
Udvada (Parsi Atash Behram Town)
Udvada, Gujarat, India
The holiest Zoroastrian site outside Iran — the Iranshah fire burning since 1742, in a lane-town of sagging Parsi mansions and legendary bakery breakfasts.
Why visit: A flame older than the USA, and the world's most charming sacred village.
- ›Iranshah exterior & lanes
- ›Zoroastrian museum
- ›Globe biscuits & mawa cakes
- ›Sea-lane sunsets
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Best time
Oct–Mar (temple entry Parsis only; town for all)
Entry fee
Free; museum ₹50
Est. budget
₹300–800
Duration
Half day
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Mirasol Lake Garden & Water Park
Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
A lakeside leisure complex of water-park slides, garden lawns, a resort and boating — the big-splash family destination near Devka.
Devka Beach
Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Nani Daman's rocky-and-sand northern beach with an amusement park, fountain garden, resorts and a lively evening promenade.
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.

Our Lady of the Sea Church, Nani Daman
Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
The sailors' church within St Jerome's fort — whitewashed, sea-facing, its feast the heart of Nani Daman's Catholic Koli community.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.
Moti Daman Fort
Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
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.

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.

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.