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About Fontainhas Latin Quarter Panaji
Fontainhas is a small heritage neighbourhood in Panaji, Goa's capital, laid out during the Portuguese period around a natural spring (the name derives from "fountain"). Its narrow lanes are lined with brightly painted houses in the Indo-Portuguese style, decorated with azulejo tiles, wrought-iron balconies and shaded balcãos, and it is one of the best-preserved Latin Quarters in Asia. Unlike Old Goa's monumental churches, Fontainhas is a living, still-inhabited neighbourhood, best explored slowly on foot rather than visited as a single "sight."
Getting there
How to Reach Fontainhas Latin Quarter Panaji
A short walk or auto-rickshaw ride from anywhere in central Panaji.
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