Gardens & Parks of North Goa
Pascoal Spice Village : 
is
located near the village of Khandepar, 8 kms northeast of Ponda National Highway
(NH) 4A. the lower end of the property is bounded by tributary of the Mandovi
River and rises in elevation towards the hills of the interior. Spices are the
indispensable ingredients of Goa’s well known “chillie hot cussine”.
They are still grown in Goa on large income plantations along with other income
producing crops of areca nuts, cashew nuts, coconuts, tropical fruit, etc. These
plantations have manage to combine spices and tourism in a unique and favourable
way one of the first plantations to realize this potential was Pascoal Spice
Village.
This idyllic screnc setting coupled with a wide variety of spice plants and
cash crops is interspersed with a restaurant, cottages, open-air party half,
boating, nursery, a wide variety of flowering plants, shrubs, fountains and
farm animals.
The spices grown and sold here are Black Pepper, Netmeg, Mace. Cinnamon Cardamom,
Turmeric, Ginger and All Spice.
Rustic Plantation : is situated on the extreme North-East of Goa at Dongurli
village, Thane, Valpoi, Sattari. The Plantation is a rejuvenating experience
of a lifetime. Nestled in a vallery amidst verdant mountains with grossy expanses,
lush green fruit bearing trees and gurling rivulets, Rustic Plantation is the
gateway one looks for.
Savoi Plantation Spice of Life : is located at Savoi Ponda, 25 kms from
Panaji and 15 kms from Ponda. Oldest tropical plantation with intercrops. One
can see the rural setting of interior Goan Traditional methods of Organic Farming
. Crops like Coconuts, Betel nuts, pineapples, spices and many more. A walk
in the plantation with local person briefing you about the nature (crops, roots,
herbs). Experience the typical Goan Hindu Cuisine served in Mud Pots with Banana
Leaf. On the way to Savoi Plantation one can visit Cashewnut Factory, Ananta(Vishnu-the
Presever of Universe)Temple party in water.
