Daman & Diu - Places of Interest

Diu Town
Diu Town is protected by the fort  in   the east and a wall in the west. One of the grandest of town’s distinctive Portuguese mansions is on Makata Road. It is hidden in the mesh of narrow streets that wind through the residential Old Portuguese district. Fisher folk make daily trips from the north coast by wooden boats. A few churches built by the former European inhabitants are still used although the Christian population is diminishing. The Church of St. Thomas is now a museum which lies to the north of St, Pauls where beneath its high ceilings and painted arches Portuguese mass is conducted. The General Post Office is next to the High Court on the High Court Road.

Nani Daman & Moti Daman
In Nani Daman the Seaface Road is most active. The beach here is worth visiting around sunset. The street by rows of hotels, seedy bars and IMFL (Indian Made Foreign Liquor) stores. The open-air farmer’s market is more picturesque where on weekday mornings women sit beside the piles of fresh flowers, spices, fruit and vegetables. In the leafy colonial compound of the Moti Daman across the river encompasses the town’s most impressive monuments. Churches in Moti Daman ranks among the oldest and best preserved monuments in Asia. The grandest of them all is the Se Cathedral (Church of Bom Jesus. On the opposite side of the square is the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary which is crammed with ornate wood-work. A small cottage to next to the northern (sea) gate was once the home of the 18th century Portuguese poet Bocage.