About 600 km south of Mumbai, situated on the slopes of the Western Ghats (Sahyadri ranges). 

By Rail - Goa is accessible from Mumbai, Delhi, Rajkot, Mangalore, Cochin and Trivandrum by the coastal Konkan Railway. The Mumbai-Madgaon Express connects Goa with Mumbai. The South Central Railways also connect Goa with Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Secunderabad. Railway station: There are two main railway stations in Goa at Vasco Da Gama (Tel: 512 833) and Margao (Madgaon), Tel: 732 255. For those visiting Calangute and Mapusa, the convenient station is Thivim; and for Panaji it is Karma.

By Road - Good motorable roads connect Goa with all the major towns in India via NH 4A, 17 and 17A. Luxury coaches and sleepers leave Mumbai (from Metro Cinema and Bandra Talao) for Goa in the afternoon, reaching there early next morning. The 600 km journey takes roughly 10 hours. Besides, private bus operators in Goa and state transport corporations such as Kadamba and Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation also operate services to Goa from neighbouring places. Bus terminus: Kadamba is the Goa Transport Corporation, which runs buses from its bus terminals located in Panjim, Mapusa and Madgaon. Buses operate from here to local as well as outstation places.

By Air - IA, AI, Alliance Air, Jet and Sahara have flights to and from Goa. Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin and Pune are all connected to Goa by air. Airport: The Dabolim Airport (Tel: 0854-512 644) is located 29 km south of Panaji (formerly Panjim), near Vasco Da Gama.

Goa is well connected by airline services to most major cities in India. All flights, national and international, to and from Goa, operate from the Goa Airport at Dabolim near the port town of Vasco-da-Gama.

The airport is about 30 kms from the capital city of Panaji and is owned by the Indian Navy. Major airline operators such as Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines have flights carrying passengers and cargo in and out of Goa. Besides these, a number of chartered flights land in Goa from UK and other European countries. The national airline Air India also lands a few international flights, especially from the Gulf countries.

Most of the local airlines have a contact phone number in the city as well as at the airport where the latest information about flight status is always available. The list of phone numbers is available in the travel services section of the website.

It is advisable to book your tickets well in advance, especially during the high peak tourist season of October to January when most flights run full. It is also essential to re-confirm your flight timings at least 24 hours before departure.

Most major international airlines usually have agreements with one or more of their domestic counterparts in India, so if you are arriving from abroad it is possible to book your onward domestic flight at the same time as you pay for your international ticket.