This is the Goa chapter from Lonely Planet's India guidebook.

It's green, it's glistening and it's gorgeous: just three of the reasons why Goa has allured travellers for decades. Two million visitors come each year for the silken sand, crystalline shores, cocohut culture and laid back attitude.

• wander the Portuguese quarters of Panaji (Panjim) and linger over lunch at one of its ravishing restaurants
• maps
• shiver in the shadows of grand cathedrals and observe the countryside from a hilltop chapel in Old Goa
• transport
• open up your chakras while doing yoga to the rhythm of ocean waves and swaying palms
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Central Goa, Panaji (Panjim), Old Goa, Ponda & around, Dudhsagar Falls, North Goa, Mapusa, Candolim, Sinquerim & Fort, Aguada, Calangute & Baga, Anjuna, Vagator & Chapora, Morjim & Asvem, Mandrem, Arambol (Harmal), South Goa, Margao (Madgaon), and Colva & Benaulim.