Traditional workshop · Panjim, Goa
Embrechados — Indo-Portuguese shell mosaic
Learn the rare Goan art of embrechados and set your own panel of shell, stone and porcelain to take home.
Organised by CIPA
- Per person
- On enquiry
- Group
- 1–10 guests
Pick your date
Mon–Sat · 11 am or 4 pm
Choose a slot that suits your trip — CIPA confirms it when you book.
Booking by CIPA
Mon–Sat · 11 am or 4 pm
Why you'll love it
- A rare Indo-Portuguese craft few visitors ever try
- Make and keep your own shell-and-porcelain panel
- Small groups of 1–10, solo travellers welcome
- Morning or afternoon slots, Monday to Saturday
What you'll do
Embrechados is a decorative craft Goa inherited from Portugal and made its own: patterns pressed into lime plaster using seashells, pebbles and shards of broken porcelain. You'll spot it on old church façades, garden grottos and the walls of grand Goan houses — and almost nobody still makes it.
At CIPA in Panjim you'll learn how the motifs are laid out and set, then build a small panel of your own. It's slow, absorbing work and a lovely souvenir — something you made, in a style you won't find in a shop.
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