Panjim Heritage Walk with professional guide and refreshments

Panjim Heritage Walk with professional guide and refreshments

The walk is led by a professional guide who is a cultural evangelist and will be able to bring alive the glorious past of Panjim. Local food will enrich the experience of Goa.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Fontainhas (quarter), Altinho, Panaji, Goa 403001, India

We begin our walk from the Latin quarters of Fontainhas, the residential quarters designed for the Portuguese Bureaucrats and servants. This was one of the earliest settlements in Panaji city. The quarter has retained its heritage look with the small crowded lanes flanked by the typical bright Portuguese styled houses. The walk takes us past a wishing well, Chapel of St. Sebastian and the Temple on the hill dedicated to lord Maruti and the Geetanjali Gallery of modern art exhibitions.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sao Tome Old Quarter, Emilio Gracia Road, Panjim India

The Panjim walk leads us to the square which got its name from Tobacco trading over the river. Later this square served as the police headquarters, a customs and mint area and currently accommodates the General Post Office and the Sao Tome Chappel. We walk past bright coloured buildings set on the backdrop of the river Mandovi. We will also walk to the Mermaid Garden and statue of the world famous hypnotist Abbe Faria.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Maruti Temple, On Altinho Hillock, Panjim 403001 India

A beautiful temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman, the monkey God.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Church Square, Panjim 403001 India

The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church is often used to represent Goa in Bollywood films. The church was constructed on this hill for the sailors in the year 1541 after demolishing a temple. Later in the early 17th century it was renovated and constructed in the Baroque style of architecture. The church houses a large church bell in Goa that was brought here from the fallen monastery of Old Goa.

Duration: 30 minutes