Guidebook for Pilerne, Bardez
Essentials
From Swiss cheese to fresh fruits, from the local wine feni to green teas and flavoured coffee, Newtons has everything you need. Located strategically on the main road to Candolim from Baga, this grand supermarket is your one pit stop for anything you may want. Pickles, sauces, frozen food, medicines, toiletries, imported goods, you name it and they have it. A much needed midnight snack or a delicious breakfast, Newtons is your saviour.
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Newton's Supermarket
Candolim RoadFrom Swiss cheese to fresh fruits, from the local wine feni to green teas and flavoured coffee, Newtons has everything you need. Located strategically on the main road to Candolim from Baga, this grand supermarket is your one pit stop for anything you may want. Pickles, sauces, frozen food, medicines, toiletries, imported goods, you name it and they have it. A much needed midnight snack or a delicious breakfast, Newtons is your saviour.
Our favourite salon for manicure, pedicures & massages. Good for hair cuts and hair straightening. Good ambience and clean rooms.
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Snip Salons and Spa
Taj Road GauravaddoOur favourite salon for manicure, pedicures & massages. Good for hair cuts and hair straightening. Good ambience and clean rooms.
Delfinos Hy Mart
Fort Aguada RoadGood small supermarket, as an alternative to Newtons.
Food Scene
Owned by one of our friends, this cafe is one of favourites for coffee, lunches or desserts.
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Cafe Chocolattiis TEMPORARILY CLOSED for the off season. We will be back in October
Owned by one of our friends, this cafe is one of favourites for coffee, lunches or desserts.
Great beachside restaurant with live music daily.
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Calamari Bathe & Binge - will reopen in October
Great beachside restaurant with live music daily.
Tuscany Gardens
75H1 Fort Aguada RdWe've been to Italy and this a great place for Italian food.
Republic Of Noodles
Superb Chinese food - great for eating in or take aways.
Baskin Robbins Calangute
Fort Aguada RoadWho doesn't need their ice-cream fix when out and about.
Baskin Robbins Ice Cream
Candolim Beach RoadWho doesn't need their ice-cream fix when out and about.
Pizza Hut
Calangute - Baga Road Eat in or delivery
This outdoor restaurant dishes up high-end Burmese cuisine on a hidden terrace, shaded by trees.
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Bomra's
This outdoor restaurant dishes up high-end Burmese cuisine on a hidden terrace, shaded by trees.
Outdoor tables shaded by palm trees take advantage of sea views at this Greek-style restaurant. Most beautiful sunsets.
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Thalassa
301/1 VaddyOutdoor tables shaded by palm trees take advantage of sea views at this Greek-style restaurant. Most beautiful sunsets.
Hotel & restaurant, run by the owners wife who takes great pains to look after guests. On a regular occasion she organises themed-parties with live music. Good food.
Sol de Goa
RoadHotel & restaurant, run by the owners wife who takes great pains to look after guests. On a regular occasion she organises themed-parties with live music. Good food.
Fat Fish
Calangute - Arpora RoadModern restaurant with signature Goan, seafood and tandoori dishes.
Fashionable open-air restaurant with a large patio for continental fare and clever craft cocktails.
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A Reverie
Fashionable open-air restaurant with a large patio for continental fare and clever craft cocktails.
The Fisherman's Wharf Panjim
139 18th June RdGood food, great ambience and live music.
Koi Asian Dining And Bar
246 Fort Aguada RdGood pan-Asian food in Calangute.
Famous restaurant as seen in as seen in Matt Damon's Bourne Supremacy. You can catch your own crab and have them cooked to your own tastes.
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Amigos Bar And Restaurant
Famous restaurant as seen in as seen in Matt Damon's Bourne Supremacy. You can catch your own crab and have them cooked to your own tastes.
Shopping
Mapusa Friday Market is a major weekly market in Mapusa, North Goa and a major tourist attraction. It is located outside the Mapusa Municipal Market.
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Piața Municipală Mapusa
Mapusa Friday Market is a major weekly market in Mapusa, North Goa and a major tourist attraction. It is located outside the Mapusa Municipal Market.
