VASCO DA GAMA, MORMUGAO, GOA, INDIA 403802

COME AND DISCOVER THE TRUE VASCO DA GAMA

The industrial town of Vasco-da-Gama, named after the Portuguese voyager, lies around 35 kms away from the capital city of Panaji.

The area came under Portuguese rule around 1543, and within a few years, it was transformed into one of western India's busiest ports.

The Portuguese built a fort at Sada, near the tip of the land jutting into the Arabian sea. This allowed them to effectively control the movement of ships into the Zuari river.

The port of Mormugao, around one of India's few natural harbours, lies 4 kms from the city centre and the only airport in the state, the Goa Airport at Dabolim, is also about 4 kms from the city.

Vasco also has a railway terminus for passenger trains to nearby areas outside Goa and more importantly a daily service which takes tourists to the magnificent Dudhsagar waterfalls near the state border. Vasco-da-Gama is a key shipping centre, very important for the economy of Goa, which has a large number of mines in its interiors.

The Mormugao port handles heavy traffic of container vessels and iron ore barges carrying ores and minerals to countries such as Japan and Korea.Double click to start editing the text