Best of Goa

We started our journey from Satara. It took 7 hours to reach Anjuna , Goa (350 kms from satara). We had planned our stay at “Hotel Tamarind” for first two days. The hotel is very well maintained. We had booked premium room as Deluxe and Standard rooms are bit smaller.

Distance of tourist attractions from Hotel Tamarind-

Anjuna Beach 2kms.

Vagator Beach 3kms.

Thalasa approx. 4kms

Club Cabana approx. 3kms

Chapora Fort approx. 5km

We went to Thalassa for lunch, one of the popular Greek-style restaurants in Vagator. We ordered "Grilled Pomfret with Hot Butter Garlic Sauce".

Thalasa is the must visit destination in North Goa where you can experience the wonderful view of Small Vagator beach with some delicious Greek food.

In the evening we spent some time on Anjuna Beach.

In the morning we had breakfast at “Lila Cafe”. It’s a German style restaurant. Breakfast was scrumptious. We had Croissant with Tuna filling, Omelette, Banana-Chocolate Pancakes and a coffee.

Then we headed towards Small Vagator beach. For the best view of small vagator you need to go on the beach area which is exactly in front Antares Restaurant, Sara Todd from Australia started this restaurant few years back. It’s just besides the Thalassa.

After spending time in vagator we went to Maharashtra-Goa border. Fort Tiracol Heritage , the perfect place for lunch. While having lunch you can see the beautiful view of Keri beach.

The food served here is really great in taste.

In the late evening we planned for Club Cabana.

In the morning around 9.30 am, we checked out from Hotel Tamarind. After having delicious breakfast at Cafe Cotinga, cafe run by Tamarind management itself. Then we visited Chapora Fort.

After spending some time there we headed towards Panjim. After visiting Basilica of Bom Jesus and Church of St Francis of Assisi, we had lunch at Cafe Ritz, the best in taste. We had traditional fish thali and Chonak fry in recheado masala preparation.

We checked in to Hotel Acacia at Candolim. In the evening we spent time on Sinquerium Beach.

We had dinner at one of the best local restaurants in Calungute, Sai Prasad Restaurant. It serves authentic Goan food. We tried Pomfret fry and Crab Masala. I had been here almost 5-6 times earlier. The taste of food has remained the same. It is the great place for fish lovers. Here in calungute you can find many good restaurants like Fisherman’s Cove but if you want to go for 100% authentic Goan food then Sai Prasad is the best place.

We hired bicycles in Panjim. In the morning around 7 am we started and we had an amazing experience of cycling in the beautiful Panjim city.

We had a breakfast at Cafe M......

,then we headed towards Varca, 50kms from Candolim.

We went to see 450 year old Portuguese palace opened for visitors in recent days, Figueiredo Heritage Inn. After that we had lunch at Chef Fernando’s Nostalgia in the Raia village. Chef Fernando was the head chef at popular restaurants in Taj, Holiday Inn and many more. We tried Bombay duck, Prawns and Fish Curry-Rice.

Then we checked in to Hotel Zuri White Sands in varca. It’s beautiful and one of the best hotels in Varca.

We spent evening on Varca beach. We had dinner at Johncy’s Shack at Benaulim beach. This is the only shack which is open all 12 months.

In the morning we had a breakfast in hotel. Then we went to Caramona beach and Agonda beach. This was my 3rd time to Agonda and every time it gives the best experience.

We had lunch at Bandekar’s, the local restaurant in Agonda.

We spent evening at hotel’s private beach area.

We had dinner at The Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant near Mobor. It’s 9kms far from Hotel Zuri White Sands. The river side restaurant and live music gives you the unique experience.