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BEACHES OF INDIA
Name
City
Access
Location
State
Best Time
Notes
Alibaug
Bombay
Train/bus/ferry
About 75 km from
Maharashtra
Bombay
Oct - May
Quiet and calm, good beach resorts, private
cottages and shacks.
Aksa
Bombay
Bus/autorickshaws
Close to Malad
Maharashtra
Oct - May
A good stretch of beach which is clean and
uncrowded.
Chowpatty
Bombay
Local train/bus
On Marine Drive
Maharashtra
Oct - May
Popular for all types of eating stalls.
Erangal
Bombay
Subelectric train
35km Bombay
Malad by road to
Erangal
Maharashtra
Oct - May
One of Bombay's good beaches.
Hotels are available.
Gorai
Bombay
Nearest railway station
59km via Borivli
is Borivili by bus to
Gorai
Maharashtra
Bhayan
Oct - May
Quite big, quick holiday away, available cotta-
ges run by Goanese families. No hotels.
Juhu
Bombay
Suburban electric train
20.8km from Bombay
to Santa Cruz then by
bus/taxi
Maharashtra
Oct - May
A 5km long beach fringed with coconut trees
Very popular picnic sopt; there are lots of
hotels & restaurants; a few hotels also have
swimming pools.
Madh
Bombay
can be reached via
45km out of Bombay
Malad
Maharashtra
Oct - May
It's a small island, beautiful & not too crowded,
a very good spot for clear water swimming.
Marve &
Manori
Bombay
Electric train to Malad
' stations; Marve ferry
38 km from Bombay
to Malad & 6km to beach
services
Maharashtra
Oct - May
Marve-fishing villlage & old Portuguese
church nearby.
Versova
Bombay
Suburban train;29 km
34 km from Bombay
by train to Andheri
from there 5km by
bus/taxi
Maharashtra
Oct - May
A very dirty beach.
Bogmalo
Goa
Dabolim air port; local
train from Panaji to
Vasco & 4km by
bus/taxi
31 km from Panaji &
2km Dabolim airport
Goa
Oct - Mar
A very clean & quite beach with lots of small
shops and restaurants. Lot of water sports are
available for hiring. Some of best seafood eaten
here.
Calangute
NearPanaji
by bus/taxi Panaji
16 km from Panaji
by road taxis or bus
Goa
Oct - Mar
A very popular & scenic setting full of foreign
& Indian tourists.
Colva
Near Margac
6km from Margao
Margao is 6 km from this
by bus/taxi
Goa
beach
Oct - Mar
A lovely blend of sand, sea and sky.
Dona
Paula
Dona Paula
By road bus/taxi
from Panaji
7km south of Panaji
Goa
Oct - Mar
This is an idyllic picnic spot;rocky & secluded;
commands a magnificent view of Marmugao
harbour across the Mandovi river. The Zuari
river on the left and Fort Aguada across the
Mandovi river on the right.
Mira Mar
Panaji
By bus/taxi/train
In the heart of Panaji city Goa
Oct-Mar
A lovely beach; stretch of white sand where
the river Mandovi meets the sea.
Nagoa
SOUTH
Diu
by bus/auto-rickshaw
7km from Diu
Diu
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Long crescent shaped beach fringed with palm
groves. Ideal for sunbathing & swimming
Malpe
Udupi
By bus/taxi
3 km from Udupi
Karnataka
April
Good beaches, swimming and fishing.