Visit the historic church in Old Goa this Christmas season

Apart from beaches, Goa is famous for churches. The Basilica of Bom Jesus in old Goa is one of the oldest churches in India and it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is still one of the best tourist destination in the city. The basilica holds the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier, still attract a huge number of devotees from all over the world, especially during the public viewing of his body every ten years. The holy relics of the saint are displayed every ten years during the anniversary of the saint's death while the church holds paintings of scenes taken from the life of St. Francis Xavier.

During the Christmas season, this church gets flooded with thousands of devotees from every corner of the world. All the roads lead to old Goa keeping the Christmas festival in mind. Tourists plan to visit this church but being the peak season, transport providers will be cashing the opportunity and increase the transport fares without prior notice. And so much to the disappointment, quite a few call of their plan and reschedule it to visit some other time. Well, what should tourists or common man do when transportation becomes expensive? The names is carpooling. Tourists just need to find a car in which car-owners will be travelling alone. They can share the travel costs and thus reach the destination sooner, faster and safer. The travel cost would completely depend on the car-owner and if quotes high fare, a tourist or traveler can have many options, as every person who ride alone can carpool. CoYatri is the new age inter-city carpooling platform that connects travelers with car-owners and vice versa. Users need to register with CoYatri to get access to car-owners or travelers. The holidaymakers can find ride from any place to anywhere in the country which means if a traveler fails to get a reservation, he/she need not worry as carpool is here to solve the commute problems.