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Anjuna Beach - one long beach party
By | November 6, 2007
Eight kilometres to the west of Mapusa in Goa, you will find the rather interesting and somewhat unique Anjuna Beach. Anjuna was a popular destinations for hippies in the sixties and seventies, but now the hippies have been replaced by backpackers, tourists from other parts of India, and Europeans on two week package vacations. Also there are a number of westerners who have settled in the area, often running bars, restaurants and cafes.
Anjuna is now renowned for its Wednesday flea market, where you can buy some lovely holiday clothes, a variety of trinkets, and Indian souvenirs. Anjuna Beach is also popular for its trance parties, which take place more or less every day. (For those who are not aficionados of the genre, trance is a style of electronic music).
By day, visitors to the beach enjoy swimming in its turquoise blue sea, and, in the evening, you can enjoy the fantastic sunsets, which provide the most dramatic backdrop just as the party starts to get going.
When you are not partying or buying souvenirs, you might visit some of the local sights. Chapora Fort nearby was built by the Portuguese in 1617, originally as a border watchpost. Albuquerque Mansion, also not far away, was built in 1920, and has interesting octagonal towers and a Mangalore tile roof.
If you want to see a very good map of the area, which also gives you some idea of what is available, try John the Map.
So if you are a party animal, Anjuna Beach may well be the place for you.
Topics: India, Family Beaches, Romantic Beaches |
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