Marvellous, unspoilt expenses of palm fringed sands and blue seas, warmed by the sun and local hospitality, relaxed life style enlivened by the Goan love of music and dance and spiced by its superb cuisine, make for a heady mixture that is difficult to resist.Located about half way down the west coast of India, Goa is a lush green paradise edged on the one side by the wooded foothills of the Sahyadri range and on the other by the Arabian Sea. More than 450 years of Portuguese rule preceded by Hindu and Muslim supremacy have made ‘Sunny Goa’ and exciting amalgam of cultures. Imposing churches, forts perched on high promontories, delightful old mansions and villas and picturesque whitewashed villages set amidst velvety paddy fields are all a part of this exciting heritage