Aldona (Goa)

It must say something about Aldona if people like authors Amitav Ghosh and wife Deborah, and sculptor Walter D’Souza seek it out for creative stimulus. They have all either made Aldona their home or own property in the Goan countryside, which is picturesque and adds a whole new meaning to the word ‘quaint.’ On the night I arrived in Goa, I met a documentary filmmaker who, along with her husband who chose to ‘work from home’ in his job, had recently moved to Aldona.

Another person had made it her base, from where she ran a travel business. It is increasingly being marketed as an off-the-beaten- track destination with boutique resorts and home stays catering to wanderers of the discerning kind.

Flanked by the water bodies and tributaries of the Mandovi river, the quintessential Goan village of Aldona is, thus, where creative minds strike gold and the atmosphere is imbued with grace. Streets lined with elegant Goan-Portuguese mansions, the 16th-century St. Thomas’ Church and the lush greenery and vantage points declare that haphazard development has not reached Aldona as yet, leaving its old world charm untouched. The village peacefully co-exists with the outsiders who have made it their home. In fact, it is quite possible that it secretly gloats over its migrants’ credentials. Biting into crunchy chahlis at a tiny kiosk by the traffic-bereft bridge across a river linking Aldona to Corjuem, and watching dusk envelope this graceful village could become the highlight of your trip to Aldona. 

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