My mother wanted old Portuguese churches, my father wanted fresh fish, my children wanted sand and my husband wanted to read his book in peace. Goa was the only answer that satisfied all five of us.
We spent our mornings on Palolem's soft sand and our afternoons wandering the spice plantations and Fontainhas' blue-and-yellow lanes. Nobody checked a phone for more than ten minutes at a stretch.
Explorers Choice kept things simple—a boat trip on the third day, a table at a beach shack on the last night. Sometimes the best travel plan is mostly a plan to be unhurried.
