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See how the price of flight tickets from Mumbai to Goa changes depending on the time of purchase. Since the start of sales, their value has changed by an average of 66%. The minimum price for a flight from Mumbai to Goa is 48 days before departure, approximately 3,648 rubles. The maximum price for a flight from Mumbai to Goa is 9 days before departure, approximately 14,003 rubles. In most cases, early booking helps you save money, take advantage of it!
Mumbai to Goa airfare is not a fixed and constant amount. It depends on many factors, including the day of departure. The dynamics of changes are visible on the graph.
According to statistics, the most affordable option for flights from Mumbai to Goa is on Wednesdays, their average cost is 5,492 rubles. The most expensive flights are on Fridays, their average cost is 7,777 rubles. It is worth considering that flights on holidays are usually more expensive. We hope this information will help you plan your travels more effectively.
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It is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. There were a lot of people in the building - from the huge queue for tickets to those sitting and lying waiting on the platforms.
There was a crowd of teenagers on our platform. Real crowd, about a hundred people. Directly opposite the sign of our carriage. We got a little tense. It turned out that they were in the general class. The train was just slowly creeping up when they all jumped up and rushed to the doors, trying to take their seats. A lump of bodies burst inside, rumbling. When the train finally stopped, the entire general class was already packed to capacity.
We quietly and peacefully entered and took our places. We set out without delay. I thought, well, finally, maybe this time we’ll arrive on time. Where there... The controller, having taken our tickets and desperately embarrassed, asked for passports (this was the first time this happened; before that, no one was interested in our passports, so, theoretically, it was possible to travel with someone else’s electronic tickets). We climbed onto our permanent top shelves and got ready to sleep. Not so. In the compartment next to us there was a group of young guys - all night they played the guitar, laughed, drank and shouted “Hey, what’s up!” and “Techno music!”, periodically playing this very music for all to hear. Judging by the fact that quite often they chanted some chants, we decided that they were local sports fans. Therefore, we spent our time watching TV series on the tablet until 5 am, when the company finally calmed down.
At 7 o'clock we were supposed to be in Margao. Well, of course, what kind of Indian trains are there without delays? Already at the entrances we moved as follows - we stood for 15 minutes, barely trudged for 5 minutes. The navigator showed 5 kilometers to the target. Some jumped straight onto the embankment and walked... what? Probably catch a taxi or get there on foot. We also wanted to do this when we realized that the bus station would be closer from here than from the train station, but then the train finally started moving. As a result, we were 1.5 hours late.
We took a tuk to the bus station, stood in line at the ticket office for tickets for 40 rupees for a shuttle to Panaji, and along the way met a couple from Kazan and gave them several TCs (the guys arrived for the first time). From Panaji we got to Mapusa for 14 rupees per person - and then I began to feel that I had returned home. Every nook and cranny was familiar, the market and shops were in their rightful places, the pavilion where they exchanged dollars at a good rate still sold fabrics and toys. We boarded the bus to Anjuna, accompanied by frantic singing from the driver's tape recorder.
We found our guest house and spent a long time looking for where the reception was. Finally, a girl who spoke almost no English came out and asked: “Did you make a reservation?” and, having received an affirmative answer, took the key and took us to our room. She didn’t ask for money or passports. We were surprised, to put it mildly. You never know who came in from the street...
The room was great. Huge ceilings, a kitchen with a separate sink and refrigerator, a table with chairs, a closet, a TV on the entire wall, there are flowers in vases everywhere, the linen on the bed is already crunchy. The terrace is buried in the shade of palm trees, it is always cool. Locals from Delhi and Mumbai often stay here, which is a good indicator.
As a result, after washing ourselves, we went to torture the girl, where was the owner and how to pay us. She said - you can give me the money, now I’ll bring the forms to fill out. We filled everything out and paid. Later, having met the neighbors, we learned that they generally lived for a week without payment - it turned out that the owner was absent and entrusted the guest house to the girls. Then I remembered that in correspondence with him he mentioned that he worked in Doha. The girls regularly swept the yard and terrace every morning, and every 3 days they cleaned the rooms and changed the towels, even when we told them - no need, we haven’t had time to litter yet. I really liked the location: quiet and close to all strategic places such as the beach and supermarkets.
