A Walk Through Fontainhas, Goa's Old Latin Quarter

Fontainhas is the oldest Latin Quarter in Goa, close to the hustle and bustle of central Panjim city but cut off from the din. On the streets of Fontainhas, flanked by brightly coloured houses that have a strong Portuguese influence in their architecture, you feel transported to another part of the world—the tiny neighbourhood could have been a quaint part of Europe; only the occasional sight of borderline squalor is a reminder that this is India.