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Panjim
Old Goa
Mapusa
Candolim
Baga
Anjuna
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Madgaon
South Goa
Goa Airport
State Goa
City Panjim, Madgaon, Vasco- Da-Gama, Mapuse.
Airport Dabolim Airport
Distance from Panjim 35 Km/ 25 Mile
Railway Junctions 20 Km/12 Mile
Local Languages Konkani,  Marathi
Population
Old Goa
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goa6.jpg (14522 bytes)Old Goa, situated 9 km east of Panaji, has a few grand churches and cathedrals which are among the largest in Asia. Old buildings have been turned into museums and are maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The ASI publishes a very good booklet called Old Goa which is available for Rs 10 from the archaeological museum in Old Goa.

Monuments and buildings in Old Goa

  • Se Cathedral
  • Convent and Church of St Francis of Assisi
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus (open 9 am to 12.30 pm and 3 pm to 6.30 pm)
  • The Professed House
  • Church of St Cajetan
  • Church of St Augustine Ruins
  • Church and Convent of St Monica
  • Other Buildings

Other monuments of minor interest in Old Goa are the Viceroy’s Arch, Gate of Adil Shah’s Palace, Chapel of St Anthony, Chapel of St Catherine, and the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary.

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Accommodation:You can visit Old Goa on a day trip, but there is one hotel, the Old Goa Tourist Hotel run by the Goa Tourism Development Board of GTDC. Doubles are available here for Rs 260.

Reaching Old Goa

There are plenty of buses to Old Goa from the bus stand at Panaji and they stop on the east side of the main circle.

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