We spent time in our favorite places - Kumar's on Vagator and Sunset on Mandrem.
There are several options for getting from Goa to Mumbai on your own - trains, buses, planes and taxis.
Each of these methods of covering the distance from Mumbai to Goa, which is almost 500 kilometers, will have both advantages and, of course, disadvantages. You can view suitable travel options and purchase tickets through the portal.
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Airplane
The simplest, traditionally the shortest, way to get anywhere in India. Every day from 4 to 10 flights depart from the airport in Mumbai to Goa, so choosing the most suitable flight time will not be difficult.
Ticket prices are the same for all domestic air carriers and range from $50 to $120. The pre-departure price at the airport ticket office depends on the class chosen and ranges from $100 to $120. If you book tickets in advance on airline websites, you can easily save half their cost by paying $50 or more.
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The following airlines operate on the route between Bombay, which was recently officially returned to its original, pre-colonial name - Mumbai:
- "Spice Jet"
- "Indigo"
- Jet Airways.
- "Spice Jet"
- Air India.
Each carrier has an official portal where you can get all the information you need and purchase tickets for the desired date. When purchasing roundtrip air tickets at the same time, all carriers provide discounts.
The flight time is 50 minutes, but takes into account all the necessary ground procedures at airports. The entire journey takes from one and a half to a couple of hours.
Train
When contemplating a trip from Goa to Mumbai and vice versa, railways are often overlooked in the ways of getting from one place to another. For some reason, most travelers are confident that traveling on Indian trains is difficult, although they have never encountered them.
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The train to Goa departs from Bombay Central Station once a day, you can also get from Goa to Mumbai, trains regularly depart once a day, and during the tourist influx season there are also additional trains.
A ticket can be purchased at the ticket office at the station; to do this, you will need to fill out a travel form and present your passport; as a rule, there are no difficulties, because the ticket office employees always help in filling them out.
You can get there by train in 12 hours, paying for a ticket from 1000 Indian rupees. The cost of a trip from Goa to Mumbai depends only on the class of the chosen carriage. Considering that the journey is not very long, compared to a trip to the coast from the capital, which lasts more than a day, you can safely take the most budget ticket option.
You can check the schedule and book a seat on the Indian Railways portal, but there is no particular need for this, since trains in India are literally long and if there are a large number of people wishing to leave, additional cars are simply attached.
Of all the possible options for how to get from Goa to Mumbai and vice versa, train service outperforms other travel methods in terms of cost and quality of service. Passengers can, based on their budget or preferences, choose any class of carriage, from luxuriously decorated and extremely comfortable compartments to ordinary seats, the same as in Russian electric trains.
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Unlike flying on an airplane, you don’t have to pay a lot for the trip, and the main difference with buses is that there are no air-conditioned “cold” seats in the train cars. The trains are quite cool, but without drafts or directional air currents.
Bus
Buses in Bombay, as well as in Delhi, are of two types. There are modern comfortable cars with amenities provided for passengers, that is, sockets, individual lighting, Internet access and, of course, interior air conditioning, but there are also simple buses devoid of all these benefits.
The cost of travel directly depends on the type of bus chosen; a trip in a modern car will cost 1000-1200 rupees. In addition to the amenities provided, these buses have another advantage - they travel almost non-stop and reach the coast in 10-12 hours.
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A trip on a budget bus will cost from 400 to 500 rupees, the price depends on which route you purchase a ticket for. These buses meander a lot, make stops almost every hour, and are mostly taken by local residents. If you want or need to go to Goa on just such a flight, then it makes sense to purchase a ticket for an evening flight, since most of the journey will be at night, that is, there will be no unbearable heat in the cabin.
There is no air conditioning in budget cars. You can get there by such a bus in 15-18 hours, depending on its route and the duration of the stops. Night flights cost much less and reach Goa in 15-16 hours.
Another option for a bus trip to the coast is an excursion. However, there is no point in considering tourist buses as a means of transport, since the most inexpensive tours from Mumbai to Goa cost from 3,800 rupees, which is more expensive than air travel.
Taxi
Travelers coming to Bombay for the first time already have negative and misconceptions about Indian taxis, just like they do about train travel in this country.
