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Introducing India
India is a kaleidoscope of colours, customs, costumes and cuisines. You can scale the mighty Himalayas, journey across the Thar Desert, get a tan on the sunny beaches, sight the majestic tiger and will still need an entire lifetime to explore the unique plurality of this land.
Travel India Guides
India is a vast country offering such a wide - range of experiences that it can leave the itinerant feeling confused and dazed. We have a comprehensive guide to India encompassing anything and everything that you might encounter while journeying across the country. From tips that make you street smart to erudite city guides.
The Great Indian Outdoors
For the wanderlust, India offers extensive opportunities for outdoor adventure - in the Himalayan highlands, in the untamed waters of the rivers meandering down from their creators - snow capped mountains. Indian beaches dotting the Indian coastline, the various national parks and wild life sanctuaries abounding a wide range of flora and fauna are also the great sites for indulging in outdoor adventures. In fact, outdoor adventure never cease to exist in this land of stupefaction.
Rambling Holidays
These are meant for those who do not want to be bound to a fixed schedule and still be looked after in comfort and style by professionals who know these mountains the best. For a typical group of four to six, we provide two all terrain vehicles with provisions, camping equipment, cooks and expert guides to make your stay free of worries for you. These special holidays provide luxurious camping facilities at unscheduled locations. They are conducted by experts to take care of your comfort and safety.
Detailed guide on Indian states, tourist spots, road maps with distance calculator, hotels, climate and festivals in India are available for you on travelindia-guide.com. Whether you are planning a laid back family holiday, or adventure trip or are on way to a business trip to any of the Indian states, we give you detailed interactive road maps, directions and best travel options to make your journey a memorable one! We also bring to you the best travel deals and online hotel bookings at some amazing discounts & unbeatable rates.
Goa
‘The Coolest Place in India’
‘Now our road takes us to the magnificent kingdom of Goa…The people of this kingdom are strong, prudent and very hardworking… The kingdom of Goa is the most important in India…It is civilized, having famous orchards and water. It is the coolest place in India and it is the most plentiful in foodstuffs.
‘The white people make a practice of going to the kingdom of Goa to enjoy the shade and the groves of trees and to savour the sweet betel.’
These revealing remarks on Goa come not from the hippies or ‘flower power’ generation of the sixties and early seventies who thronged the beaches of Anjuna, Vagator and Arambol in search of salvation and ‘peace’. These remarks were made over five centuries ago by the Portuguese Ambassador to China who visited Goa around the year 1511. They serve as a vivid precursor to the generations that followed in our times to the fabled land of Goa.
In those tumultuous and rebellious times in the sixties, it was then not the ‘sweet betel’ that was the prime attraction but a different kind of ‘weed’. But Goa, since those days of the angry generation, has moved on to attract a multitudinous, peaceful and cosmopolitan school of visitors from all around the globe.
Down the corridors of time Goa has been different things to different people. To the Portuguese conquerors it was ‘Golden Goa’, the El Dorado, the ‘Rome of the East’. Such was its beauty and grandeur, that a traveller was moved to remark: ‘Whoever has seen Goa, need not visit Lisboa’—Lisbon, which was then the grand epicenter of the Portuguese dominions.
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Some decades later, the early 17th century French traveller Francois Pyrard wrote: ‘Whoever has been in Goa may say that he has seen the choicest rarities of India, for it is the most famous and celebrated city, on account of its commercial intercourse with people of all nationalities of the East who bring there the products of their respective countries, articles of merchandize, necessaries of life and other commodities in great abundance because every year more than a thousand ships touch there laden with cargo.’
Pyrard continued with near prophetic veracity: ‘…as for the multitude of people, it is a marvel to see the number which come and go every day by sea and land on business of every kind…One would say that a fair was being held every day for the sale of all sorts of merchandise.’
While the contemporary traveller may not come to modern, thriving Goa ‘for the sale of all sorts of merchandise’, the ‘fair’ is still very much on. The traveller is here to find something different: a balm on the busy mind, to enjoy days of freedom on Goa’s
magnificent beaches, to parasail or swim with the tide of fellow visitors from all around the globe, to savour its unique cuisine and imbibe its spirits, to take a long and invigorating trek in its unexplored interiors, to marvel at its majestic temples and churches, in short, to be at one with the most friendly people in the country.
In the sixties and seventies, it was, as we have remarked, a haven for the hippies. Since then Goa has moved on to fullfledged Statehood, its own Council of Ministers, a magnificent new Assembly complex, its citizens among the most literate in the country with a per capita income the highest in the land.. At the hub of this prosperity, is the Tourism industry. At the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), we take a humble bow in acknowledgement, in some small measure, of putting Goa on the tourist map of our country.
But we also acknowledge that Goa does not require a massive sales drive.
Goa is a multifaceted jewel in the crown of India.
It is a frame of mind and body, spirit and soul.
Goa is an unfading memory.
It is joy and nirvana.
Goa is India’s smallest State---with the largest heart.
Goa is Forever.
About Rajasthan
Rajasthan Travel Info - Amazing legends of heroism and romance still resound from its equally amazing architecture, that still stands to narrate its tale of a bygone era. The magic of Rajasthan is unequalled in the world for its heritage, culture, safaris, sand dunes and lush green forests with its wildlife. Rajasthan is often expressed as huge open-air museum with relic so well preserved for the travellers and the curious of the day. More....
Amazing legends of heroism and romance still resound from its equally amazing architecture, that still stands to narrate its tale of a bygone era. The magic of Rajasthan is unequalled in the world for its heritage, culture, safaris, sand dunes and lush green forests with its wildlife. Rajasthan is often expressed as huge open-air museum with relic so well preserved for the travellers and the curious of the day. It is action-packed with outdoors too; take a safari on horses, camels, elephants or even jeeps with the Aravalis - India's oldest mountain range in the backdrop, or caress your eyes on the sloppy sand dunes, or trail a tiger or just watch birds on wetland. Or you can choose to pamper yourself in the lavish heritage properties. Rajasthan has something for everyone, just choose your activity
Travel Tips:
Best Time to Travel - You can plan your travel in Rajasthan between July to March; the best time however is between Oct-Feb, except Mount Abu, which is the only hill station in the state.
Food - If you plan to try Rajasthani cuisine, make sure to ask specify your spice preference. Rajasthani food is traditionally very hot and spicy. Most of the eating places including some budget hotels serve continental meals as well. A word of advice – if you have a tender digestive system – avoid experimenting with the traditional food.
Sun - The sun can be extremely harsh especially after rains in the Thar Desert. It is advisable to carry sun block lotions, as these are not available locally.
Water – Carry mineral water bottles if you’re not used to Indian tap water. Buy mineral water from big stores as a lot of spurious stuff is in circulation in the markets.
Familiar Tourist Traps
Pushkar stands out as an exception in this otherwise safe state. At Pushkar, one has to be careful of touts in the garb of priests who might harass you for a few rupees, cents or dollars.
Advice – be firm and if required seek help from the police station if things get out of hand.
Single women should not go out alone with local men or camel drivers.
Some of the smaller jewellery shops may be selling imitation jewellery, where the stones or metal may not be real. It is a good idea to buy jewellery only from big or known stores even though they might be slightly more expensive.
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