This awesome electric cycle is all you need to explore Goa

Why rent a motorcycle or a car in Goa, when you can go the green route – and rent a cycle? Not only do you contribute to a cleaner and greener environment, but it’s also a healthy way to spend your holiday in Goa. If you think that’s a good idea, well you’re not the […]

Experience gorgeous South Goa with The Local Beat Goa

Goa is definitely known for its beautiful sandy beaches which attract visitors to the state in hordes. But until one takes a trip into the heartland of the state, only then does he come to know just how much more there is to this place. Which is what ItsGoa learned on its trip to South […]

The Grand Dam(e)s of Goa part 3 – The Chapoli dam

Chapoli dam

It’s a lesser known dam but no less picturesque than the Selaulim and Anjunem Keri dams in Goa. The Chapoli dam lies in an equally pretty location in the Canacona taluka in South Goa. It is yet another dam that serves a purpose in our tiny home state. While the other two were built mainly for […]

‘The Local Beat’ – Experience Vintage Goa through the eyes of a local

The Local Beat

The Local Beat was born out of a desire to showcase “sobit Goi” (beautiful Goa) through the eyes of ‘locals’, the ‘gaunkars’, those born and brought up in Goa – Like the village ‘poder’ (baker), ‘padre’ (Catholic priest), ‘bhatt’ (Hindu priest), ‘dudhkaars’ (milkmen) & even the local auto rickshaw-driver. So, after scouring Goa and chatting with locals across […]

Goa is Google’s most searched holiday destination

Goa tourism

If it wasn’t obvious already, it’s been confirmed now! By none other than everyone’s favoured search engine. As per a list of preferred holiday destinations within the country, released by Google India, Goa tops the charts. Be it winter or summer or the monsoons, Indians just can’t seem to get enough of Goa. A few […]

Goa to witness its first Bird festival

Bird

Great news for all ornithologists across the globe! Goa’s forest department is hosting its first bird festival this year. Goa being the smallest state witnesses 460 species of birds from the 1000 found in India. Showcasing Goa’s magnificent variety of flora and fauna to the rest of the world is the main motive behind the […]