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Vasco Travel Packages, Vasco Da Gama is 29 km away from Panaji, and situated in its southwest part. It is situated in the western part of Margao Vasco Tourism Info.

Vasco Da Gama is the busiest port of India. In 1543, it was annexed by the Portuguese and till independence remained an integral part of their Empire.

The port of Mormugao lies 4 km away from the city center Vasco Tourism Info. The Goa airport at Dabolim is also same distance away from city center.

However, Vasco Da Gama has a big railway terminus Vasco Tourism Info. From here, people can travel within Goa or outside. The only attraction of is the city is its Dudhsagar Waterfall.

St Andrew Church, which is 400 years old, also attracts tourists coming here and it is situated at the entrance of the city Vasco Holiday Tour Goa.

Vasco Holiday Tour Goa, The area came under Portuguese rule around 1543, and within a few years, it was transformed into one of western India's busiest ports Vasco Holiday Tour Goa.

The Portuguese built a fort at Sada, near the tip of the land jutting into the Arabian sea Vasco Travel Packages India. This allowed them to effectively control the movement of ships into the Zuari river Vasco Travel Packages India.

The fort had its most glorious moment in 1685, when Old Goa came under attack from King Sambhaji of the Marathas and the Portuguese moved women, children and other non-combatants here for safe keeping Vasco Goa Travel Tours.

The fort was abandoned soon after, despite plans to make Mormugao the capital of the Portuguese colony of Goa, and today only some remnants of the ramparts can be seen Vasco Travel Packages India.

Vasco Goa Travel Tours, At the base of the ruins of Sada fort, there is a small but beautiful beach which can be reached via steps leading down the steep cliffside Vasco Goa Travel Tours.

The beach remains pretty isolated fro most of the day except for a few locals who venture down for a dip in the sea Vasco Vacation Trip Goa. There is also a fresh-water spring in the hillside which has a constant flow of water round the year Vasco Vacation Trip Goa.

The main town of Vasco is well laid out pretty much in a straight line along parallel roads interlinked by small bylanes Goa Vasco Travel Information Vasco Vacation Trip Goa.

There is hardly any landmark worth making a visit to Vasco, except for the 400-year old St. Andrews Church which lies at the entrance to the city Goa Vasco Travel Information Vasco Tour Packages.

In recent times, the city has been attracting local visitors, to what is easily the best cinema theatre in the whole of Goa Vasco Travel Information Vasco Tour Packages.

Vasco Tour Packages - The port of Mormugao, around one of India's few natural harbours, lies 4 kms from the city centre and the only airport in the state, the Goa Airport at Dabolim, is also about 4 kms from the city. Vasco also has a railway terminus for passenger trains to nearby areas outside Goa and more importantly a daily service which takes tourists to the magnificent Dudhsagar waterfalls near the state border Vasco Travel Info Guide.

There are two beaches near the city Vasco Travel Info Guide. The bigger and the more famous is the Bogmalo beach which is about 8 kms south-east of the town and the smaller one named Hollant lies just about halfway along the same road.

Bogmalo beach has luxury and mid-range hotels in the neighbourhood along with quite a few shacks where you can sample some tasty sea-food dishes Vasco Travel Info Guide.

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