The taxi service in India is organized similarly to the famous London “cabs”. The trip is paid in accordance with the meter readings, and additional remuneration to the driver is at the personal discretion of the passengers.
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Horror stories about taxi drivers charging exorbitant sums of money and weaving along country roads are the stuff of movies, but not real life. To some extent, this idea is true in relation to the services of rickshaws and private cab drivers who work at their own peril and risk without title documents and a license to carry them.
Private cab drivers in Bombay, as in any other city in any country in the world, always ask for an amount that is at least twice the price for which they are willing to take a passenger, so you just need to bargain.
However, there is no point in negotiating with a private owner; a taxi can be ordered in a completely civilized manner, using the Internet or special free pay phones for calling a taxi, which are available at every train station and in every shopping center.
You can do it even simpler: go to the taxi stand, which is marked with the appropriate sign. Only licensed car carriers park in such areas. All cars have distinctive external attributes in the form of traditional and recognizable checkered designs.
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The average cost of a trip is from 1800 to 3000 rupees, the exact price depends on the starting and ending points of the route, since the length of the journey will, of course, be individual.
Bombay and Goa are connected by an equipped “civilized” highway, full of signs, that is, a taxi ride does not imply any turns onto country roads and no upward deviations in the time spent on it. On average, a taxi takes you to the coast in 8-9 hours; in case of poor visibility, the time increases to 10-11 hours.
Video: from Mumbai to the beaches of Goa.
Although there are several options for getting from Mumbai to Goa, the simplest, most economical and convenient at the same time are only two - traveling by train and traveling in a taxi.
Of course, taking a taxi is economical only if there is a company of 3-4 solvent travelers who chip in to pay for the fare. For those traveling in pairs or alone, a taxi will not be a “budget” option, although it will not be the worst way to travel.
It is best to travel with children by train, because of the opportunity to “stretch your legs”, which is not available on buses or in taxis, and because of the availability of sanitary facilities, which is important in this climate. Trains are also best suited for those who have just arrived in the country and need to acclimatize and get used to the local time schedule.
After a 14 hour flight including a layover in Dubai, we finally crawled out of the plane. In the airport toilet, everyone unanimously took off our autumn clothes and put on shorts and T-shirts familiar to southern latitudes. I would like to note that we changed the dollars at the airport, because... there is the most humane course.
At the exit of the building, my friend’s girlfriend was waiting for us, who had already taken care of sliperbuss tickets to the smallest but very popular state of GOA. We had almost the whole day before our night departure, so we decided not to waste time and went to a friend’s house to drop off our things. We chose a deliberately old-fashioned taxi in order to get into the spirit of the Bombay streets. By the way, almost everyone still calls Mumbai Bombay.
In the best Indian driving traditions, the taxi driver, not noticing pedestrians or road signs, rushed us through the noisy streets of Bombay to the flat on Khar Road.
In fact, I expected to see something similar to Moscow, but there were 2 times more cars and people, and 5 times more garbage. The local electric trains were very impressive. Instead of doors, they have handrails screwed into each opening, right in the center, and the Indians, like women on a pylon, spin around it all the way, at the same time sticking out their satisfied faces towards the wind.
This is what the Bombay embankment looks like. Huge stone anti-submarine barriers have been located along the entire coast since the war.
Every resident of this city, seeing a “white monkey”, i.e. starts either staring at you intently, or taking pictures and pestering you with various requests.
Bombay is a city of stunning contrasts. Slums can easily coexist next to high-rise buildings, and near European-type shops, boutiques or villas of the rich, ordinary people wash dishes.
And this is what the central (richest) district of Bombay looks like. The city's business center, private schools and universities, a hospital, and museums are located here.
Actually, we didn’t like Mapusa because there were a lot of people, it was noisy, dusty and very dirty. In the city center there is a large and very cheap market, somewhat reminiscent of the painfully familiar “aprazka” to all St. Petersburg residents. Well, to hell with it, we decided and jumped into a taxi, which took us to Vagator beach in 20 minutes.
Vagator Beach is the very place where the trans movement in GOA was born in the 60s.
