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Sleeping & Eating
Cocohuts and shack restaurants set up along the beach from November to May, and there
are a few more permanent places on the side road running parallel to the beach.
Agonda White Sand
( 9823548277; www.agondawhitesand.com ; Agonda Beach; huts ?2800-3500; ) Beautifully designed
and constructed cottages with open-air bathrooms and spring mattresses surround a central
bar and restaurant at this stylish beachfront place. Less than 100m away the same owners
have a pair of amazing five-star sea-facing villas (?8500) with enormous beds and cav-
ernous bathrooms large enough to contain a garden and fish pond!
BEACH HUTS $$
Fatima Restaurant
(thalis ?65-75; 12.30-8pm) Tiny Fatima, with just four tables, is an Agonda institution for its
cheap and tasty veg and fish thalis.
GOAN $
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Palolem & Around
Palolem has long been 'discovered' but it's still the tropical star of Goa's beaches - a
stunning crescent of sand, calm waters and leaning coconut palms lend it a castaway vibe,
but it does get crowded in season! It's a backpacker and family-friendly, laid-back sort of
place with lots of bamboo-hut budget accommodation along the sands, good places to eat,
safe swimming and kayaking in calm seas, and all the yoga, massage and alternative ther-
apies you could wish for. Nightlife is still sleepy here - just beach bars and a couple of 'si-
lent discos'. Many travellers end up staying in Palolem longer than they expected.
If even Palolem's version of action is too much for you, head south, along the small
rocky cove named Colomb Bay , which hosts several basic places to stay, to Patnem Beach ,
where a fine selection of beach huts, and a less pretty - but infinitely quieter - stretch of
sand awaits.
Note that Palolem, even more so than other beach towns, operates seasonally; many
places aren't up and running until November.
 
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