Arpora Tourism, Goa India

The small village of Arpora in Goa is minutes from the famous Calangute and Baga beach resorts. Arpora and its surrounding countryside has been a popular location for tourist development in recent years. Large hotels have sprung up in the fields behind Goa's golden coast, and a cluster of high quality restaurants cater for the annual influx of holiday makers, most of whom are on short package breaks.

Arpora is a village close to the North Goa beach belt, in India's tourism-destination state. Very famous for it's night market," Ingo's Saturday Night Market". Open during the tourist season, it's a colorful vast market. Consisting of people from around the world selling and showcasing their goods. Be it the musical mouth harps or mouthwatering food, you can find it all here.

Arpora merges into Baga at Baga Creek, a small river that ends in the sea on Baga beach. Heading east towards Anjuna on the north side of the river takes you through Arpora, passing Mackies Saturday Night Bazaar which attracts tourists from all over the region. Despite recent development Arpora in Goa remains picturesque with traditional hamlets where you will see chickens pecking in the yards and goats tottering across the road. Rice fields, salt pans, palm trees and whitewashed churches are common features of the surrounding landscape.