Near the beach we easily found a free and very comfortable guest house “Yellow House” and took two double rooms for 400 rupees per day (in December 1000 rupees). If you are not lazy and search, then 200 meters from the beach there is a good guest house called “Grand Banyan”, the rooms there are larger and they cost a hundred less.
So we settled on this wonderful beach for a week and a half.
Bikes and scooters are very popular in India, so we decided not to stand out and took a couple. In GOA, without a bike is like without legs, and a taxi costs quite a lot. The most common models of bikes, Honda Aktivia and Honda Duo, cost 200-250 rupees per day.
On the third day of our stay in GOA, we decided to conquer the top of the former Portuguese Fort Chapora, abandoned since 1890. The fort itself is nothing interesting, but the view from there of Vagator Beach and Morjim is wonderful.
The climb to the fort is quite rocky and I bumped into one of these with the big toe of my right foot. The wound was very deep, and I did not immediately manage to stop the bleeding. The next day I decided to go to the local hospital and was pleasantly surprised. It operates around the clock, and in terms of the quality of service and equipment it will give many of our emergency rooms a boost. In the end, they cleaned the wound, put a bandage on me, gave me an injection against many Indian infections for six months and prescribed antibiotics for four days. The whole thing cost me a thousand rupees. Of course, it would be possible to do without pills, but what the hell is not joking...
The most popular excursions in GOA are a trip to Dudhsagar, a spice plantation and a trip to the old capital of the state. All places can be visited in one day. The whole thing costs, if you negotiate with the locals, 1800 rupees, but our tour operators offer the same thing for 150 bucks.
Waterfall 
Entry to the spice plantation costs 300 rupees, which includes a buffet and a tour in English. For 700 rupees you can ride an elephant, but we thought it was a bit expensive. A few days later, returning to Vagator from Baga beach, we saw an Indian with an elephant among the trees. During the conversation, it turned out that we could come to him the next morning and ride for a modest fee of 100 rupees.
As for nightlife, beach, clubs and bars, in October they are almost all empty. in Vagator the most interesting are the Nain club (9) and the Mango Tree roadside bar. In Mango I met an Englishman who has been living in GOA for forty years. Arriving in Vagator forty years ago, he lost his documents and his return ticket. I had to stay indefinitely. The other had to stay voluntarily. The other one is called Sasha. He is a drug addict and has been living near the garage near the juice center for eight years. Acting in random Bollywood short films in the background and begging. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people like him there.
We spent the rest of the time riding bikes around the northern part of the state and enjoying nature like nothing else we had. We spent our last sunset in GOA on the beach.
Returning to Bombay, we tried to get into various museums, but... It was a weekend and we only got to visit one. Prince of Wales Museum.
I would really like to mention the mixed buffet at the Global Fusion China Gate restaurant. It is located in the western part of Bandra at the intersection of 33 Road and Linking Road. The building is an ordinary European-style shopping complex called Link Square Mall. You go up to the third floor and after the hustle and bustle of Bombay you find yourself in paradise. Four-meter ceilings, Chinese-style interior, friendly and pleasant staff and, of course, excellent food. Upon entering, the pond immediately catches your eye, located in the center of the main hall, in which fish splash. Mostly the cream of Bombay and foreigners frequent the establishment. Entrance costs 1000 rupees. is paid separately. The only thing that is very mediocre there is the sushi.
When people talk about India, one of the associations that comes to mind is Indian trains. For some reason, we naively imagined that a few days before departure we would easily and simply buy tickets from Goa to Mumbai and travel calmly. But it was not there…
It was possible to buy tickets only on the Waiting list, and this does not at all guarantee that you will have at least some seats on the train. But Sergei will talk separately about the features of buying tickets for Indian trains. Meanwhile, we thought and thought and decided that we would go by bus.
You can buy a bus ticket in India, just like a train ticket, in several ways:
Having considered all the options, we gave preference to high technology, especially since this approach allows you to pay and accumulate miles. But the same nuance surfaced: it turns out that not every Indian website allows you to pay for something with a card from a foreign (non-Indian) bank. Even on the website Cleartrip.com, through which we bought tickets for Indian trains, it is no longer possible to pay for bus tickets (there must be a joke about Indian programmers here ☺). After trying three or four services, we finally found it, meet - BusIndia.com
Buses on the site are presented in different types: large and small, seated and slippers. By the way, we were with slippers last year, during our trip to. This was one of the very first and most vivid impressions, especially in contrast with.
