GOA

Goa is one of the most popular holiday resort full of scenic charam and abounding in places of tourist interest. It is small in size with many attractions such as historic forts,churches and temples green hills and mountains, river creeks ,field and particularly palm-fringed,pearl white beaches which leave any tourist to this place spellbound. There
are famous churches in Old Goa.
Here the Portuguese ,the Ducth and the English fought with one another for supremacy in the 15th century. Goa was ruled by the Kadamba dynasty from the 11th century onwards. Goa came under the Vijayanagar dynasty and in 1469 it passed into the Adil shah,King of Bijapur,who was its absolute ruler when the Portuguese first reached India.In 1510,it became the possession of the Portuguese in the East.On December 18,1961,Goa became
part of the Indian Union.

Places to visit:
1.Panaji:The capital of Goa
2.Dona Paula:A picturesque picnic spot
3.Gaspar Dias Beach
4.Old Goa
5.Mapusa
6.Calangute Beach
7.Shri Mangesh and Shri Mahalsa Temples
8.Aguada Fort
9.Alorna
10.Vasco-da-Gamma
11.Marmagao Harbour
12.Shri Shantadurga Temple
13.Bogmalo Beach
14.Mayam Lake
15.Margao Town
16.Colva Beach
17.Tiracol Fort
18.Arvallem Waterfalls
19.Dudsh Sagar Water Falls
20.Bondla Forest :Wild Life Sanctuary 
21.Sanguem:via Margao