Goa being under the rule of Portuguese for over 450yrs  has the influence of portuguese culture. Goa presents itself a different picture to the foreign visitor than the other parts of India Goa is famous for its excellent beaches,churches, temples, Besides the various celebration specially new year & carnival attracts a lot of tourist in Goa.There are a few historic world heritage sites such as Bom Jesus of Basilica churches & convents of Old Goa. There are many forts in Goa such as Tiracol, Chapora,Corjuem, Aguada, fort Gaspar Dias, & Cabo de Rama.

Goan cuisine consist of seafood, coconut milk, rice & local spices these are the main ingredients, the goan feni too is very famous specially the pork delicacies are also very popular among the tourist, the flea market and the night market not to forget which make it still more interesting and the night clubbing night makes the youngsters do alittle of activity work besides this there is a lot of exploring work to be done of various beaches and so on.

 According to the 2011 census, Goa has a literacy rate of 87% with 90% males & 84% females most students in Goa complete their high school using English as their medium of Instruction.

Goa is situated on the west coast between 14 degrees, 48 latitude north  & 73 degrees  45′  and 74 degrees 34′ longitude east of greenwich, with an area of about 3,702 sq.k

How to reach goa

How  to go to goa should never be a problem to the tourists, as it is very  simple to reach in goa due to lots of transport facilities such as transport by airline, buses, trains. there is only one airport in goa which is known as Dabolim airport its at vasco-da-gama, just 43 kms away from the calangute beach.

there are differ flights flying down on the goa airport., flights such as Kingfisher,go-air,jet-lite, spice jet,Indian airline, these flights function from delhi to goa or from Mumbai to goa.

How to reach calangute beach from Goa airport 

Once you reach at Goa airport it is very simple to locate Gabriel guest house Calangute beach.

There are two ways a guest can reach  at gabriel guest house calangute beach

1) By pre-paid Taxi :- Pre-paid taxi to calangute beach is available at the air-port taxi counter for a reasonable rate.

By Bus :- Bus is a most economical way of transport to reach at gabriel guest house calangute beach, an individual should come out of the airport on the road to take a local bus from air-port road to vasco-da-gama main bus terminal, from vasco-da-gama main bus terminal you will get a shuttle bus to (direct bus) to panjim and then take a bus from panjim to calangute, get down at tarcar ice-factory bus stop.

RAILWAY STATIONS  IN GOA

There are 4 railway stations in Goa

1) Margao 2) Karmali 3) Thivim 4) Vasco-da-gama

1) Margao Railway station :- Margao Railway station is the largest Railway station in Goa. it is 53 kms away from calangute beach/gabriel guest house. there are shops,Restaurants,Reservation counters,Rest rooms for females and males, pre-paid taxi counters etc.

How to reach at calangute beach from Margao Railway station

From Margao a guest can reach calangute with the local buses or with a  pre-paid taxi.

the bus routes from margao to calangute beach are as follows

Margao Railway station - Margao main bus terminal

Margao bus terminal - Panjim bus terminal

Panjim Bus terminal – Calangute (Tarcar ice-factory bus stand)

Pre-paid Taxi:- Pre-paid taxi is easily available from margao railway station to calangute beach, pre-paid taxi fare will be between Rs.800/-900/- 

VASCO-DA-GAMA RAILWAY STATION

Vasco-da-gama Railway station is just 43 kms away from the calangute beach or Gabriel guest house.

How to reach CalanguteBeach  from Vasco railway station

A guest can reach to calangute with the Bus or with the Taxi.

Bus routes from vasco railway station to calangute Bus stop are as follows:

Vasco-da-gama Railway station - Vasco-da-gama Bus terminal

Vasco-da-gama Bus terminal(direct bus)- Panjim                            

Panjim Bus terminal- Calangute tarcar Ice-factory  stop.

