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Goa Beaches
Colva Beach -
Calangute Beach - Dona
Paula Beach -
Miramar Beach -
Arjuna
Beach -
Vagator Beach -
Arambol Beach
- Agonda Beach -
Palolem Beach
Colva Beach, Goa
Colva Beach
About 6 kms from Margao. Colva
beach is the pride of Salcete and the only rival to Calangute
by its scenic splendour. Here, sand, sea and sky blend in
enchanting natural harmony unspoilt by men. Has good
accommodation facilities, particularly at the tourist
cottages.
It is the pride of Salcete and the only rival to Calangute in
scenic splendor. Here sea, sand and sky blend in enchanting
natural harmony. Colva is one of the most popular beaches in
South Goa.The beach offers good accommodation.
Colva stretches sun-drenched, palm fringed and virtually
deserted for kilometers. 20years ago precious little disturbed
its soft white sands and warm crystal-clear turquoise their
waters, except the local fishers who pulled their catch in by
hands each morning, and the few of the more intrepid hippies
who had forsaken the obligatory drugs, sex and rock and roll
of Calangute for the smoothing tranquility of this corner of
paradise.
It is the main evening and weekend day-trip destination for
the people of Margao, so it becomes packed with cars,
motorbikes, scooters and pedestrians. On the road into Colva
from Margao you pass the large Church of Our Lady of Mercy (Nossa
Senhora das Merces, 1630, re-built in the 18th century). The
statue of Menino Jesus housed here is said to have miraculous
properties. Colva is at heart of the longest unbroken stretch
of beach (25 kms) in Goa from Mormagao peninsular in the north
to Cabo de Rama in the south.
A hot-season retreat for Margao's mediocre classes since long
before Independence, Colva is the oldest and largest - of
south Goa's resorts. Its leafy outlying vaddos, or wards, are
pleasant enough, dotted with colonial lection of concrete
hotels, souvenir stalls and fly-blown snack bars strewn around
a bleak central roundabout. Colva is pleasant and convenient
place to stay, swimming is relatively safe, while the sand, at
least away from the beachfront, is spotless and scattered with
beautiful shells.
Calangute's heyday as the Mecca of all expatriate hippies has
passed. The local people, who used to rent out rooms in their
houses for a pittance, have moved on to more profitable
things, and Calangute has undergone a metamorphosis to become
the centre of Goa's rapidly expanding package-tourist market.
It isn't one of the best Goanese beaches: there are hardly any
palms, the sand is contaminated with red soil and the beach
drops rapidly into the sea. There is, however, plenty going
on, especially if you don't mind playing a minor role in this
stage-managed parody of what travelling is meant to be about.
Try heading off the beaten track unless you need a bit of R
'n' R to recover from life on the road, or want to mix it with
the Simons and Sandras of this world who are visiting India to
pep up their winter suntans.
The best time of the year to visit this area is between
September and March.
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