Dona Paula Beach is nestled on the southern side of the rocky hammer-shaped headlands that divide the Zuari and Mandovi estuaries. Providing a good view of the Mormugao harbor, this beach is fringed by palm trees and casuarina groves. This place is called the Lovers Paradise due to a myth that has been attached to this place. There are many legends associated with this beach, the most famous is that, the daughter of a former Portuguese Governor of Goa, Dona Paula de Menzes (after whom the beach of Dona Paula is named) threw herself onto the rocks beneath the cliffs when refused permission to marry a local fisherman, Gaspar Dias. But in the historical records, Dona Paula is not a romantic figure but a historical figure. She was the daughter of a Sri Lankan Governor and her family arrived in Goa in 1644. Her husband was Dom Antonio Souto Maior. Another legend says that punished for captivating Francisco de Tavora, the Count of Alvor with her charm the Viceroy's daughter was pushed off a cliff to drown in the waters below. Her irrepressible spirit still continues to haunt every visitor with legends of her lovers. She is even supposed to have been seen emerging from moonlit waves wearing only a pearl necklace. Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034890909/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034892295/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035729826/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034894035/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035731602/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035732616/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034897089/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034899307/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034898155/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035736746/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034900975/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3034902025/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035740036/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035740912/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3035741756/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3036541773/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3036541779/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3036572967/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/3036572977/sizes/o/ "Sonso aplem donuim kan dolleancher hadta anik somzota kim sounsar damplo mhunn"