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PLACES OF INTEREST
IN GOA (Distances from
Panaji, unless otherwise specified)
Besides beaches in Goa
there are other
things to look at.
Museums and Art
Gallaries: Galleries at Se
Cathedral, St. Francis of Assisi and Bom jesus, The Big foot Art
Gallery &
Local Hndicrafts Centre, Loutlim (9 Km. from margao), Archaelogical
Museum and
Portrait Gallery, Old Goa; Goa State Museum, Patto, Panaji; and
Galleria de
icons, margao.
Towns : Panaji,
Margao (33 Km.), Chandor (
9 Km. from Margao), Pilar(11 Km.), Mapusa (13 Km.), Vasco-da Gama (30
Km.),
Marmugao Harbour( 4 Km. from Vasco).
Temples/Churches/Historical
Monuments/Mosques : Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Ruins of Church of
St.
Augustine, Se Cathedral, Church of St. Francis Assisi, St. Cajetan
Church,
Viceroy’s Arch all in Old Goa, The Church of Mae de Deus at
Saligao( 13 Km.),
Shri Manguesh Temple at Pirol, Ponda, Mahadev Temple at Tambdi Surla,
Shri
Shanta Durga Temple at Kavlem, safa Masjid at Ponda, Aguada fort ( 18
Km.),
Tirakol Fort (42Km.).
Waterfalls/Springs/Lakes:
Dudhsagar
Waerfalls near Colem (60 km. & 10 Km. from Colem Rly. Stn.),
Mayem
lake (35
Km.), arvalem Waterfalls, and kesarval Spring (22 Km.).
Wildlife/bird
Sanctuaries: Bondla forest
(53 Km. & 38 Km. from Margao), Bhagvan Mahavir Wildlife
Sancturary
at Molem
(60 Km.), Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary ( 60
Km.).
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