Book Description

Gujarat is one of the states of India. God has gifted Gujarat with many natural beautiful locations like a large sea shore, rivers, waterfalls, jungles and hills. In Gujarat, we have many heritage places, adventure parks, gardens, camp sites, recreational areas, dams, temples, gardens and many other attractive places.Let us talk about few tourist places in Gujarat. Narmada dam, one of the tallest dams is in Gujarat. Info city which is a 'silicon valley' of Gujarat is in Gandhinagar. Handicraft work of Kachchh and patola saree of Patan are famous in the world. The heritage architecture of Modhera, Polo temples, Kaleshri, Galteshvar, Adalaj and Ranki stepwells and masjids in Champaner are superb. The temples of Dakor, Ambaji, Palitana, Dwarkadhish, Vadtal, Mata no madh, Umiya mata, Pavagadh, Shankheshvar, Bahucharaji are famous religious temples in the world. Two jyotirlings of God Shiv among the 12, are in Gujarat, one in Somnath and the other in Nageshvar. Waterfalls and rivers in Dang remind us the beauty of Himalaya. Navratri garba dance is a speciality of Gujarat. The food variety and eating habits of Gularati people is very well-known. Bhakhar vadi of Vadodara, Penda of Rajkot, sweets of Khavda, Shings of Bharuch, Surti ponk etc. are unique items of Gujarat. This book is written to guide the tourist to visit tourist places in Gujarat. The information of tourist places is given here keeping in view of above matters. For each place, the information like location, distances, how to reach, mode of transport, phone number for inquiry and booking, timings of visit, when closed, ticket if it is there, food and stay availability etc. are included in this book. The names of hotels and their contact numbers are given for important places. The restaurants serving nice dishes are mentioned at appropriate places. For each place, the convenient mode of transportation e.g. S T bus, train, own or rented vehicle is given. The tours of the tourist places are considered trip wise. Trips are divided as 1 day trip, 1N/2D trip, 2N/3D trip etc. For each trip, the day wise planning and where to stay at night are given. Starting point of the trip would generally be a big city like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat or similar. The photographs are placed for each trip. Few places outside Gujarat but are more familiar and nearer to Gujarat are included in the tours. Lists of rented vehicle providers, few resorts and restaurants are given separately at the end.Please note that the author has no connection or favor for hotels, restaurants or persons given in this book. This data is given only for the facility of the tourists. The book is written in such a manner that tourist may get full guidance for the tour. The author hopes that the book will create curiosity in the tourist to travel.