I''l be visiting goa in Jan and staying at Romance Coco beach Huts at Agonda, any suggections for sight seeing/activities near Agonda? other than the usual North and South Goa tour by cab, looking for something unique
You can try and go on a Spice farms tour. I don't remember the name of the farm we accidentally stumbled upon but those guys had a huge estate and even showed a 400 yr old ancestral house. Dudhsagar falls are also nice from what I have heard. We got lost trying to find Dudhsagar falls and ended up in an area next to the mining district. There were cashew forests and awesome roads and a few waterfalls over there different from Dudhsagar. Needless to say, best mistake ever. Came across that spice farm on this mistaken trip only.
I loved just renting a car and using GPS to go wherever we want and found it is the best way to explore and enjoy. Those cab tours are far boring and I wish renting a car was as easy in other tourist spots in India as it was in Goa.
Normally I drive to goa and stay in south Goa. Either Hyatt or Taj exotica or Kenilworth or zuri white sands. Those have the best beaches at walking distance.