Mandrem Beach
Find out about one of the best beaches around Goa, Mandrem Beach: what is its rating, how to get there, where it is located, what is unique about it and how convenient it is for visiting with children.
Surface: white sand, gentle entrance.
Access to the beach: free.
Sun lounger rental: free.
Water temperature: +26 in winter, +27 in spring, +28 in summer, +27 in autumn.
Entertainment:
- yoga center
- massage salon
- surfing
- shrimp factory.
Holidays with children: suitable.
Parking: free.
Hotels at Mandrem beach, Goa
You can get to Mandrem Beach by bus (1.5 EUR) on the route Pernem - Arambol. The main route runs along the road number 17. From Dabolim airport - 55 km (1.5 hours on the way) it is more convenient to get a taxi for 20 EUR. From anywhere in India, you can get to Mandrem on a rented scooter (3.10-6.20 EUR per day). It is necessary to drive on the roads of the country in a helmet with the rights of an international standard.
A small cozy beach (1.5 km), with light and fine crisp sand, clear water and beautiful greenery around. There are no sharp stones in the water, so it is safe for families with children. Nearby is the village of Mandrem. Sunbeds, umbrellas and toilets are free if you order food or drinks in shek.
Mandrem Beach is for those who are looking for a relaxing holiday, silence, solitude. Fans of yoga and meditation can practice in yoga centers in the village (classes from 2.48 EUR), visit massage parlors (from 4.96 EUR). At the surf school, individual lessons for an adult from 200 EUR, for a child from 6 to 12 years old - 90 EUR. Visit and see the shrimp factory for 8 EUR.
Food in cafes and sheks is cheap and tasty. There is a huge variety of seafood dishes: shrimps, mussels, crabs, lobsters, squids, fish. The average bill for a dish is 2-3 EUR. Many chicken meat dishes: tandoori, fried, stewed, battered. Served as a side dish rice (0.3 EUR), potatoes (0.5 EUR), legumes (0.2 EUR), soups (0.45 EUR), delicious curry vegetables (1.2 EUR), traditional cheeses (2 EUR ), curd balls (1.23 EUR), ice cream kulfi (1.1 EUR). Perfectly refreshing natural juices from 0.5 EUR. And lovers of alcoholic beverages can try rum (0.75 l-1.67 EUR) and beer (1.24 EUR).
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Mandrem - a beach in Goa, which you really want to return to
With this publication, I begin a series of short articles about a trip to India. Several years have passed since this trip, but from time to time there is a desire to visit India in general and Goa in particular again.
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| Image source: Paul Mannix/Flickr |
Initially, my colleague Sergey and I were going to go to Cuba, but we couldn't find cheap tickets. And then suddenly turned up a budget tour for two weeks in the tiny and most touristy of all the states of India - in Goa.
The cost of the tour at that time was even slightly lower than the cost of air travel. Thus, we didn’t have to think for a long time and we decided to fly to India to relax on the beaches of Goa and leave for a couple of days outside of it.
And our acquaintance with India began with the most calm and peaceful beach in North Goa - Mandrem Beach. It is always extremely sparsely populated, quiet and very calm. Having traveled most of the beaches of Goa, we realized that Mandrem is still the best and most beloved. If I gather again in Goa, then I will definitely choose this beach as the main point of my stay.
Here I had a daily ceremony, which gave me special pleasure. In the early morning at sunrise, I got up and went for a walk along the edge of the Arabian Sea, listening to Indian mantras and Goa trance on the player.
And at this time, I met occasionally only people doing yoga and jogging, as well as very friendly stray dogs who are always happy to see you.
I guess we were very lucky as we were originally supposed to live in Candolim. But somehow it happened that the hotel in which we were supposed to check in was full. As a result, we were taken to Mandrem.
And Candolim is generally a village crowded with tourists, where every second local speaks Russian, sometimes there is nowhere to step on the beach, as many Indians come there on weekends, and in general the atmosphere there is so-so.
In the photo below Ragout. We met him just on the Mandrem beach. Every year, with the beginning of the tourist season, he comes to Goa from Hampi for six months, where he has a wife and a child. They make beads, bracelets and all kinds of trinkets as a family, which he sells in Goa. We met Raga several times in various places in this state.
I suspect some might say that there are better beaches than Mandrem. Like, for example, the same Arambol. But here, to each his own. Arambol is a noisy and crowded beach with hordes of hippies, where you can come at any time.
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| Mandrem beach, Arambol beach view - Goa, India |
But Mandrem is really a beach for relaxation. First of all, it will appeal to those who practice yoga and like to meditate. Nobody will bother you here. Well, maybe stray dogs might want to get your attention.
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| Image source: Paul Mannix/Flickr |
In general, early morning walks along the Mandrem became for me one of the brightest and most memorable moments of the whole trip, along with a train ride to Hampi.
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| Mandrem Beach - Goa, India |
By the way, about Goa. Very often one hears "in Goa". So this is completely illiterate, since Goa is a state, not an island. That is, it will be correct "in Goa".
