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Beaches in Goa have all the excellent tourist attractions. Goa is popular for it’s beautiful beaches and for it’s Indo-Portuguese culture and architecture. Goa beach reflects it’s scenic beauty mixed with the glorious history. While vacation in Goa, you can feel the soft white sand under your feet. The warm Goa beaches will invite you to make you feel peace and sensuous. Beaches in Goa offer tourists low priced beer at beach shacks. You can try local delicacies at a bistro where lobster is served under palm trees. On Goa beach vacation, you can go for fishing cruise, dolphin cruise and party at night long raves. Here is a list of famous Goa beaches. These are the best Goa beaches to visit.

Anjuna Beach Goa – Anjuna beach is the most celebrated beach in Goa. Anjuna is near Panaji, the capital of Goa. Anjuna beach is famous for it’s raves. Here you can find weekly flea market on every Wednessday. You can shop Tibetan, Kashmiri and Gujrati trinkets, handicrafts, trance CDs and T shirts.

Candolim beach, Goa – Candolim beach is famous for the Goan freedom fighter Abbe Faria who is called the father of hypnotism. You can book a red back apartment near to the beach. There is no shelter close to beach. You can hire a beach umbrella and can get food at the beach shacks. Candolim beach Goa is not too crowdy and it’s peaceful.

Vagator beach – Vagator beach is near Anjuna beach. There are frequent bus service from Panaji and Mapusa every half an hour to Vagator beach. You can find a few farm houses and portuguese bunglows in Vagator beach. Lots of cafes and restaurant along side the road. Primose Cafe is a popular bar at Vagator beach. Vagator beach is a very beautiful white sand Goa beach. The sea is not safe for swimming. a little further south to main Vagator beach, you will find Ozran beach.

Chapora beach – Chapora beach is famous for 500 year old portuguese Chapora fort. This is not exactly a tourist beach but you can enjoy fishing and boat building here.

Sinquerim beach – Sinquerim beach is near historic fort Aguada, a 17th century portuguese fort. this Goa beach has clean and white sand. You can walk along the Sinquerim beach to Candolim beach which continues all the way to Baga beach Goa.

Baga beach – Baga beach is near Mapusa and it is one of the fishing beaches in Goa. t is crowded with foreigners. It is famous for its windsurfing, fishing, crabbing and clamming. Baga beach is popular for it’s night life. tito’s is the best nightclub here. You can find conventional Goan meal at Casa Portuguesa. If you want to nightstay, own hired transport is recommended since it’s a long walk to the Calangute taxi stand and buses are less. Baga beach is flat with clean white sand and safe for swimming. Baga beach is popular to topless sunbathers.

Bambolim beach – It is a small and clean undiscovered Goa beach. It is not crowded. It is in a shaded spot before mouth of river Zuari. The entrance to the beach lies along the hill between Goa medical college and Goa university. It is a popular Goa beach to shell collectors. Thick coconut groves make the place private and romantic. Go to the restaurant White House that serves excellent sea foods and it has an excellent view of the bay. You can take your pet inside the restaurant.

Arambol beach – Arambol beach is an isolated beach with rocky and sandy terrain. It is a favourite beach for hippies for wild parties. It is good for swimming. you can enjoy activities like dolphin watching boat trips and paragliding.

Colva and Benaulim beach – 20 KM from Panaji, these beaches are less busy than other beaches in Goa. Colva beach is of about 20 KM and the longest beach of Goa. You can get excellent views of huge sand dunes across the sea. according to Hindu mythology, this is the place where arrow of lord Parasurama landed. Benaulim comes from Sanskrit Banali. This Goa beach is famous for dolphin cruises.

Palolem beach – Palolem beach is known as the paradise beach of Goa, famous for fishing trips and dolphin cruises. At the northern end there is a small island that can be reached by swimming at low tide. You can stay at Gaitonde’s Tent Resort. Book in advance.

Agonda beach – Agonda is a virgin Goa beach 12 kms from Palolem. It is famous for crystal clear water and white sand. You can go for a beach cycle adventure.

Mobor and Cavelossim beaches – Cavelossim beach is a small stretch of beach 11 km south of Colva. In south of this there is Mobor beach and you can find five star resorts like Leela Beach Resort Goa. You can find seagulls here.

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