Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Palolem's main road is lined with travel agencies, internet places and money changers.
The nearest ATM is about 1.5km away, where the main highway meets Palolem Beach
Rd, or head to nearby Chaudi.
Sun-n-Moon Travels
(Palolem Beach Rd; per hr ?40; 9am-10.30pm; )
One of several travel agen-
cies with fast internet. Also sells SIM cards and mobile phone top-ups.
Getting There & Around
Scooters and motorbikes can easily be hired along the main road leading to the beach
from ?200. Bicycles (?100 per day) can be hired from the shop next to Palolem Dental
Clinic.
BUS
Services to Margao (?30, one hour, every 30 minutes) and Chaudi (?5, every 15 minutes),
the nearest town, depart from the bus stand down by the beach and stop at the Patnem
turn-off. Chaudi has good bus connections, but for Panaji and north Goa, it's much better
to go to Margao and catch an express from there.
Buses from Chaudi include the following services:
Agonda
(?8, half-hourly)
Cabo da Rama
(?20, 9am; return buses depart Cabo da Rama at 3pm)
Gokarna
(?70, 2pm)
Karwar
(?35, half-hourly)
Margao
(?30, every 10 minutes)
Panaji
(?55, three daily)
TAXI & AUTORICKSHAW
An autorickshaw from Palolem to Patnem costs ?60, as does a rick from Palolem to
Chaudi. To Agonda it's ?200. A prepaid taxi from Dabolim Airport to Palolem costs
?1100.
TRAIN
Many trains that run north or south out of Margao stop at the
Canacona Train Station
(
2643644, 2712790).
