🏛️ Historical📍 Heritage🌄 Viewpoint

Moti Daman Fort

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India

4.5 (0)

Overview

The 'big' 16th-century Portuguese fort enclosing an entire old town — ramparts over the Damanganga, ten bastions, the Bom Jesus church, secretariat and lighthouse within.

Why visit: A whole Portuguese town inside star-shaped walls — Daman's grand set-piece.

History: Built from 1559; the walls still ring a living quarter of churches and offices.

Things to do

›Rampart circuit
›Bom Jesus church
›Lighthouse
›River-gate views

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–400

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

0.2 km

🛕 Religious

4.4

Bom Jesus Church, Moti Daman

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The 1603 Church of Bom Jesus inside Moti Daman fort — a gilded, intricately carved altar-screen of saints and cherubs, one of the finest in Portuguese India.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

0.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.1

Dominican Monastery Ruins, Moti Daman

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The roofless shell of a 17th-century Dominican college and church within the fort — carved arches and an inscribed 'Rosary' portal open to the sky.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

0.3 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.1

Portuguese Daman Food & Feni Trail

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The Indo-Portuguese table of the coast — fiery prawn balchão, sorpotel, seafood xacuti and toddy-and-liquor lore in Daman's old Catholic quarters.

Oct–MarOngoingExplore

0.5 km

🍲 Local Experience

3.9

Damanganga Riverfront & Tourist Complex

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The developed riverside walk between the two forts — boating, gardens, food stalls and the daily ferry-boat crossing of the Damanganga.

Oct–Mar; evenings1–2 hrsExplore

0.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem🌄 Viewpoint

4.1

Daman Lighthouse & Moti Daman Jetty

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The old and new lighthouses on the Moti Daman rampart over the river mouth — a fishing jetty of painted boats below and the fort walls glowing at dusk.

Oct–Mar; sunset1–2 hrsExplore

0.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.0

Jama Masjid & Kachigam Daman

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Daman's central Jama Masjid and the tank-and-shrine quarter of Kachigam — the everyday devotional life of the town beyond the forts.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

0.9 km

📍 Family

4.0

Satya Sagar Udyan (Mirror Maze Park)

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

A riverside amusement garden with a mirror maze, musical fountain, toy train and boating — Daman's favourite family evening out.

Oct–Mar; evenings2–3 hrsExplore

1 km

🏛️ Historical

4.3

Nani Daman Fort (St Jerome's Fort)

Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The 'small' 1627 fort across the river — a carved St Jerome gateway of giant stone figures, the Our Lady of the Sea church within and river-mouth views to the jetty.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

1 km