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Shopping in Goa
A visit to Goa, the land of sea, sun and the sand is incomplete if you don't really bring back a slice of Goan life along with you. Shopping in Goa is also an amazing experience for all the tourists just like strolling on the beaches, enjoying the nightlife and trying out the mouth watering delicacies of Goa.
Major Shopping Areas of Goa:
From brassware to terracotta, handicrafts to papier-mâché, shells to sarongs, you can almost get everything on the shores of Goa.
But Goa is also famous for its cashew nuts. Available in different flavors, the cashew nuts of Goa are the most wanted item in every tourist's list. If you are Shopping in Goa, then cashew nuts are a must buy.
In Calangute Market Square, shops are held every Saturday which sells everything from fishes to grocery. Kashmiri shops and Tibetan goods are also sold here for the tourists.
If you wish to buy souvenirs, and take back home the memories of Goa, then Baga Beach has some excellent shops to fulfill your desire.
The Old Portuguese houses of Goa are the fashion hub for most tourists. Shops in these houses are famous for their designer fabrics and even home styling décor. Goa is frequented by tourists from world over who drop in to shop at these places.
Shopping in Goa is altogether a different experience. The tourists in Goa visit the weekly local markets in the beaches and towns of Goa. The visitors to these markets shop for curios, shells, jewellery, and brassware and so on. The traditional markets of Mapusa and Anjuna Beach are also quite popular. The colorful fabrics and Goan junk jewellery seems to be extremely popular amongst the tourists.
The Wednesday Markets in the Goan beach are extremely famous for its trinklets, anklets, beachwear and other Western wear. Frequented by foreigners this is the major shopping area frequented by swanky trendsetters.
Shops in Mapusa beach sells dried fish, curios and old coins. The old coins of yesteryears and curios remind us of the history that still has left its remnants in the city.
All the shopaholics can bargain to their heart's content and buy things at reasonable rates.
Shopping in Goa will give the tourists an insight of this little city and the traditional values which it is still carrying on. The warm nature of its people, its carefree attitude makes it more welcoming for the shoppers and you are bound to fall in love with the people and the city.
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