Vasco da gama map
But its absolutely lonely most of the time, nobody is around! It is not dangerous, but can be lonely! Velsao is a long fantastic beach a little far from the airport. It is very quiet and calm in the day time and the ideal time to visit would be early mornings or evenings.īeaches: Bogmalo is a small beautiful beach behind the airport. There is a side walk that takes you to the navy apartments nearby. You can sit on top and watch the ocean, or walk down to a temple at the shore. The route to the garden from the Vasco station, gives a good view of the ships in the ocean in the goan ship yards on your right hand side.
The "Japanese Garden" up the hill in a place called Sada. Vasco was home to about 100,000 people in 2011. This area's largest naval presence is the INS Hansa, which includes the Dabolim airport. Overlooking the Mormugao Port is the Navy's hydrographic school. Nearby is the naval hospital INS Jeevanti. INS Gomantak is the headquarters of the Indian Navy in Goa and sits on the hill overlooking St Andrew's Church and the Zuari river. The Indian Navy also has a conspicious presence in Mormugao, with its vast campus, and its contested control over the Dabolim airport enclave. Ship-builder Goa Shipyard Limited, that builds Navy and Coast Guard vessels, is built on the 1957-formed colonial barge-repair yard Estaleiros Navais de Goa. Between one-third of India's ore exports leave from here. Mormugao Port was constructed in 1888, and is today one of the major ports of India.
The town is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who is the first person known to have sailed the Cape Route around Africa. Vasco is Goa's most populous overgrown town and the adjoining Mormugao port are busy, dusty and mainly commercial centres.
Vasco da Gama is a port city in the west coast Indian state Goa. See Cape Route for the sea route around Africa.