Sao Tome and Fontainhas are quaint reminisces of the old world Portuguese charm that is associated with the waltz, cha cha cha and the tango and still attracts everyone with the magical allure of what is still in good measure the Portuguese lifestyle. May be the small little houses of Portuguese architectural genres as well as the people who inhabit this charming environs with Portuguese being spoken in many of these old abodes. The music that one hears now is a fusion of the romantic Portuguese love songs along with the English ballads of yore that can be heard as you take a walk through this charming little Latin Quarter, still till today wrapped in magical resplendence, which has a magnetic attraction. Two chapels that exist there, the Sao Tome and the Sao Sebastiao are both reminders of the Portuguese influence which has moulded the character of this Latin Quarter. If you enter some of these old houses, the old Portuguese furniture still embellishes and holds you spell bound along with the chimes of enticing music which adds to the allure of this quaint little corner of Panaji.
