Calangute beach in Goa was initially the ideal hang out for hippies. However, with time everything changed except glistening golden sand and sun of this beach area. Extending over 4 miles and enveloped with palm trees, Calangute beach area has now become popular for Calangute Market Square.

The Calangute beach expanse is now teeming with shacks, hawkers trading sarongs, astrologers or fortune-tellers waiting curiously to read the fortune of the tourists and many others. In fact, Calangute Market Square is a perfect place to shop souvenirs, metal crafts, leather items, clothes and jewelry. In Calangute Market Square ethnic Goan, national and international products are easily available.

The Kerkar Art Complex located within a very short distance of the beach displays Goanese handicrafts and arranges for Classical Indian music on Thursdays and Fridays at the Complex.

In fact the Saturday bazaar organized in the Calangute Market Square offers unparalleled opportunities for shopping to the visitors. Being here you can shop the best ever textiles and clayware. And to help you stay longer, fish, meat, and grocery are also available in the market.

At the Calangute Market Square Tibetan market is also there. Besides, to purchase carpets, embroidery, and other Kashmiri merchandises it is the best place as many Kashmiri merchants come here frequently.