India Goa Real Estate Update March 2008

How about investing in Goa property?

There are lots of option. You can buy plot, flat, villa. If we buy a 2 BHK flat in panaji it will cost you 10 lacs. If you opt for a beach side flat then the SFT price increases to Rs2500/- to 3000/- per SFT because of tourist. Most of the appt, villas are given for rent when they are near to  beaches. Not all the beaches are famous. We found Baga and calagute beaches are the most famouse among all other beaches.

Calangute comes under gram panchyat and the roads are very narrow. In the evening you can experience the traffic jam.

2 years back prices were less but it's totally different now. When you buy a appt / villa near beach there would be huge maintenance cost due to humid weather.
At this moment we are really confused whether we should invest in Goa or not?

One taxi driver was telling recently Govt has decided that people only from Goa can buy land in Goa. In that we can't buy land in Goa. The same is in Himachal Pradesh. This is really stupid. When we pay tax, some part of it goes to these state also. Then as an India we should be able to buy land in all the places in India.

What do you think? please share your though with us.

Margao Taxi Driver & Operator Association in Goa

We love their service
Margao Taxi Driver & Operator Association in Goa

They charges only Rs.800/- per cab to take us to Calangute beach. Because of this prepaid taxi we could easily reach to our destination without any trouble.
People go for it.

Black Listed Transport Company and Travel agent in Goa

Black Listed Transport Company and Travel agent

We know we don't any authority to black list any transport company but This is to share our bad experience with SHARMA TRANSPORTS in GOA

We got a visiting card with following information from them

Johny Dias
SHARMA TRANSPORTS
Calangute Office
Next to Hotel Embassy Suites,
Calangute Beach.
Ph - 6524858 / 6912963

Mobile: 9422387262 / 9764365072

We would like to share our experience with this agency. We booked a bus for south Goa tour for 10 of us. At the end of the day we found we can't go for Paradise Cruises at 6:00pm if we go to Colva beach. We requested Mr. Tony D' Souza from Citylink Travels that we would like to use the bus for 1 more ours. Thoug during our talk it was not decided that we need to go back to our hotels at 7:30pm.

They didn't allow us to go for Colva. They should different reasons like > driver can't go back to his home at night > Bus will go for another tour etc. At the end we asked we didn't travel 80km so please refun our money for 80kms. They saved their diesel. The bus driver took us to Sharma Transport office and asked us to get down from the bus by paying Rs.1000/- (500/- we paid advance).

In Goa there are 7.5 lacs local people and 7.5 lacs floating people where most of them are tourists. People shouldn't behave in such a way when they depend on tourism industry. As there is no authority to black list any trabel company / agency so we thought of posting our experience in internet so people will aware of these travel company

Do avoid Shrama transports & Citylink Travels

Citylink travels
D-3, Tourist Shopping Comples, Calangute Beach, GOA 403516
Email citylinktravelsgoa@yahoo.co.in

if you find such travel company please post them here so people know about them.


 

Bikes are the cheapest option. transportation in Goa

Bikes are the cheapest way of transport in Goa

You can get one Honda Activa at Rs.200/- per day. You just need a driving license and a good map. If you opt for car then you need to depend on tours operator and local drivers. I came to know that local people are good but people in business are worst. They try to earn with in short cut. For example auto drivers ask Rs.50/- to travel one Km.

They generally try to get a foreigner instead of desi people. Because of foreigners the transport cost are very high in Goa. For them Rs.50/- would be very less.

Related tag: Goa, Tours, travel, money, beaches, resorts

Goa Sight Seeing beaches churchestemples

Recently we went to Goa and found except the beaches (only few are
good) all other sight seeing options are just to expand the tourism
business in Goa. We visited different places and found beaches are the
only attraction in Goa.

Here are a number of Goa sightseeing options.
beaches
churches
temples

We visited few of them. Later we found we wasted our time and money in
sightseeing. Instead of this we could have spent our time at beaches.

