Calangute Beach

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Sight Address : Calangute Beach is located on the Northern Coast of Goa at the Calangute village about 7 km away from Mapusa and 14 km from Panaji. This beach is placed just 2 km north from Baga Beach and another near by beaches are Anjuna and Candolim. Edit

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Calangute Beach is one of the most visited tourist spots in North Goa. This beach is the largest and most crowded destination in North Goa. You will find thousands of foreign and local tourists through out the year. Calangute Beach becomes most crowded during the festival of the Christmas and New Year Celebration. Some major popular activities in the beach are fishing, water sporting, boating, Sun bathing on brown sandy beach, kite surfing, windsurfing, shopping (flea market) and many more.

Calangute Beach Sunset View

HistoryEdit

Calangute became popular due to its invasion by the Portuguese. Since, then the place was called Calangute from its original name Kolongutt, which it was referred as before the invasion. The literal meaning of the name links to the word “Cal” which refers to the Hindu Goddess, Kali. Kali was a Hindu Deity that was worshipped by fisher-men residing in here, thus the name appears significant.

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Best Season to VisitEdit

Goa can be visited all through the year. But the Best season to visit is from October to June. Summer (March to May) is hot in Goa but the sea breeze offers solace to the heat. Monsoon (June to September) offer heavy to medium rainfalls.

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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

2-3 hours.

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Oriental Thai-European Restaurant; Oriental Thai-European Restaurant Inside Molly Mallone’s | Near Football Ground, Calangute 403516, India ; Ph/M – mobile no.009 9561312044 ; Food Serve – Cuisines: European, Steakhouse, Thai price range $6 – $10

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : You can also hire a private Taxi to reach here.

Bus : Calangute beach is directly connected to Panaji (14 km away) via Mapusa. There have lots of government (Kadamba Transport Corporation, KTC) and private bus operator from Panaji bus station to Calangute Town. You can also hire a private Taxi to reach here.

Train : Nearest rail station of Calangute Beach located at Thivim (Thivim Railway Station) about 16 km away. It takes around 21 minutes to reach at Calangute Beach from Thivim Railway Station. Other important railway stations are located little away at Margao and Vasco Da Gama.

Air : There have only one Airport in Goa located at Dabolim about 49 km away from the Calangute Beach. It is an international airport and the international flights from the country of Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah, Kuwait, Britain, Germany, Netherlânds, Russia, and the major cities of India are available here. After reaching to the airport you can easily reach to Calangute Beach with a four wheeler car.

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