Anjuna Beach

The Calangute Beach party seems to have shifted to Anjuna, and has spread farther north to Vagator Beach as well. Although Anjuna can get very crowded and the party scene become riotous, the beach is still not as commercial as Calangute, and does not have large-scale luxury resorts, such as those at Sinquerim Beach and those in the south. Drugs are all too easily available here, but are highly illegal—even if they seem to be part of the system. More happily, Anjuna is known for its flea market on Wednesday, a legacy of the '60s when hippies used to sell their belongings here to buy a few more weeks of love and peace. The Shore Bar is the place in Goa to watch the sunset and bond with the rest of Anjuna's laid-back population.