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For years Palolem remained a secret to all but the most
independent traveller. Situated towards the southern tip of Goa,
twenty miles south of Margao, it has now been discovered but due to
strict planning restraints tourism is kept in check. The crescent
shaped bay is lined with a beautiful white sand beach and backed
with groves of coconut palms. Either side of the bay is a rocky
headland covered in thick black forest and offshore is a tiny
island whose only permanent inhabitants are a colony of black-faced
langur monkeys. During December and January the beach swells with
day-trippers who come to escape the more commercial resorts but
outside this peak season Palolem returns to its sedate pace.
