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Know Ahmedabad,
the largest city in Gujarat in just one day

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Itinerary

	City	Itinerary
1	Ahmedabad	• Fly to Bagdogra (West Bengal) by a morning flight. • A private car pickup from anywhere at Ahmedabad (airport, hotel, or home) • Start your day with the old city of Ahmedabad by visiting Jama Masjid (Friday mosque), the relief of Sidi Saiyad Mosque and sightseeing of historical places like Dada Hari Ki Vav and Sabarmati Ashram • Break for Gujarat Thali lunch in the House of MG, a demanded hotel in the old city area. • Post lunch visit the true architecture talent in buildings designed by the architect Le Corbusier like Mill Owners's Association Building or Sanskar Kendra. • Then we drop you to your requested place anywhere in Ahmedabad. Meals offered：Lunch

**In case your trip falls on the day when one of these monuments is closed, then it would visited the next day
**Monuments remain closed on –
• Mill Owners' Association Building - Saturdays, Sundays and Indian holidays
• Sanskar Kendra - Mondays and Indian holidays

Price per person (Excluding the air fare to / from Ahmedabad)

Number of people	Price (INR)
4	Please contact us.
3
2
1

**Air tickets can be arranged on request based on best available airfare.
** 5.0% government service tax would be applicable on the prices above.
 ** The prices above are valid from October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. For other dates, kindly contact us.
** Additional charges would be applicable if you plan your trip during Diwali, Christmas, year-end and New Year holidays. Kindly contact us for best quotes.

 

Above mentioned prices are inclusive of:

• Local English speaking guide | Private car and its driver as mentioned in the itinerary | Entrance fee for the monuments mentioned in the itinerary | Meals - BF: 0, LN: 1, DN: 0 | Parking fees etc.

Above mentioned prices are exclusive of:

• Air fares for round trip between Delhi and Ahmedabad | ersonal expenses - drinks, phone calls, laundry, medicine etc. | Tips to the guide and driver

 

Our way of tripping

Get to see the oldest but fastest growing city in the state of Gujarat.
In one day you could get to see historical building and stepwells with unbelievable Architectural talent of those times like those of architect Corbusier. In spite of getting modernized day by day, the old relics and culture of the city are preserved beautifully.
We get you permissions to visit the purely stylish architecture in buildings designed by the master of modern architecture Le Corbusier like Mill Owners's Association Building or Sanskar Kendra.
Another admiring architecture is that of the iconic stepwells seen in old Gujarat like that of Dada Hari Ki Vav in the suburbs of Ahmedabad. Gujarat offers ideal weather conditions of high temperature and low precipitation for the stepwells to be developed and with sculptures of Hindu deities on its walls; these stepwells don’t really look like wells but another reflection of true art.
As add-ons, you get to see places associated with the father of the nation – “Mahatma Gandhi and get to enjoy diverse Guajarati cuisines.

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  The House of MG

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  A Gujarat thali

Saiyu India Gujarat

Saiyu India has long been established in Ahmedabad since 2003 and has been arranging trips in Gujarat for many years now. All the Gujarat plans are led by Mr. Gautam who plans and executes them and our Ahmedabad branch is at its toes to answer any of its customer's enquiries. We also entertain customized trip requests like trips to textile arts, experiencing the local ethnic lifestyle, visiting the ruins of the Indus civilization and the inspection of companies. Mr Gautam with his extensive experience has made Saiyu India famous in Japan for the "Gujarat journeys".

Gujarat specific notification

Permissions to visit buildings designed by Corbusier

Immediate tours to visit these buildings cannot be arranged as it takes one week to seek permission and complete the formalities

Dry State

Since Gujarat is a dry state, alcohol consumption is not allowed in public places. Though you can purchase it from licensed shops during its time of working and consume it in your respective rooms. If you intend to buy these, you can inform us beforehand so that we inform the guide.  Your passport, Indian visa and the entry stamp would also be required.

The admired wonders..!!!

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is the largest city of Gujarat state with rapid growth and exceeding population predicted to cross 6 million soon. It is the only dry state in the country. It was built in 1411 by Ahmed Shah I, the then sultan of Gujarat, after whom this city was named. Due to its extremely refined policies and operations, it has been attracting numerous foreign companies. Ahmedabad is the birth city of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation and is also a hub of traditional Islamic architecture like stepwells with old remains.

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  Dada Hari Ni Vav
  Many "stepwells" are found in Gujarat or Rajasthan, where people constantly face shortage of water. This is a very artistic stepwell with sophisticated sculptures on its wall and is extremely cold from the inside.

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  Teen Darwaza - Three consecutive gates
  

  It is an array of three consecutive gates standing on the east side of Bhadra Fort and called as Teen Darwaza. It was built for the kings of those times to watch if people are walking in line to Jama Masjid.

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  Sidi Saiyad Mosque
  This mosque is popular for its beautiful stone openwork and was built in 1573 by Sidi Saiyad, who was a slave to Ahmed Shah.

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  Jama Masjid (Friday mosque)
  It is the largest mosque in Ahmedabad built by Ahmed Shah in 1423. There are 15 domes of different heights supported by as many as 260 pillars. To signify the importance of material for Hindu or Jain temple, there were sculptures of the lotus flower or the Vajra carved on the pillars of this mosque.

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  Sanskar Kendra
  

  Designed by Le Corbusier and built in 1985. It is one of the 3 museums designed by him, the others being Chandigarh Museum and National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, Japan. It displays the history and culture of Ahmedabad including kites that are extremely popular there.

   

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  Mill Owners' Association Building
  It was built in 1954 and designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier and is considered to be one of "the three great masters of modern architecture", This building is designed to work without electricity maintaining complete harmony between light, wind and nature.