But here our Goan friends very much intimidated us with them: they say that instead of them they can give us an ordinary, battered bus, and they will take 2 times more money (we already had one, so we didn’t want to repeat such an experience at all), and we wouldn’t sleep in them perhaps you fly off the shelves, and many other horrors.
Therefore, we decided to give preference to a classic seated bus. We chose a bus that was suitable for time and price, the name of the company Fernandes Tour and bus type: 2+2 MultiAxel Volvo Seater A/C. I’m giving the full name of the bus type for a reason, as it turned out to be very useful knowledge, but more on that below. Ticket price is 600 rupees per person, plus a small commission. Distance to Mumbai from Mapsa is 600 km. Much cheaper per kilometer than in Russia or China. After payment, I received this shameful ticket by email:
On the appointed day, we arrived at the station in advance and began to wait. Periodically, buses arrived, stopped in front of signs with their names, boarded passengers and set off. Walking around the square, we discovered that there was no sign with our company anywhere - bad luck. But a little research on the Internet told us that he should stop near the company sign Neeta Tours. OK. We stand and wait.
All buses arrive 5-10 minutes before departure, our time is about to come, but Herman still doesn’t have a bus. There was a slight panic - I didn’t want to get stuck here, especially since Mumbai had already booked a hotel in the area we needed at a good price (this is a very difficult condition to fulfill for Mumbai), I didn’t want to lose my reservation. We decided that, as a last resort, we would buy another ticket and leave anyway.
As they say, language will take you to Kyiv, and in our case, to Mumbai ☺. Thank the colonialists that the majority of Indians speak English. After talking a little with representatives of travel agencies who had never heard of any Fernandes Tour and tried to sell us their tickets. With grief in half, we nevertheless determined that we should look for a bus Naik. Moreover, they were identified by the type of bus: large Volvo with a double rear axle... Yep, that one MultiAxel(axle - shaft, axis, spindle).
Ok, let's look for something similar. Then we stupidly approached every more or less suitable bus and asked them if they were going to Mumbai. And then a bus arrived, which Fernandes Tours I didn’t hear either, but I was traveling to Mumbai, and the printout with the list of passengers even included our last names. Hooray!!!
True, we found out all this virtually on the run, almost skipping behind the bus. Since he, according to the good Indian tradition, did not even think about stopping, he simply slowed down and everyone loaded into him as he went. So we haven’t gotten on the bus yet. Extremely ☺. Naturally, there was no talk of putting things in luggage - I can’t imagine how to throw them into the luggage compartment while moving and not break anything. Fortunately, the backpacks are small, and there is a lot of space between the rows - everything fits perfectly under the seat.
As soon as we sat down and somehow fit our things, the bus stopped at a gas station and for another 15 minutes everyone put things in the trunk, took their seats and picked up those who were late. Tree sticks! At least someone would have warned that you can easily load onto the bus here and you don’t have to worry about your things, you can put everything away at the bus stop. But we didn’t change anything: how we settled down, that’s how we settled down.
We were the only Europeans on the bus, everyone else was Indian and mostly men. I was surprised that they turned out to be very organized comrades: at the green stops they got back on the bus in advance, didn’t wait for anyone, didn’t get lost anywhere - well done ☺
On the way, we were shown some masterpiece of the Indian film industry. In a nutshell, I will retell the simple plot of a Bollywood drama with elements of a musical and comedy demonstrated along the way. The main character, a poor auto mechanic, falls in love with a rich girl and tries in every possible way to impress her. All this with fiery songs, dances and tears (almost like in). A happy ending is required, at the end everyone cries, even the stern driver and steward of the bus ☺. As far as we understand from the posters, 90% of all films have very similar plot lines.
Our miracle bus was supposed to arrive in Mumbai at 6 am, but in India you start to take a philosophical view of the concept of time: a couple of hours later, a couple of hours earlier - what difference does it really make? The condition after a long bus trip leaves much to be desired, but we have to gather our will, remember that we are travelers and go get to know the city, especially since we will check into the hotel no earlier than 12:00 anyway.
