Benavali Beach – Small Clean And Pretty

The Benavali beach is situated in the southern part of Goa. It has a couple of hotels that offer reasonable prices for food and lodging. There is also a small village island that is situated close by which gives you the opportunity to spend quality time with friends and family. This beach is located in Margao which is in the south.

It covers a very small area as compared to most of the other beaches in Goa. The beach is very clean and pretty. It offers a beautiful scenic view of the coast. The powdery white sand coupled with scores of palm and coconut trees provides a superb place for leisure activities. The small hotels lining the beach offer good food and lodging. The food served of various varieties.

Some hotels offer Chinese and Indian cuisine while some of the others give you a taste of typical Goan fare. The village going by the name Varka is a pricey paradise that continues into Kalvesi. It is also know by the name of Leela Beach. This location is not far from the major cities and can be reached by buses, cabs, and motorbikes.

This beach is one of the most clean and magnificent beaches in Goa and offers a whole lot of activities and entertainment to rejuvenate the weary traveler.

Agonda Beach – Lonely Yet Beautiful

The beaches of Goa have some unique features which make tourists claim that Goa is always fresh and new to them. This is why they take special care and attention not to miss Agonda beach during their visit to the west coast of India.

You can enjoy this beach as you drive from Panaji to Palolem. This beach is long and lonely with fringed coconut palms and casuarinas. In the south, this beach is dominated by large hills. This beach is not that safe for swimming. Other than that, this has some unique facilities available in it to draw attention from tourists.

Agonda beach is stretching around 3Km. this beautiful cove is filled with white sand and is secluded in palms. You will not see the crowd coming to disturb you, but only the beach, the ocean and the peace of mind you enjoy as you walk through the beaches. If you are so passionate about the beach, you can hire a tent and enjoy the sweet crashing of waves from the sea.

Bus transportation is not that plenty to Agonda beach. This is not connected to the main road and is almost a solitude filled area. If you want to go there on an adventure, try getting some scooters or bicycles which will make your Goan journey memorable.

Cabo de Rama, the fort related to Lord Rama is near to this beach. This is a beautiful location that tourists will never miss out to appreciate. The atmosphere of the fort brings the sweet and devoting memories of history to our minds.

Benaulim Beach Or Madgaon Beach – Fully Modernized

Though Goa is blessed with a large number of tourist spots and beaches, each beach has a different story to tell the tourists and no wonder why Goa is famous all over the world.

Benaulim beach is located 2Km south of Colva. If you are trying to hanker through the tranquil parts of the coast line, you will get Benaulim as the suitable place. This place is well known as a tourist spot and hence accommodation and other facilities are splendid there.

The various accommodation options found in Benaulim includes the guesthouses available in small budget. This is generally scattered around a radius of 1Km. Later there opened some star hotels in this area and this has attracted tourists in a large number. Benaulim is getting high popularity and this has posed a threat to Colva beach and its growth. The hotels also serve delicious food which is the uniqueness of Benaulim beaches. You can enjoy the visit by hiring a car or bike in which you can roam around or can even move to other beaches in a cruise.

This village was once a fishing village with coconut palms and paddy fields scattered around. This has been replaced by stalls and guesthouses and this resulted in the vanishing of paddy fields. These are greatly substituted by luxury resorts and apartments which are evidences of the flourishing tourism in Goa. Slowly Benaulim emerged as a tourist center and no wonder, why it is not having any competitors anywhere else in the world.

Betul Beach – The Fishing Beach

Goan tourists will never have to repent on a visit. This is mainly possible because of the large number of interesting beaches and attractions decorating this land.

The beach located on the Salcete side of Goa is known as the betul beach. This beach is around one hour travel from Margao. This beach is world famous for the cool climate prevailing there. The beach has resulted in the popularity of the village itself.

Evening in the beach is really splendid with people coming together and young people and women joining for a chat. The primary occupation of the village is fishing. This has made tourists to enjoy themselves joining hands with the local people of the village.

