Shopping in Daman and Diu

Cottage Emporia: For stone, metal and shell crafts is suitable for swimming and a variety of water sports. There is also a small seashell museum, displaying a large number of crustacean shells, corals, fish and marine life from all over the world, collected by a retired Merchant Navy captain.

Sasan Gir: 95 km from Diu, many rate this as one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Sasan Gir has been the only home of the beleaguered Asiatic Lion since 1914. The park has more than 300 lions in an area of 1,412 sq km and a core area of 260 sq km. w Somnath: A temple town housing one of the 12 Shiva jyotrilingas. Legend says the temple first appeared in gold, at the behest of the Sun God; then in silver at the behest of the Moon God; and in stone when it was rebuilt by Bhim.

Fudam: One of the five satellite villages that form part of the territory, this settlement resembles a beautiful Mediterranean village. Surprisingly, there are only women, children and old people in this village:all the young men have migrated to Lisbon!