Panaji
Indian chain store retailing garments, furnishings, fabrics and ethnic products handmade by craftspeople across rural India, Highly recommended.
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Fabindia Overseas Pvt Ltd
Aguada - Siolim RoadIndian chain store retailing garments, furnishings, fabrics and ethnic products handmade by craftspeople across rural India, Highly recommended.
Shopping Mall - includes Marks & Spencers and McDonalds, cinema and bowling alley.
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Mall de Goa
National Highway 66Shopping Mall - includes Marks & Spencers and McDonalds, cinema and bowling alley.
Anjuna’s weekly Wednesday flea market is as much part of the Goan experience as a day on the beach. More than three decades ago, it was conceived and created by hippies smoking jumbo joints, convening to compare experiences on the heady Indian circuit and selling pairs of Levi jeans or handmade jewellery to help fund the rest of their stay.
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Anjuna flea market 2
Flea Market PathAnjuna’s weekly Wednesday flea market is as much part of the Goan experience as a day on the beach. More than three decades ago, it was conceived and created by hippies smoking jumbo joints, convening to compare experiences on the heady Indian circuit and selling pairs of Levi jeans or handmade jewellery to help fund the rest of their stay.
Shopping Mall, which also contains a bowling alley. Nice eateries, including KFC.
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Caculo Mall
16 St Inez RdShopping Mall, which also contains a bowling alley. Nice eateries, including KFC.
Sightseeing
There are plenty of spice farms but this would be our recommendation and the one we personally take our family and friends to when they visit. The farm also has elephant bathing and rides which the children love.
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Sahakari Spice Farm
Panjim - Belagavi RoadThere are plenty of spice farms but this would be our recommendation and the one we personally take our family and friends to when they visit. The farm also has elephant bathing and rides which the children love.
Dudhsagar Falls is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the border of the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa. Beautiful day trip for travellers who want to explore.
DoodhSagar Waterfalls Trail
DoodhSagar Waterfalls TrailDudhsagar Falls is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the border of the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa. Beautiful day trip for travellers who want to explore.
Hampi is an ancient village in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It’s dotted with numerous ruined temple complexes from the Vijayanagara Empire. On the south bank of the River Tungabhadra is the 7th-century Hindu Virupaksha Temple, near the revived Hampi Bazaar. A carved stone chariot stands in front of the huge Vittala Temple site. Southeast of Hampi, Daroji Bear Sanctuary is home to the Indian sloth be
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Hampi
Hampi is an ancient village in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It’s dotted with numerous ruined temple complexes from the Vijayanagara Empire. On the south bank of the River Tungabhadra is the 7th-century Hindu Virupaksha Temple, near the revived Hampi Bazaar. A carved stone chariot stands in front of the huge Vittala Temple site. Southeast of Hampi, Daroji Bear Sanctuary is home to the Indian sloth be
Dolphin Rides
Famous throughout the Roman Catholic world, the imposing Basilica of Bom Jesus contains the tomb and mortal remains of St Francis Xavier, the so-called Apostle of the Indies.
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Bazilica Bom Jesus
Old Goa RoadFamous throughout the Roman Catholic world, the imposing Basilica of Bom Jesus contains the tomb and mortal remains of St Francis Xavier, the so-called Apostle of the Indies.
