Access

 

By air:

You can take a flight to Goa, Vasco airport. Then take the bus to Mapusa. Or there are prepaid taxis from 800 rupees which should take you to Vagator beach from the airport.

By train:

The nearest station is Tivim (pronounced Teebeam) 20 kms away. From Mumbai or anywhere south from Bengalore to Karnataka district take the Mangal Express (not the Goa Express!). Then take a prepaid taxi to Vagator beach (fare approx. 500 rupees) or local bus to Mapusa (10 rupees).

By bus:

There is a daily bus leaving from Mumbai which stops in Mapusa. A prepaid taxi ride to the Barga bus station is about  300 rupees.

From Mapusa take the local bus to Baga which will cost you 10 rupees. Stop at the Green Bar at the crossroads. Then walk up to Vagator beach which is about 1km.

Þ A rickshaw ride Mapusa-Vagator beach should cost you between 100 and 150 rupees (depending on your haggling skills!).

Þ A taxi from Mapusa to Vagator is 200 to 250 rupees

Þ NOTE: there are no local buses to Vagator running after 8.00pm

 

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Right: Vagator beach and the fort on the hill in the background view from the car park.

Left: Chapura fort seen from the gompa north of the house.

 

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Medicine Buddha House

peace and healing for spiritual growth

How to find us

Location Map

 

We can be a little difficult to find but that is the beauty of Medicine Buddha House.

We are next to the building marked “library”, behind Sterling beach resort.  It is on the path from the road to the fort through the woods.

If you are arriving in Vagator, ask any local person for the Old Ashram, near the Chapura fort.