Club Mahindra Varca Beach Goa

Built in characteristic Goan architectural style, the Club Mahindra Varca Beach Resort is a heaven for luxury lovers with its exquisite decor, luxurious comfort and breathtaking views. The air conditioned rooms and suites with attached balconies make it a perfect place to sip on a drink, relax and get cozy. You can also enjoy a Goan siesta and spend the day in peace and tranquility.

Goa, a tiny emerald land on the west coast of India is sited between the borders of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Away from the beaten track, travellers discover a romantic and other century Goa in its medieval small towns, and beautiful villages, with rich flora and fauna. Only Goa can provide the truly exhilarating 'out of this world' experience. Whether it is fun, adventure, sunshine, spirituality or just plain relaxation, you don't need to look beyond the magical land of Goa.

Accommodation
The Accommodation at Club Mahindra Varca Beach Resort is offered in following room types.

Studio Apartment
The studio apartment can accommodate 3 adults and offers privacy for 1 couple. Ideal for a 3 member family.

Single Bedroom Apartment
The Single Bedroom apartment provides comfortable accommodation for 4 adults and privacy for 2 couples.

Double Bedroom Apartment
The Double Bedroom apartment provides comfortable accommodation for 6 adults and privacy for 2 couples.

Room Amenities

• Dry Kitchenette
• Sofa Cum Bed
• Double Bed
• Telephone
• CCTV

Restaurant & Lounge
Goa is the land of taste bud worshippers, a gourmet's delight. Get the best mix of exotic Indian, Chinese, Continental and traditional Goan cuisine. Dune shack on the beach, which is operational from October to April.

Swimming Pool
Play water games, teach your children to swim, lounge on the deck chairs, or just hang out at either of our two swimming pools which include a 3 - level swimming pool.

Other facilities
Free Wi Fi access now available at the lobby

Colour Factory
The Colour Factory is an artwork studio of international standing. Goa proudly presents the very first of its kind in India. A simple, fun, paint-by-numbers way to unleash your talents to create a masterpiece of pottery that is a total reflection of you. Choose from a wide range of ceramic ware - mugs, cups, vases, platters, photo frames, whatever catches your fancy. Trace on a design of your choice, splash on some bright colours and watch your work of art come alive as it bakes in the ceramic kiln.

Crocodile Club
Let our friendly green crocodile show you the way to the Crocodile Club, a special and magical place for children between 5 - 12 years, who are staying at the resort. Register on check in and get a membership to this exclusive Club, Open for a couple of hours both morning and evening, the Kids Club is just the right forum to have fun, to make friends, to learn new things and to unveil that hidden talent.

Magic Studio
This is again a one of its kind in the country, it is studio with dozens of interesting magic tricks where you will have a free demonstration of magic and if you like them you buy the tricks and turn yourself into a magician and be the center of attraction in every party!

Creative Corner
Creative Corner is just the place to unleash your imagination and creative potential, using colours and material to make your very own spectacular art forms.  It is a place where all things are indeed bright and beautiful! A whole variety of material is available to express the artist within.  These are some of the creations you can choose from:

• Rangoli - bright swirls of colour in a variety of beautiful designs to decorate the floor for those special festive days.  Now you can make and preserve your work of art with Sand Art Rangoli - use a variety of coloured sands to create a design of your choice on stiff card paper.
• Get busy with colourful corrugated paper and make a life like, three dimensional object to brighten up your room.  With Paper Groves.
  
• Let the amazing Auto Hanger bring out the design engineer in you, as you construct an amazing truck and great looking cars - imagine that!
• Let terracotta pots serve as your canvas to create gorgeous decorative pots to keep or give away, with special metallic paint provided in the Pots & Paints and the Pretty Pots packs.
• For the coming festive season, light up your home using animal diyas which have been painted and decorated by yours truly.
• Have a blast with the Tribal Mask kit, creating your very own fierce and magnificent warrior faces.
• Why buy a photo frame when you can make one on your own?  Use the amazing colours and material provided in the Photo Frame kit to make a delightful frame for your favourite picture.
• Let your imagination run wild as you work with eight snazzy cars and tempera colours provided in the Mould & Paint car kit, to create a dazzling portrait of modern art.
• One of the great things about colours is that they wash off!  Be a part of your creation - learn the amazing art of Finger Painting.  Let your fingers put colour and life on paper.
  