At over 76m long and 55m wide, the cavenerous Sé Cathedral is the largest church in Asia. Building work commenced in 1562, on the orders of King Dom Sebastiao of Portugal, and the finishing touches where finally made some 90 years later. The exterior of the cathedral is notable for its plain style, in the Tuscan tradition. Also of note is its rather lopsided look resulting from the loss of one of its bell towers, which collapsed in 1776 after being struck by lightning. The remaining tower houses the famous Sino de Ouro (Golden Bell), the largest in Asia and renowned for its rich tone, which once tolled to accompany the Inquisition’s notoriously cruel autos-da-fé (trials of faith), held out the front of the cathedral on what was then the market square
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Catedrala Se
At over 76m long and 55m wide, the cavenerous Sé Cathedral is the largest church in Asia. Building work commenced in 1562, on the orders of King Dom Sebastiao of Portugal, and the finishing touches where finally made some 90 years later. The exterior of the cathedral is notable for its plain style, in the Tuscan tradition. Also of note is its rather lopsided look resulting from the loss of one of its bell towers, which collapsed in 1776 after being struck by lightning. The remaining tower houses the famous Sino de Ouro (Golden Bell), the largest in Asia and renowned for its rich tone, which once tolled to accompany the Inquisition’s notoriously cruel autos-da-fé (trials of faith), held out the front of the cathedral on what was then the market square
Panaji’s spiritual, as well as geographical, centre is this elevated, pearly white church, built in 1619 over an older, smaller 1540 chapel and stacked like a fancy white wedding cake. When Panaji was little more than a sleepy fishing village, this church was the first port of call for sailors from Lisbon, who would give thanks for a safe crossing, before continuing to Ela (Old Goa) further east up the river. The church is beautifully illuminated at night
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Biserica Imaculata Concepută
Rua Emidio GraciaPanaji’s spiritual, as well as geographical, centre is this elevated, pearly white church, built in 1619 over an older, smaller 1540 chapel and stacked like a fancy white wedding cake. When Panaji was little more than a sleepy fishing village, this church was the first port of call for sailors from Lisbon, who would give thanks for a safe crossing, before continuing to Ela (Old Goa) further east up the river. The church is beautifully illuminated at night
Parks & Nature
Closest beach to the house with lots of eating places, shacks and good atmosphere. Foot and body massages on beach available.
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Plaja Candolim
Candolim Beach RoadClosest beach to the house with lots of eating places, shacks and good atmosphere. Foot and body massages on beach available.
Nestled in a valley and overlooking waterfalls, this scenic resort is 1.4 km from nature area Chorla Ghat’s hiking and jungle walks.
Wildernest Nature Resort
Nestled in a valley and overlooking waterfalls, this scenic resort is 1.4 km from nature area Chorla Ghat’s hiking and jungle walks.
Named after the late Dr Salim Moizzudin Abdul Ali, India’s best-known ornithologist, this serene sanctuary on Chorao Island was created by Goa’s Forestry Department in 1988 to protect the birdlife that thrives here and the mangroves that have grown up in and around the reclaimed marshland. Apart from the ubiquitous white egrets and purple herons, you can expect to see colourful kingfishers, eagles, cormorants, kites, woodpeckers, sandpipers, curlews, drongos and mynahs, to name just a few.
Marsh crocodiles, foxes, jackals and otters have also been spotted by some visitors, along with the bulbous-headed mudskipper fish that skim across the water’s surface at low tide. There’s a birdwatching tower in the sanctuary that can be reached by boat when the river level, dependent on the tide, is not too low.
Chorão Island
Named after the late Dr Salim Moizzudin Abdul Ali, India’s best-known ornithologist, this serene sanctuary on Chorao Island was created by Goa’s Forestry Department in 1988 to protect the birdlife that thrives here and the mangroves that have grown up in and around the reclaimed marshland. Apart from the ubiquitous white egrets and purple herons, you can expect to see colourful kingfishers, eagles, cormorants, kites, woodpeckers, sandpipers, curlews, drongos and mynahs, to name just a few.
Marsh crocodiles, foxes, jackals and otters have also been spotted by some visitors, along with the bulbous-headed mudskipper fish that skim across the water’s surface at low tide. There’s a birdwatching tower in the sanctuary that can be reached by boat when the river level, dependent on the tide, is not too low.
Plaja Vagator
A very pretty beach with stunning views of the sunset.
Ridley turtles come to lay their eggs at this particular during February.
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Morjim Beach
Ridley turtles come to lay their eggs at this particular during February.
Drinks & Nightlife
LPK Waterfront Club
Verem - Nerul RoadCasino Pride
Deltin Royale
Dayanand Bandodkar MargDeltin Jaqk
Dayanand Bandodkar MargCasino Goa
Chances An Indy Resort
Entertainment & Activities
Inox Porvorim
Edapally - Panvel HighwayMultiplex cinema in Mall de Goa