Bardez is the site of the legislature of Goa, in the southern parish village of Penha de França (Britona), in Serula.

Other famous sites are the Fort Aguada, the beaches of Candolim, Sinquerim, Calangute, Baga, Anjuna, and Vagator villages, the hilltop monastery and boarding school of Monte Guirim, which was restored by Padre Luna after Pombal's devastation, the village communities of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da França, Siolim, Moira, Porvorim, Colvale, Saligao, and Sangolda, to name but the most prominent.

Goa's Indian Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and St Xavier's College, Mapusa are located in Bardez.

Bardes is famous as the birthplace of Rev Fr Agnelo de Souza, who is expected be recognised for sainthood in the near future.

According to the 2011 Census of India, 68.60% of the population of Bardez Taluka spoke Konkani, 9.95% Marathi, 7.88% Hindi, 3.57% Kannada, 2.04% English and 1.78% Urdu as their first language.