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| Markets
in Goa |
Famous Markets & Shoping
Spots In Goa |
One of the best-loved and
indulged activities in Goa is shopping at
its local markets that are a riot of color
& exotic products that attract tourists from all over
the world. Popular local markets are the Anjuna Saturday
night markets, Flea market, Mapusa
Friday market and the new market at Margao. The markets
of Goa are filled with local handicrafts, cuisine, spices
and other items |
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| Anjuna FLEA Market takes place every
Wednesday from October onwards throughout the high-season, from
around 09:00am to 06:00pm. It was the hippies who brought
about the trend of the flea market at Anjuna beach during
the late 1960s, and it's just been getting bigger and better
ever since.
Even if you're not interested in buying anything, or don't
have the confidence to haggle, this is still a nice place
to spend 1 or 2 hours and to see some real Goan locals at
work.
In this place, anything goes!
This is the best place to get all your holiday souvenirs,
gifts and beach-clothes at once!
Most stalls offer more or less the same products, but you
can bargain like crazy due to the stiff competition between
the stalls and stands.
The flea market is a heaven for hardcore shoppers and good
bargainers, to bid on wonderful blends of Tibetan, Kashmiri
and Gujarati trinkets and handicrafts, jewellery (silver),
European snacks, wooden crafts & carvings, beautiful wall
hangings, musical instruments, bed covers, CDs with Goa Trance,
artificial ornaments and t-shirts... the list is endless and
so is the hustle, bustle, noise and shuffle.
Wednesday flea market at Anjuna is very interesting . It can
be a whole new shopping experience. You can take a bus or
a motorcycle taxi, or a fisherman's boat from Baga, which
is quicker (15 min by boat, 30 min by road). Although you
will still find hippies there, it really isn't their market
any more. Now dominated by Lambani nomads in their striking
clothes and jewelry, and craftspeople from elsewhere in India,
the market is a splash of red and orange in a flat clearing
above the rocky beach. Bead and white metal bangles, necklaces
and earrings, silver toe rings, embroidered shoulder bags,
silk and cotton sarongs, and ethnic footwear are among the
more ordinary products on sale.
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| One of the best-loved and indulged activities
in Goa is shopping at its local markets that are a riot of color
& exotic products that attract tourists from all over the
world. Popular local markets are the Anjuna Saturday night markets,
Flea market, Mapusa Friday market and the new market at Margao.
The markets of Goa are filled with local handicrafts, cuisine,
spices and other items |
 Mapusa
is synonymous with its Friday Market, including spices of all
kinds. You get great bargains here. Fresh fruit, mostly organically
grown, is in abundance. That elusive smell that has your nose
twitching is Goa's secret ingredient for all those wonderful
sweet and sour curries - round lumps of seedless tamarind, or
amot as it is known locally, in great demand in traditional
Goan kitchens. Get yourself a string of chouriso or Goa's mouth-watering
sausages, spiced and marinated in feni. No sausage anywhere
else in the world tastes like the Goan chouriso The sausage
can be located outside the Mapusa Municipal Market. If you are
looking for the essence of Goa, this market is a must-see on
your itinerary. The place is a riot of colour and noise. Goan
women dressed in their colourful best, come in from surrounding
villages to sell their locally grown or ‘manufactured
wares, fried, or boiled, or added to an ordinary dish for extra
zing. A walk through the lively market, gives the visitor a
taste of the 'spirit' of the land of Goa. Goan women from the
nearby villages gather to sell their wares. They brawl for a
space in the shade of a building and finally settle underneath
the shade of a hand-held umbrella if they fail to find any space.
Goan customers prefer to buy fresh foodstuffs every few days,
thus the Mapusa Market has plenty of fresh fish, a variety
of locally produced vegetables, and exotic fruits from jackfruit
and mangoes to plantain bananas. Pickles and preserves, spices,
earthen pots, glass bangles, channa baskets coir mats, and the
famous Goan 'chouricos' (ready spiced Goan pork sausages), dried
fish and prawns, clothing, junk jewelry, and the famous Country
liquor is all sold at the most reasonable prices one could possibly
find.
In recent years new shops have come up to cater
to the needs of tourists. Several stalls selling trinkets
and other articles often picked up by foreign travelers as
souvenirs dot the entrance of the markets. Mapusa Market offers
a unique opportunity to peer into the lives of locals and
get acquainted with their mundane activities. This colorful
and vibrant market usually begins at 8 in the morning and
goes on till dusk. Practically everything from fruit and vegetables
to toddy kitchenware, clothes and accessories and stuffs of
daily requirements can be found in this market.The best part
of shopping in the Friday Market is, despite the good bargains,
you are still expected to haggle. Never pay the first price
asked, whether it is over trinkets, straw hats, dried fish
or furniture. The Friday Market winds up by dusk and Mapusa
quickly gets back to normal, until the following Friday.
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In Panaji, the 18th June and MG Roads are the main shopping
areas, where you can pick up handicrafts and traditional Goan
items. Apart from these, the shops in the city sell clothes
- cottons, denims, salwar kameezes, kids wear and saris, shoes
- leather, sport shoes and jewellery - semi-precious and fashion
jewellery. If you are brand conscious, MG Road is the place
for you, the market is home to branded outlets such as Adidas,
Nike, Levis and Benetton. Shops on MG Road are open from 9.30
am to 8 pm. |
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 Margao's
Municipal Market is the main shopping market which is located
to the east of the Municipal Gardens. Here, you could shop for
the entire day along with enjoying the Goan food. Special items
which you can buy here are shoes, a variety of Goan spices like
cinnamon, cardamom, trifala, dagadful, teflam which are used
for Goan dishes, dry fish, dry mango preparations and salted
dry mangoes. Municipal market is open between 9 am - 2 pm &
4 pm - 8 pm. |
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Municipal Market in Vasco lies in the centre of the city, adjacent
to the Vasco Residency. In the municipal market, you will find
a variety of shoes and clothes. Apna Bazaar is the another market
in Vasco, which houses around 25 shops selling designer garments,
cosmetics and jewellery. There are also several other shops
selling popular music albums, sweets, chaat and cold drinks.
The shops in the Municipal market are open between 9 am - 1
pm & 2 pm - 8 pmand shows. |
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 Goa,
popularly known as "the beach paradise" is home to
some of the finest beaches of the world. The Goan beaches are
not only known for their pristine beauty, but they are also
famous as the centre of various leisure activities, shopping
is one of them. Also, on this beach stretch, you will find restaurants,
cafes and juice bars serving the delectable Goan as well as
Chinese and Thai cuisine. In reality, every road in Goa leads
to a beach and at every end of it, you will find small and big
shops selling everything, from handicrafts to traditional Goan
items, popular Goan T-Shirts, sarongs and many other souvenirs.
Among the beachside shopping centres, Baga-Candolim-Calangute
stretch is the most popular. Shopping in the latter part of
the day can be quite exciting on this beach stretch. Items which
you can buy here are handicrafts, jewellery, sunglasses, goggles,
spectacles, light metal figurines, sculptures, semi-precious
stone rings and bracelets, all at half price. You will always
want to come back for more!! |
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 Fiplees
Pub / Disco is open for all you party animals. You could be
rocking all night until Fiplees says good morning to you. Fiplees
has all the possible good price, not to forget the cuisine,
just get served some of the most delicious Indian, Tandoori,
Continental, Chinese & Speciality Goan Dishes. |
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