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Colva Goa Beach
COLVA GOA BEACH
About 6 kms from Margao. Colva beach is the pride
of Salcete and the only rival to Calangute by its scenic splendour. Here,
sand, sea and sky blend in enchanting natural harmony unspoilt by men. Has
good accommodation facilities, particularly at the tourist cottages.
It is the pride of Salcete and the only rival to Calangute in scenic
splendor. Here sea, sand and sky blend in enchanting natural harmony. Colva
is one of the most popular beaches in South Goa.The beach offers good
accommodation.
Colva stretches sun-drenched, palm fringed and
virtually deserted for kilometers. 20years ago precious little disturbed its
soft white sands and warm crystal-clear turquoise their waters, except the
local fishers who pulled their catch in by hands each morning, and the few
of the more intrepid hippies who had forsaken the obligatory drugs, sex and
rock and roll of Calangute for the smoothing tranquility of this corner of
paradise.
It is the main evening and weekend day-trip destination
for the people of Margao, so it becomes packed with cars, motorbikes,
scooters and pedestrians. On the road into Colva from Margao you pass the
large Church of Our Lady of Mercy (Nossa Senhora das Merces, 1630, re-built
in the 18th century). The statue of Menino Jesus housed here is said to have
miraculous properties. Colva is at heart of the longest unbroken stretch of
beach (25 kms) in Goa from Mormagao peninsular in the north to Cabo de Rama
in the south.
A hot-season retreat for Margao's mediocre classes
since long before Independence, Colva is the oldest and largest - of south
Goa's resorts. Its leafy outlying vaddos, or wards, are pleasant enough,
dotted with colonial lection of concrete hotels, souvenir stalls and
fly-blown snack bars strewn around a bleak central roundabout. Colva is
pleasant and convenient place to stay, swimming is relatively safe, while
the sand, at least away from the beachfront, is spotless and scattered with
beautiful shells.
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