Taxi charges from vasco railway station to calangute beach

Prepaid Taxi charges from vasco-da-gama railway station to Rs. 700/- – 800/- 

Thivim Railway station

Thivim Railway station is one of the closest Railway station

 to calangute beach. just 23 kms away from the calangute beach or Gabriel guest house.

How to reach from thivim Railway station to calangute Beach/calangute beach.

By Bus (2 stops)

Thivim Railway station - Mapusa Bus terminal

Mapusa Bus Terminal – Calangute Beach (near Tarcar ice-factory)

By Pre-paid taxi from Thivim Railway station to calangute beach

Pre-paid Taxi charges are between Rs. 350/-Rs.450/-

Auto Rickshaw charges are between 200/- to 300/-

Airlines to Goa

Kingfisher Airlines: King-fisher airlines group is based in india. its head office is in vile parle (east) Mumbai, It is the parent company of united Breweries group. King fisher airline is the seventh airline to be ranked as a 5-star airline by the independent research consultancy firm Skytrax.

King fisher operates daily more than 375 flights to 71 destinations.

Kingfisher office (GOA AIRPORT)

Contact number: 0832-2423040

JET AIRWAYS

Jet airways is the major indian airline based in mumbai, it operates over 400 flights to 67 destinations over the world. In January  2006 Jet airways agreed to buy Air sahara for US $ 500 Million in an all cash deals but the deal went throughout the 2006 year. on 12th April April 2007. Jet Airways agreed to acquire Air Sahara for Rs. 1,450/- crore (US $ 321.9 MILLION) After Acquisition Air Sahara was renamed as Jet lite. Due to Recession, They were forced to discontinue routes to Ahmedabad-london, Amritsar- london, Bangalore- Brussels etc.

OFFICE IN GOA

Shop no 7/8/9, GROUND FLOOR, SESA GHOR OFFICE, NEAR TRAVEL AGENCY, PATTO PLAZA, PANAJI GOA- 403001

PHONE NUMBER: 1800225522

For more details please visit  http:

MDLR Airlines:

MDLR AIRLINES: MDLR group has over the years expanded their activities  from real estate developement to high value construction areas. The group has business interest  in commercial and residential real estate  developement including shopping malls, Residential colonies and group housing projects, Farmland developement, resorts, Restaurants and airlines. MDLR developers and promoters Pvt limited is the Flagship company of the group.

For more details please visit http://www.mdlrairlines.com

SPICE JET AIRLINES

Spice jet mission is to become india’s preferred low-cost  airline, delivering the lowest air-fare with highest consumers, they hope to fullfill everyones dream of flying.

For more information please visit http://www.spicejet.com

GO AIR AIRLINES

Go-Air Airlines: Go Air was launched on june 2004, Go-Air Airlines is a low cost flight. It is based in mumbai. In India it functions in 11 cities with weekly flights

For more information please visit http://www.goair.in

The churches of Goa are popular for their massive structures,many architecture styles, colourful altars and green location on hillocks. the most important churches of historical interest are basilica of Bom jesus, which is the resting place of the relic of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Goan catholics, the See Cathedral, which is perhaps the biggest church of Goa, the church of St.Cajetan and the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Which also has an archaeological museum.

Besides these, there are other important churches too, they are the reis magos church, the panjim church dedicated to our lady of immaculate conception, St. Christopher’s Church of Thivim, St. Thomas church of Diwar, immaculate conception church of moira, mother of goa church of saligao, St.lawrence church of Sinquerim, Mae de Deus church of loutolim, St. Jerome or Milagres Church of Mapusa and the church at the Rachol Seminary.In fact every village/city in Goa has atleast one church and/or chapel.

River cruise: A pleasant 60 minutes cruise to enjoy the calm cool sceanic beauty of River mandovi, while you watch the lovely culture of goa songs and dances like Dekhni,Fugddi and Portuguese Corridinho with live music.     

boat cruising in goa

water sports includes para-sailing, boat trip,bump ride,banana ride and jet-ski ride all this activities are available in water sports package for a Discounted  rate at Gabriel guest house.