The beach lies to the Southern part of Goa and has several small and individual huts. This beach is smaller in size, yet beautiful. This is located on the southern end of the river Sal in Goa.

Fishing port of Betul is well advanced and tourists are mainly attracted to this beach to enjoy the beauty of fishing. You can find deep sea trawlers as well as fishing boats bringing their daily catch to this port. You will get boats on hire on the port and ferries will take you across starting from Mobor.

The beach is also famous for the cheap sea food and large mussels. Accommodation is highly comfortable with river dishes served for food.  The scenic beauty of the beach is mainly due to the coconut palms and shady trees lining up the beach.

Bogmalo Beach – The Modern Village

When you decide to go to Goa, you must understand the importance of each and every beach in Goa as you might having a feeling that why to visit all beaches. As you visit the beaches, you will realize the importance of those beaches in the tourism of Goa.

Bogmalo beach is one of those beaches which you might think, whether to visit or not. This beach has a special blend of serenity along with commercialism. This when splashed with a unique beauty will be enough for you to lose yourself on the beaches. This Bogmalo beach was a famous fishing village in the past and later tourists started pouring in which helped the tourism development of Bogmalo.

There are modern shops and hi-tech shops selling handicraft items in the Bogmalo beach. Amidst all these, Bogmalo manages to continue with its village life. Another major attraction for tourists in this beach is the clean and peaceful atmosphere prevailing there. This beach is not that crowded and the water is safe which brings tourists for swimming in the waters of Bogmalo beach. After the swimming, you can enjoy the special Goan cuisine available in the shores of Bogmalo beach.

The open air restaurant and other attractions are the major entertainments for which tourists come to the Bogmalo beach. The little islands, shipwrecks and pleasant eateries are major interests for which tourists pour in Bogmalo beach. These major advancements have resulted in the transformation of Bogmalo beach. This in turn added to the tourism development of Goa as a whole.

Cavelossim Beach– With Doted Lava Rocks

Goa is a beautiful land blessed with a number of beaches. The beaches have something special about it which is the primary reason why tourists are increasing in number to Goa.

Cavelossim is one of those beaches in Goa where you can see the white sands along with the black rocks of lava doted in certain places. The main attraction of Cavelossim beach is the cleaner and quieter environment prevailing there. When many other beaches try to attract tourists through various means, Cavelossim has not been exploited by those mechanisms. This has always been a blessing to the growth of tourism in this beach.

You can see the great row of shacks present in the beaches of Cavelossim where you will be served delicious dishes special to Goa. Seafood is available at attractive and lower prices on the shores of the world famous Cavelossim beaches. Good food, drink and other services are other main reasons why tourists wish to visit these restaurants.

Dolphin beach is the pride of Cavelossim. This is not possible in any other beaches of Goa. This facility is made possible through boat trips arranged. Tourists usually book their tickets for this facility so that they can set out to the sea to watch Dolphins. If they are really lucky, they will be able to enjoy this and even touch the dolphins from close.

Cavelossim beach is quite unique and special and has all the flavors necessary to keep tourists stay back to enjoy the beauty of the sea.

Clarion Beach– Heart Of Goa

You will have to plan your journey in a beautiful way so as not to miss the numerous beaches of the state. This beach is special and unique in all ways and so is clarion.

This beach is located in the heart of Goa and hence deserves special mentioning in the tourism growth and development of Goa. The over view of Arabian Sea adds to this specialty and tourists are pouring into this beach. The peculiar life style, attractive weather and the carnival lifestyle common in Goa brings color and fragrance to Clarion.

As you walk along the beaches, you will enjoy the feel of white sand beneath your feet. The warm and inviting nature of this beach is that over looked by tourists. The sacks on the shore are always open, ready to serve beer and the special Goan cuisine.

Rail road is the best mode of transportation to reach Clarion. This is never a problem since the location is in the heart of the city. It is also reachable through the air ways, getting down in the Dabolim airport. As more and more tourist is coming in every season, hotels and restaurants are fully flourished.