Complimentary Games

• Beach Volleyball
• Carom Board
• Chess
• Board Games
• Computer Games
• Cricket
• Foot ball
• Giant Chess
• Table Soccer
• Table tennis
• Volleyball
• Water Polo

Chargeable Games

• Air Hockey
• Badminton
• Dance Machine
• Internet
• Play Station- 2
• Pool Table
• Shuffleboard
• X-box
• Paintball

Night of Contests - Monday
It is a night of contests galore, contests for all age groups.  Fancy dress contest for the kids, Ramp walk contest for teens.  Mr. Club Mahindra & Miss Club Mahindra and the highlight is the 'Most Romantic
Magnetic couple of the week'!     

Goan Dance Night - Tuesday
This evening can be enjoyed watching colorful and graceful Goan Folk & cultural dances, like the Fisher folks dance and the Coconut Harvest Dance. The dances are interspersed with various activities to keep you totally entertained.     

Musical Night - Wednesday
A night bursting with musical activity, sing along sessions and the age old Antakshari Contest, with a subtle twist.     

Champs Show - Thursday
A one hour variety entertainment show featuring talent from within the resort - champs. Come and enjoy the group dances and songs, and side splitting comedy one-act plays and skits, all this done by your very own resort staff.     

Latin American Dance Night - Friday
An evening exhibiting the sizzling Latin American dances like the 'Tantalizing Tequila', the 'Spicy Salsa' and the 'Mesmerizing Mambo'. Even the breaks between dances will be action packed.     

Carnival Night - Saturday
Revisit your schooldays and participate in a wide array of games and activities which test your skill and tease your luck.     

Family Get together and Housie - Sunday
A night full of interactive games between families. Enjoy yourself as the fun unfolds, with your energetic host. The grand finale is game of Tambola, a-la Mahindra style.

Beaches
Anjuna
Anjuna was once the most celebrated of Goa's beaches, where the hippies would hang out. Their departure has done nothing to rob the wide shelf of sand of its beauty and almost every visitor heads here, for it is one of the most picturesque beaches.

Calangute
Calangute was the first hippie beach resort at the height of the Flower Children era. Today the hippies have mostly turned into yuppies. But the beach is unchanged - pristine, serene golden sun and sand. The beach is about four miles long and covered with palm trees.

Baga
Baga lies between Anjuna and Calangute., where Anjuna is in the north and Calangute is in the south. Baga is also termed as the extension of Calangute. It is difficult to make out where one ends and the other begins. Baga is a comparatively clean beach.

Dona Paula
On the other side of this headland is the little bay and tiny beach of Dona Paula. Water scooters and speed boats buzz across the bay, at the drop of a hat; guides will embroider on the woeful tale of a star-crossed maiden who fell in love with a handsome man below her status. Conventions could not be breached in those distant days and so she leapt into the sea.

Candolim
Candolim is a popular beach. Its immediate hinterland gives you the quietly disciplined feel of a coastal village in Spain, which is warm, friendly and happy to mind its own business. Its foreshore slopes and the waves break at a meter.

Churches
Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Old Goa
Church of St.Francis of Assisi situated in Old Goa is a 17th century piece of religious art. A beautiful octagonal tabernacle richly decorated in an ornate style has two statues, one of St. Francis of Assisi and the other of Jesus on the Cross. Vows of poverty, humility and obedience of St. Francis of Assisi are written right below these two statues.

Chapel of St. Catherine, Old Goa
Chapel of St. Catherine situated in Old Goa is dedicated to St.Catherine. It stands as a living monument of the conquest of Goa by Alburquerque. At one entrance of the chapel, you will see a statue of Our Lady of Piety. There is also a beautiful altar dedicated to St.Catherine upon which stands another statue of Our Lady Of Piety.

Basilica of Born Jesus, Old Goa
Basilica of Born Jesus, is situated in Old Goa. Born Jesus means Infant Jesus or Good Jesus. Inside the basilica, you will see a beautiful display of architectural pieces in wood, stone, gold and granite. Immediately to the right is the altar of St.Anthony and to the left is a wooden statue of St. Francis Xavier.

St. Cajetan Church, Old Goa
St. Cajetan Church is situated in Old Goa. The amazing feature is the high vault on which the words of Christ "My House Is A House Of The Words Of Christ" are inscribed. The church has alters dedicated to the Holy Family, Our Lady Of Piety and St.Clare and to the right are the altars dedicated to St. Agnes, St.Cajetan and St. John.

Chapel and Tomb of St. Francis Xavier
Chapel and Tomb of St. Francis Xavier is a plain chapel with only one altar and is built of laterite plastered with lime mortar, with tiled roof supported by wooden rafters.

