Mapusa isn’t really the place to shop, unless it is for fresh fish and seafood, vegetables, fruits, spices or household needs. The fascinating Mapusa market is the place for all those – and savvy housewives do all their shopping here. But for tourists and the kind of stuff they like to buy, the weekly flea market at Anjuna beach is the place to shop for sovenirs.

Over the years, the Anjuna flea market has graduated from a small time affair to an event and has become the place to hunt down bargains in traditional Goan furniture, handicrafts, antiques, some genuine, others not.

While handicrafts from all over India aresold by vendors on the beach, local crafts made from from bamboo, straw or grass, woodwork, pottery and metal ware are available everywhere as are cotton sarongs, skirts, drawstring trousers, t-shirts, wide brimmed straw hats and bags, trinkets of shells and beads. Please don’t forget to bargain, as most items exorbitantly priced, and competitive bargaining can lead to some very good deals!