Guidebook for Utorda
Food Scene
Its well known , has live music and the food is really good!
95 os moradores locais recomendam
Martin's Corner
69 BinwaddoIts well known , has live music and the food is really good!
Excellent restaurant on the beach at Utorda! You can listen to the waves as you eat/drink! Please call and check because it is sometimes booked out for weddings/functions
29 os moradores locais recomendam
Zeebop
Pereira WaddoExcellent restaurant on the beach at Utorda! You can listen to the waves as you eat/drink! Please call and check because it is sometimes booked out for weddings/functions
Home run bakery. Has some really good patties and owner is really friendly. Incredibly cheap!
Masterchef Victoria Bakery
Majorda Beach RoadHome run bakery. Has some really good patties and owner is really friendly. Incredibly cheap!
Pentagon Restaurant
Beach RoadAuthentic Goan food at unbelieveable prices! And some wonky local cocktails!
18 os moradores locais recomendam
Kokni Kanteen
Doctor Dada Vaidya RoadAuthentic Goan food at unbelieveable prices! And some wonky local cocktails!
genius chef Vasco Silveira serves the best Indo-Portuguese cuisine you can possibly eat anywhere, unless you have a particularly gifted Goan grandmother (tel. 08322431788).
Horse Shoe Bar & Restaurant
E-245 Rua de Ourémgenius chef Vasco Silveira serves the best Indo-Portuguese cuisine you can possibly eat anywhere, unless you have a particularly gifted Goan grandmother (tel. 08322431788).
one of the best places to while away an evening with some feni while you people-watch from a tiny balcony seat overlooking the road (tel. 09183224255)
hospedaria venite.
Rua 31 de Janeiro one of the best places to while away an evening with some feni while you people-watch from a tiny balcony seat overlooking the road (tel. 09183224255)
Cafe Morango
Rua 31 de JaneiroMillenial hangout!
Shopping
Cansaulim Fish Market
about 3 kms away and the closest market
usually open early in mornings 5 AM - 9 AM! Can get fish cheaply, but usually in large quantity. Beware - the place is a bit of a mess and smells!
Margao Wholesale Fish Market
usually open early in mornings 5 AM - 9 AM! Can get fish cheaply, but usually in large quantity. Beware - the place is a bit of a mess and smells!
This is the place to get all things Goan - spices, vegetables, fruits, cashew nuts! Its a great place to wander about and browse if you like markets!
Gandhi Market
Gandhi Market RoadThis is the place to get all things Goan - spices, vegetables, fruits, cashew nuts! Its a great place to wander about and browse if you like markets!
Drinks & Nightlife
Firefly Goan Bistro Bar
Vasvaddo Beach RoadHas live music and karaoke
Hole in the wall place which has become a millenial hangout!
13 os moradores locais recomendam
Joseph Bar
Gomes Pereira RoadHole in the wall place which has become a millenial hangout!
Sightseeing
Fortaleza de Cabo de Rama
a beautiful fort south goa
Mangeshi Temple station
famous temple
Velha Goa
a must visit place for old churches
Fontainhas
Rua de NatalOld Latin Quarter of Panjim
The Palácio do Deão, in the agricultural heartland of Quepem is reached by a lovely drive through verdant paddy fields. This tastefully restored bishop’s private palace is situated in gardens that spill down to the Kushavati river, all carefully tended by Ruben and Celia da Gama, who have compiled exhibits that tell the story of Goa’s colonial period. But the highlight of any visit is the brilliant prix fixe lunch (must be reserved a day in advance) where hyper-local produce and traditional techniques are given an irresistible modern spin
7 os moradores locais recomendam
Palácio do Deão
The Palácio do Deão, in the agricultural heartland of Quepem is reached by a lovely drive through verdant paddy fields. This tastefully restored bishop’s private palace is situated in gardens that spill down to the Kushavati river, all carefully tended by Ruben and Celia da Gama, who have compiled exhibits that tell the story of Goa’s colonial period. But the highlight of any visit is the brilliant prix fixe lunch (must be reserved a day in advance) where hyper-local produce and traditional techniques are given an irresistible modern spin
you can spend days wandering by-lanes and ancient monuments while feeling like you are the only visitor to the state .
Curtorim
you can spend days wandering by-lanes and ancient monuments while feeling like you are the only visitor to the state .
