True to the old Portuguese saying, “Those who have seen Goa, don’t need to see Lisbon”, the Portuguese who occupied the region had left a fare share of their traces behind in Goa.

From the impact of Portuguese in their architectural type to the influence of Portuguese in their cuisine, everywhere you go in Goa, you would find something that reminds you of Europe or Portugual in specific.

A photo story on where you can get to experience the colourful Portuguese villas in the sunshine state.

Fontainhas
To those unintiated, Fontainhas is an old Latin quarters featuring old Portuguese homes with tiled roofs and colourful facades alongside narrow winding lanes

When I went three years back to this latin quarters of Fontainhas, I couldn’t fully experience it due to time constraints.

When I started to Goa this time, I somehow wanted to make it to the place.

Why wouldn’t I? With such pretty sights at every turn I took.

One more from the Fontainhas! That’s all I swear!

Panjim to Saligao
While driving to Baga beach, we were stunned by the Portuguese villas which were sitting beautifully along the road.

Be ready for a lot of pitstops as this route is dotted with lot of interesting portuguese villas.

Divar Island
We headed to Divar Island to get to experience the ferry transport system of Goa.

But what came in as a pure surprise was the Portuguese styled houses.

These houses totally took our heart away with it’s colonial touch.
Look at those windows!

I was lucky to have called a 100 years old portuguese house as home for two days. I couldn’t have imagined a better birthday gift for myself.

The warm host Roberto and Raquel made sure that I had the best birthday ever.

Though Goa as such is dotted with lot of Portuguese villas, these are the places I got to see quite a lot of them.

Is there any other place I had left out? Do drop in your comments.

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