vasco Tourism, Goa India
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vasco Fast Facts
- State: Goa
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- Famous for/as: City
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- Clothing: Lots of light cotton casual clothes, beach wear, hats and sunglasses, tubes and tubes of sunscreen cream with high SPF and many, many bottles of sun tan lotion. Vasco has many shopping centres with stores that are well equipped to deal with most requireme
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- Pincode: 403802
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vasco Info
Police; 100 Ambulance: 102 Salgaocar Medical Research Centre, Vasco da Gama - 513824
vasco, India Overview
The busy port town of Vasco da Gama, named after the Portuguese mariner and explorer who discovered the sea route to India 500 years ago, is a major shipping centre in Goa. Vasco lies 29 km southwest of Panaji, the capital of Goa. The port laps the shores on the western tip of the Marmagao peninsula, jutting into the Arabian Sea just around the mouth of the Zuari River. Vasco is strategically located as a transport hub for sea, air, and rail travel to Goa - about its only claim to fame according to intrepid Goa-goers. Travel to Vasco and explore the beauty of this port town yourself.
About 29 km by road southwest of Panjim and about 25 km from Margao city, Vasco-da-Gama is one of the industrial and commercial cities of Goa. Vasco-da-Gama sits on the tip of Marmagoa cape, overlooking the Zuari River. Vasco-da-Gama is the largest city in the state of Goa, India.
Some major attractions of Vasco-da-Gama are Pilot Point at Headland Sada, Baina Beach, Japanese Garden, Bogmalo Beach, the Sada Fort, the Naval Aviation Museum and many others.
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vasco, India History
Vasco da Gama was born about 1460 at Sines, Portugal at a time when Europeans were heavily investing in discovering a sea-route to India. He found a sea route and named it by his own name Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama, 29-km by road southwest of Panjim, sits on the narrow western tip of the Marmagoa (also known as Mormugao) peninsula, overlooking the mouth of the Zuari River. Today it is as busy as Old Goa might have been at its height of commercial activity. The only usual reasons for tourists to come to Vasco is to catch a bus to Dabolim airport, or the Bogmalo beach that lies 8-km southeast. Its city center is dominated by imposing multi-storied buildings and a church. The buildings which were designed to carry political activity now stand to entertain the tourists. Vasco da Gama is a very neat & clean coastal town. The colourful and cordial ambiance only add to the flavour. So wherever you come from, Vasco is one place where you will feel perfectly at home.