Goa Sightseeing: Beaches of Goa
Beaches of Goa are much ahead of other beaches in India in terms of
popularity and the facilities that are available here. The beaches
here have been accepted as a matter of life, there are exotic cuisine
backing the pleasure of have on sun and sand, and water sports
facilities that include from water scooters to water gliding. To add
on you can shake your legs for some time with a glass of fenny and
beer, engaged in shopping on the beachside, or have midnight bonfire
on the beach. The most developed beach segment is the Calangute - Baga
- Anjuna belt in the Bardesh subdivision north of Panaji.

Goa Churches Places to see in Goa: Churches
The Reis Magos Church or Church of the Three Magi Kings, built in AD
1555, was once a mission center of the Franciscan Order of Monks. Also
in Bardez Taluka, at Saligao, amongst picturesque surroundings, stands
the Church of Mae de Dens or Mother of God. The statue after whom this
church was named once occupied a convent, now no longer extant, and
was known for its miraculous powers. This church is a fine instance of
Gothic architecture. The Church of St. Alex at Curtorim, too, dates
from the 16th Century. The Church of St. Anne, at Talaulin Iltias,
affectionately called Santana by the people, is dedicated to the
Mother of Mary. It is situated on the right bank of the Siridao River.

Places to visit in Goa: Temples of Goa
n Goa start your temple tour with the principal temples like Brahma
Temple in the village of Brahma Carambolim. Dating from 5 AD, it is
one of the few temples dedicated to Brahma to be found anywhere. The
Shri Bhagavati Temple in Pernem celebrates the Goddess Bhagavati
Ashtabhuja, or eight-handed Goddess, one of the forms of Durga. Shri
Datta Mandir at Sanquelim is known for the miraculous cure for mental
troubles, which the deity, the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and
Maheshwar, is said to offer. Shri Damodar Temple on the banks of the
river Kushavati is a place of pilgrimage for Hindus and Christians
alike. The waters of the river near the temple precincts are a cure
for all ailments. Shri Damodar is known simply as Danubab by the
faithful and he is, till today, the patron deity of Margao. The
idyllic surroundings of Zambaulin make the visit quite memorable.

The Shri Chandreshwar Temple atop the Chandranath Hill dates from the
pre-Christian era, when this region formed part of the Boja capital of
Chandrapur today's Chandor). The famous Shiva Linga is lit up by
moonlight on the full moon night, and is said to become mystically
bathed in water. Sri Chandreshwar or God of the Moon is so placed so
to offer the visitor a wonderful view of the green valley below.

Like many of Goa's temples, the Devaki-Krishna Temple at Marchel was
moved here from two previous locations, to be safe from oppression.
The beautiful and unusual image in black stone is of the baby Krishna
on his mother, Devaki's hip. Could the Baby Jesus and his Mother,
Mary, represented in so many of the neighboring churches here have
given this temple its inspiration, or is it simply an astonishing
coincidence of the overlapping of Western and Eastern traditions?
Shri Gomanteshwar Temple at Brahmapuri, in old Goa, dates back to the
Kadamba Kings who ruled Goa in the 5th century AD

We found the info at GoaHub

Mapple Viva Goa - Blue Note cafe

It's located at Dr. Jack Sequeira Junction / CALANGUTE. Visit their
site at www.mapplehotels.com

This post is to share our experience with you. We are a group of 7
people bought few sandwiches, patties etc from this shop. The prices
are very high compare to any other tier 1/2/3 cities in India. As a
tourist we opted to pay more.

See the prices
1. One bottle of mineral water 914 ltr) Rs.30/-
2. BNC Club Sandwhich - Rs.125/- (In rs.35/- you can find a much
better sand which in any cities)
3. Chicken Patties - Rs. 25/- ( It ranges from Rs. 6 to 20 in major cities)
4. Chicken turnoveri - Rs. 25/- it was looking great. We opted for
this but we it was not in right condition

Mapple has hotels in major cities. We expect good service from them.
This is one of our bad experiences in Goa. We had food at SOUZA LOBO
at CALANGUTE. Which is really great. But it's really tough to know
which is good and which is bad.

Our blog may help tourists in deciding right place. What we get out of
it? We just covey message that whenever you find something wrong post
it to the web. People will find them easily. This will alert people
who wants to earn money in easy ways without providing proper service.

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