Be a time traveller strolling through these Portugese heritage hous...

Goa ~Smallest state in India famous for its dynamic beaches,parties,alcohol and various other fun activities.This is what comes into everyones mind when thinking of Goa.
But we wanted something different from this.Luckily me and my other half are not very beachy persons.Then why did we visit Goa??
Well Goa also has a preserved collection of places that remind of the old Portugese Goa.Our main focus was on visiting places like that.
After some google search we decided to visit two places of that kind.
The first one was the Portugese Heritage house known as Araujo Alvares in Loutolim nearby Big Foot museum.

The guide will split you into groups and take around the house.There will be audio guide in each room as well as further explanation will be given by your guide.

The most interesting feature of the house is this window.The panels are oyester shells for reducing heat inside the house.Many of it seem lost or broken.

Almost all of the room was packed with antique furnitures and handicraft.

Horse shoe shaped key holder and deer head.

A palanquin owned by the inmates of the house. A pole will be attatched on the top and will be carried by servants.Thats the way the elite class travelled in those days!!!

Too much antiquity in one picture??

Dusty but the coat is classy

The narrow and long dining hall whic showed how big the family was or the warm hospitality of the family.How I wished to dine under that chandlier and the huge windows.*Sigh

Their enormous collection of wine glasses and barrel !!

Smokeless fire herth for cooking.Quite advanced.And the metal oven reminds me of the one in Jurassic Park movie in which the girl enters to escape from a dino.But smaller.What a weird comparision do I have!!!

Loved those beautiful spoons.I have a thing for beautiful looking kitchen utensils.Sometimes I watch cookery shows just to have a look at the beautiful pots and pans😁

Another interesting thing found was a collection of Ganesh idols.Sadly I can't remember the story behind this collection.

This is the entrance of the house seeing which made me immediately home sick.There was something about it which made me remember the warmth of our home.

The second house we visited was Menezes Braganca house in Chador.

This was a huge mansion of a once rich Goan family .
Sadly the now caretaker didn't allow any photography inside of the house.She said that people made duplicates of the furnitures by looking at the photographs and was selling it as highly priced antiques in the name of house.
To be frank this was was an exceptionally beautiful house comparing with the other one.
The house had its own ball room and chapel.All the rooms were preserved as such.It was really like time travelling and living a day in those era.
The matron of the house said how difficult it was to maintain such a huge house with not much fund.A lot of servants was also required to help with the maintenance.
One part of the mansion is not open to visitors as the current generation of the family still resides in the there.
We were the only visitor at that time.She was very happy that we visited and it was obvious not many people visited it.She enquired us how we found out about the house and all.

Entry to the house was free but in the end she showed us a box and requested to make any donation which would help her to maintain the house.

Am sharing the only photographs I have of the outside view of the house.
That is the entrance.You can ring the bell and enter the house.Don't judge by the main door.The inside world is entirely different.You won't regret it.
If you are visiting South Goa do pay a visit.

Well this is my better half who is now waiting to get verified to enter steemit😉
Its better to rent a bike to wander in Goa.We did got lost a looot trusting those google maps😁But in the end it only add to the memories.