Goa
Crumbling Portuguese churches, palm-shadowed beaches and the country's longest-running afterparty.
Goa is two states pretending to be one: north Goa is parties, scooters and Russian-tourist Anjuna; south Goa is palm groves, churches and the cleaner beaches (Palolem, Agonda, Patnem). Don't try to do both in one trip. The Portuguese colonial layer is the best-preserved in India — Old Goa's basilicas, the wide Latin Quarter in Panjim, and the Saturday Night Market at Arpora are all worth carving time for. The food is Konkan-Portuguese with a Catholic streak: pork vindaloo (sour, not spicy), xacuti, prawn balchão, sorpotel. November to February is the window; June to September is monsoon and most of the shacks are closed.
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Crumbling Portuguese churches, palm-shadowed beaches and the country's longest-running afterparty.