa. Most of the people like to stay @ Calangute / Baga in North Goa, which makes both of these areas full of people, hotels, B&B's, restaurants, pubs, spas, shops ... Also, night life is awesome here!

We came to Calangute @ mid-day. There are a lot of options to eat around here... we did took some considerable time to zero down on a restaurant for Lunch. Post that, the rest of the day was dedicated to the beach!

As you approach the beach, the road is filled with a lot of restaurants and shops having all kinds of stuff that will surely keep one busy. If you have right skills, you can get a good bargain here ... ;-)

The Restaurants/Pubs on the way to Beach

Roadside eateries... (don't look for hygiene here)

Coming to the beach, people mostly come here for two reasons:

1. Water Sports: The best place for water sports in Goa. Also, if you are visiting during off-season, the prices are very low (less than 1000 INR for 3-4 sports) ... They have - Paragliding, Speed Boats, Jet Ski, Bumper and Banana rides.
   

   

   Most of the crowd can be seen enjoying the sports...

2. The Shacks: This beach has the most options for shacks. And all of them are free to sit (till you are buying food/drinks from them). Best place to relax, have some beers and enjoy the sunset. Also, do enjoy the local food, it's worth it!
   
   
   

   

   Awesome view of Sunset from our shack

   
   
   

   

   The candle(s) lit by the owners on every table... lovely!

All that definitely makes this beach very crowded (and obviously, as a side effect of that - DIRTY). But as long as you are having fun, these things can be ignored.

There are also many artists seen here, we met a sand artist (from Germany) who had made a beautiful sand castle right in front of the beach entrance!

Also, this is a good place to get yourself inked (temp tattoos, don't rely on the locals for a perm) for a good price.

It was a fun day @ Calangute ... especially the evening at the Shack followed by awesome dinner!

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Evening visit to Arambol Beach - Goa

Arambol beach is one of the clean and less crowded beach of North Goa. We had spent all of our morning and afternoon around Vagator/Chapora Fort and wanted to spend some quality time on a beach and enjoy Sunset..

Clean beach ... Nice Walk!

Not many people in and around...

 
Anjuna Beach was our first choice, but since it was closer to the main stream North Goa (the happening beaches - Calungate/Baga) we decided to go for the farther one on a drive while we still had time... and parked Anjuna for some other day!

(Friendly Advise - you too are confused if Arambol is worth a visit? - NO. Nothing great to travel the way to this one, only if you are passing by)

The beach has all the amenities (parking, washrooms, food joints...).

It's good and peaceful... had a nice evening walk, but don't expect clean or blue water beach around here. We Had a great peaceful time on the shacks.You get to sit on the free of cost (just order something at the restaurant who owns the shacks.. and that's all)

You don't have to pay for these (just order something on the restaurant)...

View from the Shacks...!

Also, the beach has mostly foreign crowd visiting and you will hardly find any Indians. That means very few or no hawkers as well

The market around the beach is nice (less crowded, if you are looking to shop in some peace).

There is a fresh water lake around the beach, ask the locals and they will guide you on directions. We decided to skip that one as we were tired. From what we heard about the lake, It's worth the visit...

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Dolphin Spotting @ Coco Beach, Goa

We went to this beach only for one purpose -- Dolphins!
(there are similar tours available from Miramar Beach, Panaji... we chose this one as it was on our way to Calungate/Baga)

narrow single lane road leading to the beach

The beach is quiet dirty and the water on the shore is not clean, so don't think of diving in... just take the tickets to the dolphin tour and hop in the boat :-)

the entrance to the beach ...

dirty beach..!

A view of Coco Beach from the Boat...

The Dolphin Spotting will cost you around Rs. 300 per head for 1 hr (which also includes some other attractions like Central Jail, some millionaire's Rs 80 Crore palace, view of Aguada Fort Lighthouse etc., but these are not worth)

Dolphin trip and other attractions!

Rs. 80 Crore Palace (Movie - Haseena Maan Jaayegi was shot here)

Coming to the Dolphins - not that great, fine if you missed it.

• There are approx. 10-12 boats floating over the water to spot the dolphin(s) (normally there are just 1-2 dolphins).
• Because of the crowd and roaring sound of 10-12 engines, dolphins wouldn't come up too often.
• You would be lucky if you'd spot one (and even more lucky if you get a pic)

Dolphin... !!

and she is going back ... too much crowded over here ;-)

1 HR can be spared for this visit if this beach is on your way.

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