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Colva Beach
Colva Beach
About 6 kms from Margao.
Colva beach is the pride of Salcete and the only rival to Calangute by its
scenic splendour. Here, sand, sea and sky blend in enchanting natural
harmony unspoilt by men. Has good accommodation facilities, particularly at
the tourist cottages.
It is the pride of Salcete and the only
rival to Calangute in scenic splendor. Here sea, sand and sky blend in
enchanting natural harmony. Colva is one of the most popular beaches in
South Goa.The beach offers good accommodation.
Colva stretches
sun-drenched, palm fringed and virtually deserted for kilometers. 20years
ago precious little disturbed its soft white sands and warm crystal-clear
turquoise their waters, except the local fishers who pulled their catch in
by hands each morning, and the few of the more intrepid hippies who had
forsaken the obligatory drugs, sex and rock and roll of Calangute for the
smoothing tranquility of this corner of paradise.
It is the main
evening and weekend day-trip destination for the people of Margao, so it
becomes packed with cars, motorbikes, scooters and pedestrians. On the road
into Colva from Margao you pass the large Church of Our Lady of Mercy (Nossa
Senhora das Merces, 1630, re-built in the 18th century). The statue of
Menino Jesus housed here is said to have miraculous properties. Colva is at
heart of the longest unbroken stretch of beach (25 kms) in Goa from Mormagao
peninsular in the north to Cabo de Rama in the south.
A
hot-season retreat for Margao's mediocre classes since long before
Independence, Colva is the oldest and largest - of south Goa's resorts. Its
leafy outlying vaddos, or wards, are pleasant enough, dotted with colonial
lection of concrete hotels, souvenir stalls and fly-blown snack bars strewn
around a bleak central roundabout. Colva is pleasant and convenient place to
stay, swimming is relatively safe, while the sand, at least away from the
beachfront, is spotless and scatteredwith beautiful shells.
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