Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman.
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first maritime route between Europe and India—around the Cape of Good Hope, then across the Indian Ocean from Malindi in Kenya to Kozhikode—opened up European exploration of, and commerce with, India, and is considered a landmark event in world history.
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Worth seeing in and around Vasco da Gama
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Naval Aviation Museum
The Naval Aviation Museum is a military aviation museum located in Bogmalo, 6 kilometres from Vasco da Gama, Goa, India focused on the history of the Indian Naval Air Arm. The museum is divided into two main parts, an outdoor exhibit and a two-storey indoor gallery.
3.4 km · military museum in Goa, India · Wikipedia - 02Mormugão Fort
The Mormugão fort was located on the southern tip of the mouth of the Zuari river in Mormugao in the state of Goa on the west coast of India.
3.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 03Tilak Maidan Stadium
Tilak Maidan is a multi-purpose stadium located in Vasco da Gama, Goa, India. It is used mostly for football matches and regularly hosts I-League and Goa Professional League matches.
500 m · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Railway Stadium, Vasco da Gama
Railway Stadium is a cricket ground in Vasco da Gama, Goa, India. The only recorded match held on the ground was a first-class match between Goa played Kerala in the 1986/87 Ranji Trophy, which Kerala won by 6 wickets.
400 m · cricket ground in India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The "Japanese Garden" up the hill in a place called Sada. It is in a hill top facing the ocean. The route to the garden from the Vasco station gives a good view of the ships in the ocean in the Goan shipyards on your right hand side. It is seated in a beautiful calm place. You can sit on top and watch the ocean, or walk down to a temple at the shore. There is a sidewalk that takes you to the navy apartments nearby.
- 01Naval Aviation Museum
This is a great place to see vintage aircraft like the Sealands, Doves, Alizes, Seahawks, Vampires and Hughes Helicopters, along with the relatively newer Sea Harriers and a Super Constellation.
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Things to do
Being mainly a business town, there isn't much to do for the tourist in Vasco da Gama. However the parks and nearby beaches do provide an option to spend a few hours in complete leisure. One new attraction is the sea walk at Baina beach. The Naval aircraft museum on the way to Bogmalo beach is another must see attraction.
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Where to eat
Ginza. Chinese restaurant, with food recommended as being "good". Add: At Karma Plaza's ground floor, walking distance from the Vasco Railway Station. Ph 2518928 Extn 48 or 2513776. Rangoli offers good food, with live music some evenings. In the same building is Temptation (Ph 2518928, extension 50), a 24-hour fast-food joint and hang out for the younger crowd.
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Getting to Vasco da Gama
- Airports
- Goa Dabolim (GOI), 3 km · Manohar (GOX), 39 km · Mangaluru (IXE), 295 km
- Stations
- Dabolim Airport, 2.4 km · Vasco da Gama railway station, 400 m · Port of Mormugao, 2.1 km · Marmagao railway station, 2.3 km · Dabolim railway station, 3.9 km
- Mangaluru → Vasco da Gama298 km · quickest by road, 6h 30m · ₹2,310–2,890
- Pune → Vasco da Gama347 km · quickest by road, 7h 44m · ₹3,220–4,020
- Navi Mumbai → Vasco da Gama414 km · quickest by air, 4h 6m · ₹4,970–7,630
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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- Get inThere are seasonal charter flights from Europe.
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Next door to Vasco da Gama
- Mormugaocity in India1.8 km
- Chicalimvillage in Goa, India2.7 km
- Dabolimvillage in Goa, India3.6 km
- Bogmalovillage in Goa3.5 km
- Mormugao talukhuman settlement in India1 km