Candolim and Sinquerim beaches, located immediately below Fort Aguada, are now almost entirely the domain of luxury hotels and package-tour companies. Independent travellers can still find some relatively cheap rooms here, especially outside the peak season.
Candolim Beach is a clean, straight stretch of sand running north to Calangute. It's a little quieter, with fewer beach shacks, and tends to attract a slightly older crowd, as well as the few travellers who find Calangute and Baga too busy and Anjuna and Vagator too much of a scene. There is uninterrupted firm sand from here all the way to north to Baga and if you want a long beach walk, there cannot be a better place to start from.
What more do you want from a beach?
This beach is pretty awesome. It's clean, the people are nice, and the crowd is really relaxed and carefree. Parking is pretty easy and there are a lot of little shops and places to eat.
Great beach to just laze around, swim for a while and have a few beers. What more do you want from a beach?!
This is our favourite beach and we come here just about every year during the summer. The area is nice and the beach itself is large, easy to find and the water is clean.