As any other beach restaurants, they offer sea food in special Goan taste. The taste of unique river foods is the main tourist attraction to Clarion. Just like any other beaches, this is also advancing day by day in response to the rise in the number of tourists coming to Goa. This is supplemented by the location and other convenience of Clarion beach

Colva Beach – With White Sand

The beaches of Goa have various specialties which make them the favorite destination of all tourists irrespective of age and category. These beaches have a unique role in the tourism development of Goa.

Colva is well known as the oldest, largest and of all Goan beaches. This is a famous beach on the southern part of Goa. This is situated around 6Kms towards the west of Margao. The beach extends with over 25Kms of white sand powder. The shore is lined up of coconut palms that extend to two other beaches, the Bogmalo on the northern side and Cabo de Rama on the southern side of Colva.

In the modern world, Colva is full of beautiful houses and villages that add beauty to this small tourist spot. This has also resulted in the commercialization of Colva. Apart from the major attractions of the beach, Colva has the Menino Jesus statue ready to welcome tourists. The statue has a special place in the history of Colva. This statue holds a story along with it which is so close to the history, culture and tradition of Goa.

You can reach Colva through bus services from Margao and Vasco-da-Gama. The place is also reachable through rail. Such an easy reachable location of Colva has added to the popularity of Colva. Colva has been a major tourist spot in Goa with uniqueness in various areas.

Colva has easily reached the hearts of tourists, with lovers trying to visit Colva during each visit to the state of Goa.

Majorda Beach - Hearing The Sea

Many tourists are attracted to Goa because of the beaches that offer peace of mind and relaxation to them. This is not different with the Majorda beach of Goa. This beach is selected by them whenever they want to listen to the humming of sea. The beauty of the beach lies in the scene of the beautiful sea dressed in orange frills and sprayed by the golden rays of sun. You will surely love to enjoy this beauty reading a book and lying on the beach. You will find that most of the tourists are visiting Majorda for this and only this reason.

There are some other attractions which make Majorda quite famous and special among the tourists. One main aspect is the delicious breads for which Majorda is world famous. This beach has an interesting story behind it. This story is so closely connected to the culture and tradition of Goa. Majorda is the village where the Jesuits found out the best toddy unique for Goa. This was used for leavening the breads. Hence Goans were trained for the delicate art involved in the baking of breads in Europe.

Goan beach, Majorda has various other stories related to it, out of which one is connected to Ramayana. As per that story, Rama was kidnapped when he was a child and was brought to the beaches of Majorda.  The beach has a stretch of development which brings tourists to the current Majorda. The stories have a strong influence in binding it to the ancient Goan culture and tradition.

Varca Beach – The Dream Land

Goa is considered to be the beach capital of India. Among the various other beaches in Goa, Varca has a distinct role in bringing Goa to the top of international tourism.

This is a charmingly silent beach with its bountiful natural beauty. The soft sandy beach, white in color brings tourists to Goa as a whole. This is a renowned beach in Goa, yet it is cleaner and quieter as compared to various other beaches of Goa. The sandy beaches of Varca are enriched by the palm-thatched houses.

You can find usual beach activities like sun bathing in Varca also. But this beach has some peculiarities including Dolphin watching and interesting boat trips. Nature can be enjoyed to its best and ultimate beauty at the Varca beach.

The usual delicious food of Goan taste is available in all restaurants of Varca. Adding taste to this is the special seafood available in the Varca restaurants, that too at reasonable and cheap rates. Varca beach draws tourists providing excellent accommodation facilities. These accommodation facilities include resorts and hotels. There are some houses in the beaches of Varca where tourists can stay paying rents. This is a simple, but great experience of Goan style which you will find nowhere else in Goa.

The location of Varca beach is easily reachable from the Dabolim airport. Road transport is made easy with the help of buses and auto rickshaws. This is available on hire basis and no wonder why Varca is a dream land for tourists.

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