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North Goa holidays put a traditional spin on your classic beach break. Standout sands hold hands with fizzing marketplaces, thatched-roof bars and Portuguese architecture.
Multi-skilled
North Goa’s got more variety than a Christmas selection box, with everything from roomy beaches to historic sites in its repertoire. You’ll find European-style churches and a Portuguese fortress in slow-paced Candolim, and buzzy nightlife and around-the-world dining in neighbouring Calangute. Arpora, meanwhile, is a more timid character, but gets a throng of visitors to its famous Saturday Night Market.
Bumper beach
The seafront scenery’s the most extravagant feather in North Goa’s cap. You’d need a set of binoculars to see from one end of the beach to the other, and it’s polka-dotted with every-colour sunloungers and thatched-roof beach bars. Watersports are a worthy runner-up to lounging on the sand, with jet-skiing and parasailing among the most popular picks.
Shopping and sipping
Calangute and Baga have forged a reputation with younger crowds in India as the place to be for retail therapy and burning the midnight oil. Bustling marketplaces carry more clout than the hotchpotch of permanent shops, and rummagers are rewarded with good quality textiles, ornaments and clothes. And when evening comes calling, the pinky-red sunset’s replaced by a tint of neon from the gaggle of bars and clubs.
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Holidays to Arpora offer a taste of real rural Goa, plus some friendly bars and a chilled-out beach scene.
With a swish sweep of sand and streets studded with bars and clubs, holidays to Baga strike the perfect balance between chilling out and partying hard.
Holidays to Calangute offer a slice of North Goa's party lifestyle, with sandy beaches to chill out on the next day.
Holidays to Candolim have beach days and laidback nights all wrapped up – plus, there's a buzzing night scene just around the corner.
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