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Goa Travel Guide
It is Goa where you can have a vacation of a lifetime. Goa is
a lush green paradise edged on the one side by the wooden foothills
of the Sahyadri range and on the other by the Arabian Sea.
Goa, a tiny emerald land on the West Coast of India, with its
natural scenic beauty, attractive beaches and temples famous
for its architecture, feasts and festivals and above all hospitable
people with a rich cultural milieu, has an ideal tourist profile.
Goa is connected by rail route through Konkan Railway and Southern
Railway from Delhi. Also, it is well connected by air routes
from Bombay and Delhi. Goa has an international airport at Dabolim.
The distance from Margao to Dabolim airport is 29 kms.
Most of the rivers in Goa are used for waterways. Ferry boats
were means of crossing rivers in Goa. Rivers Mandovi and Zuari
are being used for carrying ore to Mormugao harbour. Goa is
also connected by waterway from Bombay.
North Goa
North Goa is known and loved as a land of golden beaches, palm
trees, paddy fields and wooded hills. Its churches, temples,
shrines and forts tell its history. It is associated with music,
the famous Goan cuisine and most of all with a peace-loving
, smiling people.
Location
The North Goa District has an area of 1736 Sq. Km. Its geographical
position is marked by 15o 48’ 00 - N to 14o 53’ 54
- N latitudes and 73o E to 75o E longitudes.
North Goa shares its boundaries with the Sawantwadi & Dodamarg,
of Ratnagiri District and Kolhapur District of Maharastra state
and with South Goa District shares the southern boundary
South Goa
South Goa District covers the entire southern part of Goa state.
Location
Arabian sea is to the west of district, North Goa district to
the North and Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka in the East
and South. South Goa is situated between the latitudinal paralles
of 15 degree 29' 32" N and 14 degree 53' 57" N and
longitudimal parallels of 73degree 46' 21" E and 74 degree
20' 11" E. From noth to south and from east to west the
district spans a distance of 86 kms and 40 kms respectively.
The total geographical area of the district is 1966 sq kms.
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