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 Anjuna,
18 kms from Panaji is a popular beach area adjacent to Chapora fort-
it was the haunt of the flower generation in the sixties - and is
still popular with the younger generation. In Anjuna there is magnificent
Albuquerque mansion built in 1920, flanked by octagonal towers and
attractive Mangalore tiled-roof.
The Anjuna band plays for the beach party at night. Palm trees stand
motionless in the warm air. To the east is a mountain. If you want
to return to civilization, climb the mountain to get to Baga where
you can catch a ferry out.This is the Goa Freak capital of the World.
Anjuna becomes a fair of colors. Lines of vehicles full of tourists
start virtually raising clouds of dust in this area. Anjuna attracts
a weird and wonderful collection of over monks, defiant ex-hippies,
gentle lunatics, artists, artisans, seers, searchers, sybarites
and itinerant expatriates who normally wouldn't be seen out of the
organic confines of their health-food emporia in San Francisco or
London.
Full moon, when the infamous parties take place, is a particularly
good time to be here if you want to indulge in bacchanalian delights.
Only a Brit would think about raving about the main beach, but it's
worth the walk to the small, protected sliver of sand at South Anjuna
where the area's long-term house-renters tend to gather.
Expore Beaches »
Calangute |
Colva Beach |
Dona
Paula | Miramar
| Anjuna
| Vagator
| Arambol
Beach | Palolem
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