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Ahmedabad one day sightseeing - Gujarati architecture program

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Itinerary

	City	Itinerary
1	Ahmedabad	The private car will pick you up at anywhere in Ahmedabad (the airport, your hotel or home etc.). Visit Mill Owners' Association Building and Sanskar Kendra designed by the architect Le Corbusier, and Indian Institute of Management designed by the architect Louis Kahn. Enjoy Gujarat thali for lunch in the House of MG, a heritage hotel in the old city. In the afternoon visit Dada Hari Ni Vav and Adalaj Vav built with the traditional architecture of Gujarat. Then send you to a requested place in Ahmedabad. ** If this day falls on a closing day of a monument as below, the monument cannot be visited, but in that case you may be able to visit another monument. Please ask us. 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
• Indian Institute of Management: Saturdays, Sundays and Indian holidays
• Sanskar Kendra - Mondays and Indian holidays

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

The price does not include the airfares from the cities in India to Ahmedabad.  If you want to buy the air tickets, we could offer the best rates’ on the day

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 | Other expenses; 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 special permissions and visit the buildings designed by the master of modern architecture Le Corbusier
Ahmedabad is said to be one of the centers of modern architecture. In this tour you get the permissions and visit the buildings designed by Corbusier such as Mill Owners's Association Building or Sanskar Kendra.
The beauty of architecture of the stepwell in Gujarat
You will visit the two stepwells of Dada Hari Ni Vav and Adalaj Vav in the suburbs of Ahmedabad. In Gujarat stepwells are well developed due to its climate of high temperature and low precipitation. The sculptures of Hindu deities on the stepwell walls not only make the ordinariness of wells be enriched but also exhibit the culture of arts in Gujarat.
Enjoy the Gujarati cuisine
Taste the sweet and spicy Gujarati thali in the House of MG, the only heritage hotel in Ahmedabad.

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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".

Salient Information

Note for the permission for the buildings designed by Corbusier

It would take approximately one week to get the permission for the building designed by Corbusier. Therefore, please note that the urgent arrangement of this tour is not possible in such as you apply just before the starting date.

Note for alcohol

Gujarat is a dry state. Therefore, drinking alcohol is not allowed in the public space such as the restaurant, though it is allowed in the rooms of the hotels. Buying alcohol is possible only in the opening time of the shops which have the liquor license. If you'd like to buy the liquor in Gujarat, please tell us before you start so that we would tell it to the guide in advance. The passport, Indian visa and the entry stamp you got when you entered in India, would also be required.

The admired wonders..!!!

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat, is one of the rapidly-growing cities, attracts foreign companies and its population is said to exceed 6 million. The locals of this state speak Gujarati as well as Hindi. This is the only dry state in India. Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, is from this state. This town was built in 1411 by Ahmed Shah I, a sultan of Gujarat, after whom this city is named "Ahmedabad". In Ahmedabad you can find many valuable buildings such as the traditional Islamic architecture which still remains in the old city, the characteristic underground structure of the "stepwell", many of which remain in Gujarat and Rajasthan, or the buildings designed by Cobusier, which makes this city one of the most important cities for the modern architecture.

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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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  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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  Adalaj Vav
  A stepwell in the village of Adalaj, 20km away from the center of Ahmedabad. It is contemporary with Dada Hari Ni Vav and their architectural styles are similar to each other. It is very well preserved and was so elaborately designed that it looks like a temple or palace.

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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.

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  Indian Institute of Management
  Designed by the American architect Louis Kahn, one of the most important architects of the 20th century, and built in 1962. He worked on nationally important projects in Bangladesh and India and built some buildings with modern architecture fully using his technology and short supply building materials. Indian Institute of Management is one of the most excellent institutes in India and many people came to study here from all over the world.