Celebrate Christmas and New year in Goa

Posted: Dec 22, 2009 |Comments: 0 | Views: 102 |

THE TOURIST paradise Goa, also known as the Rome of the East and Pearl of the Orient, is an evergreen destination with breathtakingly beautiful blue beaches, sensuous silvery sands, fabulous flora and fauna, a rich cultural heritage, captivating churches and glorious temples. It is because of these reasons that Goa has become a favourite with travellers around the world.

Goa is internationally known for its beaches. The most important beaches are Anjuna, Baga, Baina, Calangute, Candolim, Dona Paula, Mandrem, Miramar, Sinquerim, and Vagator. Anjuna Beach is famous for its Wednesday flea market. Calangute beach is known as the 'Queen of Beaches'. Goa has two World Heritage Sites – the Bom Jesus Basilica and a few designated convents. The Basilica holds the mortal remains of St Francis Xavier that the Catholics regard as the patron saint of Goa. Once every decade, the body is taken down for veneration and for public viewing. It is also famous as 'Old Goa Church'.

Tourists and celebrities from around the world visit Goa for the Christmas and New Year celebration. Goa attracts a huge crowd during Christmas and New Year which flocks to its sandy beaches. Goa, with its inherent party culture, is the ideal venue for Christmas party and celebrating the birth of a new year amid fun and frolic.

The Goan beaches are the preferred venues for Christmas party and New Year celebrations, the ones hoping to tread off the beaten track can opt for other places as well. One can head to a wildlife resort and celebrate the Christmas party and New Year in Goa by lighting a bonfire and dancing the night away. Christmas party and the New Year parties in Goa, whether at the beach or any resort, are full of music, dance and food and drinks. Right from the locally brewed Fenny to the much expensive Port Wine, the range of drinks available in Goa is pretty wide.

Partying till the wee hours of the night, sometimes till the dawn, is followed by some quiet and cozy moments at the beach. Even the market places of Goa reflect the frenzy and excitement accompanying Christmas party and New Year. Bright lights and people masqueraded as Santa signify the coming of the Christmas party and New Year. One can see everyone, from politicians to industrialists to models and actors and tourists from all over the world ushering the Christmas party and New Year at Goa.

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