South Goa

My Favorite places in South Goa:

Panjim city: It has been developed like most well planned cities. It is the Capital of the real small state of Goa so most administrative offices are here. Not much to see here. You may find many of the buildings familiar if you are a regular with the films. Many Hindi films shoot songs in Goa.

Miramar Beach: It is a small beach and is actually a bank to the river Mandovi. Its claim to fame is that it is the poshest area in Goa. A nice restaurant for burgers and pizzas kind of stuff is the high light of this place…(I forget its name but its in the premises of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation)

Dona-Paula: Nice place to visit in the evening. Freak your self on the scooter boats. Great place to buy T shirts, shorts and real short skirts. It’s some place where I get my size…hahahahahah…

Old Goa: The churches are famous for a lot of things including the relics of St. Francis Xavier. However I love to spend time in the chapel of the growing cross which is placed in the Se Cathedral. If you have a wish (a small one) and its not getting fulfilled, walk up to the cross, push your fingers through the back of the wooden frame until you happen to touch the bark like façade of the real cross and ….make a wish… If done with faith in the heart, it comes true. It worked for me on more occasions than one. So try your luck too.

Kolva beach: It is another of Goa’s very beautiful beaches. The specialty here is ‘White Sand.’ Yes the sand is more silverish in colour and fine. Get a bag full of this sand back home to brush your teeth with. Pepsodent and Colgate pick up all the calcium from the same beach stretch. Not kidding but both have factories just round the corner on this beach. It is Goa’s longest beach.

Madgaon or Margaon city: It’s the unplanned city of Goa. Recent developments in trying to plan it out have taken both the bus stand and the Railway station out of the city. So now the locals keep complaining, ‘they have taken the city out of our city.’ There is nothing much to see in the city but some good places to eat.

Nice places to eat in South Goa Ruchi near the bus stand in Panjim, Mum’s kitchen near Miramar, and Longinos’s in Margaon (don’t forget to eat the caramel custard here).