Arts & Culture
If you are going to North Goa, this is a place to visit. They also have exhibitions and events. Check their website http://www.museumofgoa.com/
88 os moradores locais recomendam
Museu de Goa
If you are going to North Goa, this is a place to visit. They also have exhibitions and events. Check their website http://www.museumofgoa.com/
This is the sole intact standout of the Goan aristocratic lifestyle from its heyday in the 19th century, with magnificent displays of porcelain and carved furniture. Best of all is the palazzo’s reigning grande dame, Dona Maria de Lourdes Figueiredo de Albuquerque, the former representative of Goa in the captive Portuguese parliament of the Salazar dictatorship, whose tumultuous personal history seems to include every important facet of the global diaspora experience across Africa, Europe and India. Her conversational parleys are delicious enough, but it’s her Luso-Indian culinary skills that are simply unbeatable.
The Figueiredo Mansion
This is the sole intact standout of the Goan aristocratic lifestyle from its heyday in the 19th century, with magnificent displays of porcelain and carved furniture. Best of all is the palazzo’s reigning grande dame, Dona Maria de Lourdes Figueiredo de Albuquerque, the former representative of Goa in the captive Portuguese parliament of the Salazar dictatorship, whose tumultuous personal history seems to include every important facet of the global diaspora experience across Africa, Europe and India. Her conversational parleys are delicious enough, but it’s her Luso-Indian culinary skills that are simply unbeatable.
Antônio Trindade archive of early 20th century paintings is a superb example of Goa’s spectacular contributions to the trajectory of modern and contemporary art in India, which later developed to include Vasudeo Gaitonde and Francis Newton Souza (tel. 08322230728)
Fundação Oriente
175 Filipe Neri Xavier RoadAntônio Trindade archive of early 20th century paintings is a superb example of Goa’s spectacular contributions to the trajectory of modern and contemporary art in India, which later developed to include Vasudeo Gaitonde and Francis Newton Souza (tel. 08322230728)
Entertainment & Activities
The Monte Music Festival is held here 1st weekend of February. This is a 16th century church, and its laterite stone outdoor courtyard, set high on an Old Goa hillside, offers magnificent, eye-popping views of the Mandovi river valley, its island landscape fading into the distance. The sunset performances are beyond sublime as the dying light bathes the vista in an amber glow.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Monte
The Monte Music Festival is held here 1st weekend of February. This is a 16th century church, and its laterite stone outdoor courtyard, set high on an Old Goa hillside, offers magnificent, eye-popping views of the Mandovi river valley, its island landscape fading into the distance. The sunset performances are beyond sublime as the dying light bathes the vista in an amber glow.
Parks & Nature
200 hectares of wildly overgrown mangrove forest that is home to over 100 species of birds, as well as a small number of crocodiles. Visitors can walk on a well-appointed path through a section of the sanctuary, or delve further into its biodiversity on a boat trip that can be arranged from the small forest department outpost at the entrance.Nearby is the headquarters of Wild Otters, one of the many hard-working environmental advocates who continue to fight to maintain the sanctity of Goa’s oceans, forests
38 os moradores locais recomendam
Santuário de Aves Salim Ali
200 hectares of wildly overgrown mangrove forest that is home to over 100 species of birds, as well as a small number of crocodiles. Visitors can walk on a well-appointed path through a section of the sanctuary, or delve further into its biodiversity on a boat trip that can be arranged from the small forest department outpost at the entrance.Nearby is the headquarters of Wild Otters, one of the many hard-working environmental advocates who continue to fight to maintain the sanctity of Goa’s oceans, forests
choose Aangan Goa in the hamlet of Verlem, right inside the jungle sanctuary, the chaos of the coastline fades away in a place that has remained largely undisturbed for generations. This is a project established by the Verlem Ecotourism Co-operative Society, the first of its type in the state. As dusk falls, the birds and monkeys begin to fall silent, and fireflies filter through the gloom. Here is an abiding, deep country peace, which makes it possible to forget the egregious mess that clogs so much of the rest of what lies outside the sanctuary. But this too is Goa, at least for the time being.
33 os moradores locais recomendam
Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary
Unnamed Roadchoose Aangan Goa in the hamlet of Verlem, right inside the jungle sanctuary, the chaos of the coastline fades away in a place that has remained largely undisturbed for generations. This is a project established by the Verlem Ecotourism Co-operative Society, the first of its type in the state. As dusk falls, the birds and monkeys begin to fall silent, and fireflies filter through the gloom. Here is an abiding, deep country peace, which makes it possible to forget the egregious mess that clogs so much of the rest of what lies outside the sanctuary. But this too is Goa, at least for the time being.