Goa Holiday Packages - Monumental Heritage Of Goa

Goa holiday package will invariably include visits to places of heritage and spots of monumental value. There are temples and churches which delight a visitor giving a splendor of an ancient Portugal city during a Goa holiday. There are at least 124 Hindu temples at and near Goa. However, one must visit few popular temples in the Goa holiday package. These temples are • Mangueshi temple, situated closer to Panaji and Margao, which has shrine for Shiva and kuldevata for Saraswat Brahminsrn• Shantadurga temple, the principal deity of which believed to be the go-between Vishnu and Shiva when they had some riftrn• Chandreshwar Bootnath temple, located in the road to quepem, 14 km from Margao, the principal deity being Moon God. • Dhamodar temple, situated at the banks of Kushwati river, 22 km from Margao, at Zambaulim, with principal deity Shiva. In a Goa holiday tour one will be excited in visiting a number of forts and mansions, including the following: • Tiracol fort, which was built by the local Raja, but was acquired by Portuguese in 1776. Now, the fort is converted to a heritage hotel. • Cabo de rama fort, is one of grandiose than others, lies nearer Cova Beach and down the coast of Canaconarn• Rachol Fort, north east of Margao. • Reis Margos fort constructed to protect the Reis Margos church built in 1555. • Fort Aquada, built in 1612, which had many springs for drinking water originally and therefrom got its name after water. • Mount Chapora fort which is 10 km from Mapusa, built in 1617 by Portuguese. Goa has a number of churches built by Portuguese and for that reason it was referred as ‘Golden Goa’ or ‘Pearl of Orient’ in 16th and 17th Century. Some of the popular churches one should visit during Goa package are • Church of our Lady of Miraclern• Stanley Church of Holy Spiritrn• Nossa Senhora de Mercesrn• St. Alex Churchrn• se Cathedral church in Goarn• Church of St Francis of Assissi , Goarn• Chapel of St Cathedrine, Goarn• Bassilica Bom Jesus, Old Goarn• Cajetan Church, Old Goarn• St. Augustine’s church Besides these temples, churches and forts, in a Goa package, it will be a pleasure for every member of the family to visit few other spots , such as Church square and Archives museum at Panaji, Naval Aviation Museum at Vasco da Gama,National Oceanography Institute. There is a famous bird sanctuary and wildlife sanctuaries which are included in a Goa holiday package.