Anjuna,
18 kms from Panaji is a popular beach area adjacent to Chapora fort- it was
the haunt of the flower generation in the sixties - and is still popular with
the younger generation.
In Anjuna there is magnificent Albuquerque mansion built in 1920, flanked by
octagonal towers and attractive Mangalore tiled roof.
The Anjuna band plays for the beach party at night. Palm trees stand motionless
in the warm air. To the east is a mountain.
If you want to return to civilization, climb the mountain to get to Baga where
you can catch a ferry out.This is the Goa Freak capital of the World.
Anjuna becomes a fair of colors. Lines of vehicles full of tourists start virtually
raising clouds of dust in this area. Anjuna attracts a weird and wonderful collection
of over monks, defiant ex-hippies, gentle lunatics, artists, artisans, seers,
searchers, sybarites and itinerant expatriates who normally wouldn't be seen
out of the organic confines of their health-food emporia in San Francisco or
London.
Full moon, when the infamous parties take place, is a particularly good time
to be here if you want to indulge in bacchanalian delights.
Only a Brit would think about raving about the main beach, but it's worth the
walk to the small, protected sliver of sand at South Anjuna where the area's
long-term house-renters tend to gather.
Anjuna Beach, Goa Beaches Inquiry / Reservation Form
Anjuna,
18 kms from Panaji is a popular beach area adjacent to Chapora fort- it was
the haunt of the flower generation in the sixties - and is still popular with
the younger generation. 