Grandmother's Hole Beach — Attraction in undefined

An absolute jewel of a beach, Grandmothers Hole Beach is rather oddly named but does wow you with its clean, white sand, clean water and some amazing views. You enter the beach from a hilltop children garden called the Japanese Garden from where you have a clear view of the beach (and the Arabian Sea). If the viewpoint from the garden is not enough for you, stroll down the stairs that go down to the beach through a fort like structure. The climb down takes around 10-15 minutes (Roughly the same when coming up too) and apart from the calm often empty beach you also have a temple on the shore (with some benches) and some fishermen houses. I just sat in the shade of the temple soaking in the white noise of the bristling coconut trees and the ocean. Having visited the place in summers a few tips, make sure you carry sunscreen, a cap/ hat, sunglasses and keep your hands covered to protect yourself from the sun and most of all keep the...

After wandering through the Japanese garden, I needed a swim 🏊‍♂️ in the ocean.

There's plenty of undulating stairs down to the beach which is only a couple of hundred meters. Once at the beach, the first thing I noticed was all the filth and rubbish strewn all over the place. I walked up and down the beach trying to find a spot to sit (not near rubbish) and I turned around and left.

Pretty disappointed with the amount of rubbish in and out of the water, and the people sitting around not bothered to clean any of this up.

This beach could be a fantastic beach - it has so much potential. Just clean it up and I'm sure the visitors will come.

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The beach is clean and for most part of the year does not have many visitors. A small temple that of Shree Durgamata Shiv is located along the way down to the beach. Also located on the cliffs above the beach is the Japanese garden, which quite surprisingly does not live up to its east asian name at all. Contrastingly the garden looks to be a typical well kept garden in India with roses being the most common plant here. The cliffs surrounding the beach once had the walls of the Marmagao fort along its edges. Today most of the walls have eroded away with time and one can barely find significant traces of...