This could be a fun way to start the tour of Old Goa. Walk northwards for 5 minutes from the Mahatma Gandhi Circle, crossing Church of St. Cajetan to your right and this archway to reach a pier from where free ferries do the rounds to Divar Island. You would reach the exact spot where the Portuguese made their way into the city. Well, unless you are headed to the island, turn around and you will easily spot the Viceroy Arch. This monument marks the Portuguese conquest of the city. The top of the arch has a statue of Vasco Da Gama, with a knife drawn in his right hand. When Francisco Da Gama became the Viceroy towards the end of the 16th century, he commissioned this arch with a statue of his great grandfather atop it. When you cross the archway, do not forget to observe the eastern wall that has a record about this while the western wall records Portugal's liberation from Spain.

As you cross the archway, turn around to see the monument from its southern end and you will be able to observe another statue atop the arch. ASI's plaque qualifies it as the statue of Argonaut. As per Greek mythology, this would remind sailors on their way out of the city of a risky but rewarding sea journey.