Goa in March Last Week or April First Week

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amdoinggood123

Hi Folks, Planning for a short vacation of 2 nights, 3 days in Goa. Travelling from Mumbai. Travelling with 2 Kids, aged 9 and 4.

need advise and deals for the below:

1. timings to go out and enjoy the place.

2. economical hotel / rental deals for the stay.

3. Vegetarian only restaurants nearby.

4. precautions / best advise for enjoying the vacation.

5. fun / sight seeing activities and their rates.

6. any children related places / activities.

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Hey, I've stayed for around 10 days now and here for next 2 days.

Things I've learnt :
- If it's your first time, go to North Goa because that's where everything is happening. Keep South Goa for exploration next time since you're staying for short duration,
- Baga, Calangute, Candolim are commercial beaches with lot of crowd.
- I personally found Anjuna beach to be enough popular yet not so crowded.
- Do visit Morjim beach in the morning, it's a peacful one and at the tip, you've back water where you can witness sun rays reflecting on water in the morning.
- Food I can't say much because I had some outside and mostly at the stay because I booked an Airbnb stay with good internet connection and kitchen setup.
- Your kids can enjoy playing with sand while you can have fun with water sports. Prices are high and duration is low but if you're here, my guess is you'll eventually do it for the heck of it. I found price to be a little less at Anjuna beach as compared to Baga beach for the water sports.
- Avoid late night strolling, Goa gets really shady in isolated areas.

I'll suggest you to try hiring a car, will be costly but you can't roam on scooty with 2 kids. The reason being, it's literally insane to book cab and roam around, cost will be way beyond your imagination, instead better you hire a car and make the most out of it.

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Stay in Oyo Maharaja hotel at Vasco De Gama which is having a great hotel in basement with good north Indian food. Visit Old and north Goa for all fun / sight seeing activities.

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LG50 wrote:

Stay in Oyo Maharaja hotel at Vasco De Gama which is having a great hotel in basement with good north Indian food. Visit Old and north Goa for all fun / sight seeing activities.

Bro,
Vasco to North Goa is like 40kms (cab fare around 1500-2k).
It’s better to stay near the beach while on vacation

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somebodythatusedtobeondd wrote:

Veg food is shit in goa , i was in vagator and that trip sucked

Yes, there’s on hotel called Annapurna in Morjim. They do veg quite good.

And swiggy, Zomato also there.
But i agree with what you said, finding good veg restaurant is a challenge sweat_smile

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Calangute/baga area is happening place. Lots of veg restaurants mostly on SAI name with great food. Prices are on little higher side. south goa good for clean beaches

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Try Shree Sagar Near Mac d on calangute baga road, don’t opt for Navtara Or Navratna. Both have many outlets but not good.
Cheap accommodation would be bloomrooms calangute. I was there in March first week.

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amdoinggood123 wrote:

bloomrooms does not look economical @pbcmehul

Ya it’s little on upside, but again it depends upon on which day you are travelling.

I got for 1800/- for night only room

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Look at weather data. I’m not sure of your comfort levels of temperature humidity etc

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somebodythatusedtobeondd wrote:

Veg food is shit in goa , i was in vagator and that trip sucked

Hey there, I resided in Goa for 3.5 years, and haven’t had any issues with food. If you stay close by beaches, you may be irritated with lot of non-veg options and limited veg options, but again I didn’t face this whichever/whenever the beach we choose.

In my case whenever we go out, it is mostly biryani, american/chinese cuisine, or naan/roti kind of with vegetables.

By the way I’m vegeterian by birth and teetotaler until now atleast

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Hey, I've stayed for around 10 days now and here for next 2 days.

Things I've learnt :
- If it's your first time, go to North Goa because that's where everything is happening. Keep South Goa for exploration next time since you're staying for short duration,
- Baga, Calangute, Candolim are commercial beaches with lot of crowd.
- I personally found Anjuna beach to be enough popular yet not so crowded.
- Do visit Morjim beach in the morning, it's a peacful one and at the tip, you've back water where you can witness sun rays reflecting on water in the morning.
- Food I can't say much because I had some outside and mostly at the stay because I booked an Airbnb stay with good internet connection and kitchen setup.
- Your kids can enjoy playing with sand while you can have fun with water sports. Prices are high and duration is low but if you're here, my guess is you'll eventually do it for the heck of it. I found price to be a little less at Anjuna beach as compared to Baga beach for the water sports.
- Avoid late night strolling, Goa gets really shady in isolated areas.

I'll suggest you to try hiring a car, will be costly but you can't roam on scooty with 2 kids. The reason being, it's literally insane to book cab and roam around, cost will be way beyond your imagination, instead better you hire a car and make the most out of it.

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One more thing to add,
Don’t carry weed in car or scooty,
Late at night, there’s nakabandi towards Calangute – anjuna road.
You’ll be stopped and vehicle will be searched. Even if they find gogo and no weed, they’ll create issue.

Scooter rent is 300/day and Swift I’d around 1100/day (9-9a.m)

And stay away from spa and massage centres, friend got ripped off

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Which is the best hotel in Goa for newly married couple

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amdoinggood123 wrote:
@gothillabro2 did you go to goa, if yes, which hotel did you choose

If you are looking for premium properties then check the deal on The Leela in Goa. CRED was offering 3 nights stay for terrace lagoon room for Rs. 63500 along with Spa voucher worth Rs. 4000. Quite well priced compared to any other source. 

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postponed the april trip, planning to go in october 3rd week , any new suggestions are most welcome
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amdoinggood123 wrote:
postponed the april trip, planning to go in october 3rd week , any new suggestions are most welcome
did you go ?
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Delay till Nove 23'

Season ended

Everyone left for Kasaul/Germany

End of season

It's a dead place now

With Regards,

From someone who wants you to save precious bucks

It's better to visit Nov mid

All those funk/Techno rave parties starts at...

FULL POWER!!!! ✌️

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xxxyyyzzz wrote:

Delay till Nove 23'

Season ended

Everyone left for Kasaul/Germany

End of season

It's a dead place now

With Regards,

From someone who wants you to save precious bucks

It's better to visit Nov mid

All those funk/Techno rave parties starts at...

FULL POWER!!!! ✌️

Having said that

If you have the bucks,,,,,

Go visit Coachella, Calvin Harris will perform at the end of desert.....maybe with Ellie Goulding on Miracle

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shraaj wrote:

I am going in 1 week with my siblings,tell me the trip plan!

The plan will vary, with the kind of travellers (age group, choice of places, food, etc),

kindly check the most liked post for starters

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shraaj wrote:

I am going in 1 week with my siblings,tell me the trip plan!

I am also planning. Please share your trip plan and hotel suggestions.
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Mr.Bean wrote:
Where did you stay and whats your suggestions on getting a good stay.

IMG20221021093001RBR beach resort, calangute, north goa
directly call the resort and negotiate for price, online pricing is higher even with discounts.

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Mr.Bean wrote:
I am also planning. Please share your trip plan and hotel suggestions.
Check your DM
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