Agonda Beach

Agonda beach is long and quiet.For those times when you want to get away from the crowds. Fringed with palms and casuarinas and backed by the large hill. Goa Agonda beach is a paradise for peaceful contemplation. It is not easy to reach Agonda Beach because of its distance from the main roads and lack of buses. The best way to reach this beach is by a scooter or motors bike. If you driving towards Goa's Panaji from Palolem, the next beach is Agonda beach.

Aguada Beach

Fort Aquada is really worth a visit to get a feel of the old Portuguese regime. One of the highlights is the Lighthouse Jail. There are great views of Aquada Beach from Fort itself. To reach Goa Aguada beach you'll probably have to arrange your own means of transport. You can hire a taxi or perhaps a motorbike. You can hire the bikes on a daily charge basis. Goa Aguada beach is situated 4km from Sinquerim beach.

Anjuna Beach

Anjuna is also known for its full-moon rave parties. They are for and organised by young tourists and have attracted thousands of tourists. There is even a fleamarket (see picture) The nearest railway station is at Karmali, 11 km away from Panaji and 29 km from Anjuna. There are buses every hour to Anjuna from Mapusa .

Arambol Beach

A special beach up in North Goa which is both rocky and sandy. It is very popular but is one of the less commercial beaches with basic amenities such as its own alternetive health facilities, paragliding school, yoga gurus, wholefood cafes and a nearby lake fed with boiling hot springs.Goa Arambol beach is approximately 50 kms from Panaji, the state capital of Goa.

Ashwem Beach

Ashwem beach situated is to the south of Arambol and is a quiet beach where contmplating the vast stretches of sands is a peaceful way to idle away the day. There are a few beach shacks and huts in the middle where there is a bit more life happening.

Baga Beach

Baga Beach is a beautiful beacah, many say it is like a film set ! magnificent white surf crashing down n the brown sand and pleasant breezes ripple through the palm trees. Baga beach is in North Goa. It is encircled by Arpora-Nagoa, Saligao and Candolim, in the Bardez taluka, and is just 15 km from Panjim, the capital of the state of Goa.

Benaulim Beach

Benaulim beach is yet another very quiet beach, no massive raves here! It starts where Colva beach ends. The best thing about Benaulim beach is that it is still very undiscovered. Benaulim beach is in south Goa and lies 41 km away from Panaji, capital of Goa.

Benavali Beach

Benavali beach is a small, laid back resort. You can relax here and take life easy. Benavali Beach has a handful of cheap hotels and some excellent seafood restaurants.

Bogmalo Beach

Bogmalo beach has quiet and busy in equal measure. It is only 18km from Dabolim airport,

Calangute Beach

Calangute beach is a hippy haven, they discovered this beach in the late 60s. They loved the beauty of the Calangute beach and it soothed their psychadelic eyes, and it soon became a popular tourist beach. Calangute beach is in North Goa, Arpora-Nagoa, Saligao and Candolim, in the Bardez taluka, and is just 15 km from Panajim, the capital of Goa.

Candolim Beach

This is one of the most popular beaches in Goa. Candolim is near Aguada beach in the north of Goa and also lies close to the Sinquerim beach. .

Cansaulim Beach

Cansaulim is a popular beach about 15kms from Margao in the Mormugao taluka in south Goa. The beach is pristine with beautiful golden sands.

Carmona Beach

Carmona beach is in the Salcete district of South Goa. It has a lively feel with all sorts of entertainments, hotels and fantastic seafood restaurants.

Cavelossim Beach

Cavelossim id one of the last major towns in southwest Salcette and is situated 11 km south of Colva. The beach is the most southerly beach in the Salcete subdivision and is located 7 km south of Varca beach. The main attraction at Cavelossim beach is the dolphin watching.

Chapora Beach

Chapora is 10 kms. from Mapusa in North Goa. One of the most appealing and interesting beaches of Goa. Tucked near a Portuguese fort which is on the opposite, northern side of the headland

Coco Beach

Situated at the mouth of the Nerul River on the Mandovi Estuary, Coco beach lies directly opposite Panaji. There are many lively restaurants which are busy in the afternoon, but life quietens down at night.

Colva Beach

Colva Beach is down in South Goa. It is located just 6 km away from the city of Margao. It’s wide and naturally beautiful and has a stream coursing through it. The nearest railway station to reach Colva beach in Goa is at Karmali, 11 km away from Panaji. Panaji is 40 km away from Colva.

Dona Paula Beach

Located near to Panaji (7km) Dona Paula Beach is known as the "Lovers Paradise" and was named after Dona Paula de Menezes. Dona Paula Beach in Goa is sits to the south of the hammer-shaped headlands that divide the Zuari and Mandovi estuaries. There is a wonderful view of the Mormugao harbor. Plenty of palm treess and casuarina groves. The capital city being so near makes it a popular tourist sight.

Hollant Beach

The Hollant beach is a very busy beach and that is because it is so beautiful. It is 2km from Bogmalo beach.

Mandrem Beach

Mandrem beach is situated to the north of Ashwem towards Arambol. It is an quiet beach with vast stretches of empty sand and little shade.It is located in the Pernem taluka.

Miramar Beach

Miramar Beach is only 3 kms from the capital of Goa, Panaji. A delightful beach of golden, soft sands, surrounded by palm trees facing the blue Arabian Sea..

Palolem Beach

Palolem Beach - is "Paradise Beach" and is in South Goa. The beach sretches about a mile and is secluded with idyllic scenery. Palolem beach is just 3 km away from Canacona Railway Junction, on the Konkan Railway. You could take taxis or an auto-rickshaw to from Margao, 40 km away. But maybe you could take one of the regular buses from Margao to Palolem that would drop tourists at Canacona village.

Siridao Beach

Lots of shells at this beach near the Zuari estuary. The popular shells are oyster and Pearl Shells. The Siridao beach is both rocky and sandy.

Utorda Beach

Utorda is an idyllic strip of palm-ringed shore between Arrosim beach and Majorda Beach.

Varca Beach

Varca beach is about 2 kms south of Benaulim Beach in South Goa.The main attraction at Varca beach is the dolphin watching.

Velsao Beach

The Velsao Beach is the vivacious Beach Capital of Goa. It is only a small stretch of sandy beach on the southern coast of Goa. But this is where the nightlife really happens!