{"id":930,"date":"2020-02-19T13:01:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T13:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/\/?p=930"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:19:45","slug":"5-fun-places-visit-family-friends-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/5-fun-places-visit-family-friends-goa\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Most Fun Places to Visit with Family and Friends in Goa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goa is one of the most visited holiday destinations in the country. The smallest state in India with plenty of beaches, restaurants, and nightclubs to make sure that you have an amazing vacation. The city exhibits numerous churches and monuments that tend to remind one of the city’s colonial past. The Portuguese influence can be clearly seen in the Goan culture and cuisines. Goa is a perfect place to spend a memorable vacation with your family and friends. We have put together a small list of places that you must visit in Goa, let us learn more about these places.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"5Anjuna Beach<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

The beach is quite popular for its never-ending parties and performances by world-renowned artists. In the 60s, the beach became a hot spot for hippies who brought the flower power revolution to the beach. <\/span>Further, tourists can also participate<\/span> in water sport activities like paragliding, windsurfing and scuba diving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fort Aguada<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

The fort was built as a defensive measure by the Portuguese to keep an eye on the invaders arriving on the shores of Goa. The fort also acted as a water reservoir back then and these days it is one of the most favorite picnic spots to spend some quality time with family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suggested to Read:<\/span>\u00a05 Places that you Must Visit in Goa for a Memorable Vacation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Basilica of Bom Jesus<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

The oldest church in Goa is a perfect specimen of Portuguese, Baroque style of architecture. The church houses the remains of St. Francis Xavier’s and the church interiors are decorated with ornamental motifs depicting the life of Jesus Christ and St. Francis Xavier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anjuna Market<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

If you are looking for a place to get some souvenirs to remind you of your joyous vacation in Goa, Anjuna Market is the place for you. The market sells items for daily use like footwear, shorts and beaded jewelry at attractive prices. It is a nice place to spend your afternoons and meet new people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medicinal springs<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Situated in Mottant Goa, the spring waters have become quite popular recently and the spring waters are believed to have healing properties. Locals and tourists visit the place to drink and bathe in the spring waters. The refreshing water will surely rejuvenate your soul and hopefully have a healing effect on your body as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mystical city of Goa never seems to disappoint the visitors and you will surely leave with plenty of memories that you can cherish for the days to come. If you are looking for a luxury hotel in Goa to stay then book your stay at the Estrela Do Mar Luxury Beach Resort, Goa<\/strong><\/a>, it has some of the best hotel rooms in Goa<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goa is one of the most visited holiday destinations in the country. The smallest state in India with plenty of beaches, restaurants, and nightclubs to make sure that you have an amazing vacation. The city exhibits numerous churches and monuments that tend to remind one of the city’s colonial past. The Portuguese influence can be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[234,232,233],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-medicinal-springs-goa","tag-places-to-visit-near-anjuna-beach","tag-places-to-visit-near-fort-aguada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estrelahotels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}