¤ About Condolim Beach
Candolim
is a beach that is very much in North Goa. The most basic attraction is
Aguda Fort & Calangute Beach. The best time to visit this place is from
December To February. Candolim Beach is quite peaceful than other beaches of
Goa. This sandy stretch runs into Calangute Beach, a busy and commercialized
center. The beach itself is long and straight, backed by scrub-covered
dunes, which is very popular with package tourists. These beaches are quite
peaceful and it is a dispersed village with no real center. Candolim is very
quite, and this is due to the fact that there arent resorts all around
the beach. It's a subtle mixture of people taking break from the Rajneesh
Ashram in Pune, Tourist for long and short-term period, and nature lovers.
Candolim Beach is a part of a long stretch of beach coastline along the
Arabian Sea that begins at Fort Aguada and ends at Chapora Beach. This beach
has got a lot of inns which have real good facilities. This has made
Candolim Beach a place where one can easily find a large number of starred
as well as non-starred hotels. Candolim is also the birth place of Abbe
Faria. Abbe Faria is considered to be one of the Great Goan Freedom Fighters
and also the Father of Hypnotism.
¤ Major Tourist Attractions
of Condolim Beach
Fort
Aguda - Immediately south of Candolim, a long peninsula extends
into the sea, bringing the seven-kilometre white sandy beach to an abrupt
end. Aguada Fort, which crowns the rocky flattened top of the headland, is
the best-preserved Portuguese bastion in Goa. Built in 1612 to protect the
northern shores of the Mandovi estuary from Dutch and Maratha raiders, it is
home to several natural springs, the first source of drinking water
available to ships arriving in Goa after the long sea voyage from Lisbon.
¤ AccommodationCandolim is charter-holiday land,
so accommodation tends to be a little expensive for most of the season. The
best place to start looking is at the end of the lane that leads to the sea
opposite the Canara Bank, at the north side of the village.