• Jan 25 2016
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Aguada Fort

You have heard of the beaches of Goa, the scintillating nightlife, the cute cafes, and the diverse cuisines. But your Goan experience would be incomplete without a trip to Fort Aguada. On the beach south of Candolim, by the Mandovi River, it was built in 1612 to protect against the Dutch and help guide ships from Europe. There's a spring inside that gave it its name, ‘Aguada’, which means watery in Portuguese. Ships stopped here for freshwater.

Fort Aguada, 18 kilometers away from the main city of Panjim, welcomes tourists and refreshes their minds with a far-flung view of the sea and speckles of the villages surrounding it. The sea is an astounding visual treat today, but back in the day, the area was prone to invasion. The Portuguese were aware of this disadvantage and hence designed an intricate defense system in the fort. The double walls and two gates are deliberate man-made strategies to track enemies and ensure their downfall before the rain of catastrophe.

A visit to this monument will feel like stepping into a time machine and traveling back to an era when wars for dominance, stunning architecture, and the beauty of nature coexisted to create a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of life.