Waterfalls / Lakes
Dudhsagar Waterfalls
The most impressive waterfalls of Goa lie on its eastern border with Karnataka. Measuring a mighty 600m from head to foot, the famous waterfalls at Dudhsagar, on the Goa-Karnataka border are one of the highest waterfalls in India. They are spectacular enough a sight to entice a steady stream of visitors from the coast into the rugged Western Ghats. After pouring across the Deccan plateau, the headwaters of the Mandovi River form a foaming torrent that splits into three streams then cascades down a near-vertical cliff face into a deep green pool.

Mayem Lake
Goa has some more things to offer. 35 km from Panaji, this artificial lake surrounded by rolling green hills is an ideal picnic spot. For those interested in a rustic Goa experience, rural Goa is verdant more so than the bustling city of Panaji or Mapusa or even Margoa. Mayem Lake is a calm spread of water, home to geese and pedal boats with cottages nestled in wooden slopes. Boating is popular here.

Wild Life Preserves
Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary, Molem
Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary is Goa's largest wildlife preserve with an area of 240 sq.km, sited 60 km from Panaji. It is located close to the Molem village at the foot of the Western Ghats. The sanctuary is situated amidst nature's splendor. Evergreen forests and deciduous trees encompass this preserve.

Molem National Park
This national park is in the heart of the sanctuary. Herds of deer and gaurs (Indian bison), clusters of monkeys, Malayan giant squirrels, cobras and pythons can be seen in this place. One might even spot elephants and tigers. The sanctuary is also home to a few black panthers.

Bondla Forest
Bondla Forest is 38 km away from Margao. More than a sanctuary it is an ideal jungle resort and a major attraction for school going children and nature lovers. Mini zoos, sprawling deer park in natural habitat, botanical and rose gardens attract people throughout the year.

Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary
Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is the second largest of the three wildlife sanctuaries in Goa, with an area of 105 sq km. It is located at about 60 km from Panaji, in Canacona taluka in South Goa, nearly 3 km off the Panaji-Mangalore National Highway No.17.

Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Located at the western tip of the island of Chorao along river Mandovi near Panaji, the sanctuary is spread over 1.78 sq km and is completely covered with mangrove species. Varieties of local as well as migratory birds frequently visit the area. There are some private parties who can take tourists around in their canoes fitted with outboard motors.

Places of Worship
Shri Datta Mandir, Dattawadi
Shri Datta Mandir is located at a distance of 37 km from Panaji at Dattawadi, Sanquelim, and 40 km from Margao.This century old temple of trimurty has a backdrop of a beautiful hillock covered with dense groves of areca palms. The most important festival, which is attended by devotees from all over Goa, is Datta Jayanti that falls in the month of December.

Shri Bodeshwar Temple, Mapusa
It is a small shrine dedicated to Kanakeshwar Baba or Bodgeshwar, locally known as Bongini. The God is called Agngavani i.e. to whom vows are made and who fulfills desires of the devotees. On the fulfillment of desires, people offer gifts to God as promised by them earlier.

Shri Mahalaxmi Temple, Panaji
Shri Mahalaxmi Temple is located at the Altinho foothill of Panaji and was built on contributions made by devotees in 1817. The deity is Goddess Mahalakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Wealth, made of black stone, with four hands and is placed in a silver canopy. This is the peaceful or satvik form of Devi.

Shri Damodar, Zambaulim
Shri Damodar temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is situated on the bank of the Kushavati River, which is said to have medicinal properties. The main festival celebrated at this temple is Holi. Lots of devotees from all over Goa join in the celebrations. This colourful event is celebrated with pomp and gaiety for several days.

Shopping
The streets and lanes of Goa's coastal regions overflow with handicraft boutiques and makeshift market stalls that offer inexhaustible shopping possibilities.

Nearest Airport
The nearest airport is Dabolim Airport, which is 30 km from the resort

Nearest Railhead
The Konkan Railways connect Goa by rail to Madgaon railway station, which is 11 km from the resort.

By Road
Panaji, the capital, is well connected by road. To reach the resort, take the NH 17 to Madgaon, turn towards the Kharebund road after crossing the flyover.

• Mumbai to Varca beach is 594 km
• Pune to Varca beach is 458 km
• Mysore to Varca beach is 696 km
• Shirdi to Varca beach is 664 km
• Mangalore to Varca beach is 371 km
• Hibli to Varca beach is 184 km
• Karwar to Varca beach is 103 km
• Hyderabad to Varca beach is 698 km
• Bangalore to Varca beach is 598 km
• Kochi to Varca beach is 833 km