Ahmedabad City tour in a day

Ahmedabad City tour in a day

Ahmedabad city tour finds out why it is India’s first city to be awarded the World Heritage City by UNESCO. The 600 year old walled city is a treasure trove of architectural and cultural hot spots. Ahmedabad City Tour takes you on a cultural tour through the home of Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram, an ancient Step Well that is over 5 stories, an incredible Jain temple with 52 shrines, the iconic Tree of Life at Siddhi Sayid Mosque, India’s largest mosque at Jami Masjid and Sardar Patel Bhavan for a story on how the Iron Man of India united the princely states into India.

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Pass By: Five Senses Tours, Ahmedabad India

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Stop At: Sabarmati Ashram / Mahatma Gandhi's Home, Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Ahmedabad 380027 India

8AM- Hotel pick up

We visit the home of Mahatma Gandhi, where he led the legendary Salt March of 1930. Built in 1917 along the banks of the Sabarmati River, Gandhiji lived here for 12 years. Learn about India’s Freedom movement and the non-violence philosophy by walking through these corridors. His living quarters and household artifacts all tell a story!


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Adalaj Stepwell, Adalaj Rd, Adalaj, Gujarat 382421, India

Rana Veer Singh. There is a tragic story of the Queen associated with this well. She deftly got the well-constructed even after her husband was defeated in battle by the Sultan of Gujarat, Mohammad Begda.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Hutheesing Jain Temple, Shahibaug Rd, Bardolpura, Delhi Darwaza, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380004, India

Hutheesing Jain Temple was built during a severe famine to provide employment to hundreds of skilled artisans. There are as many as 52 shrines dedicated to the Tirthankaras.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, Bhadra Rd, Opposite Electricity House, Old City, Gheekanta, Lal Darwaja, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380001, India

We visit the Siddi Sayid Mosque to see the world renowned “Tree of Life” which is latticework done on semicircular arch-windows. This motif has become the unofficial symbol of Ahmedabad. The Mosque was built in 1572 by the Gujarat Sultanate in their final years of rule before losing to the Mughals.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Jami Masjid, Opposite Mahatma Gandhi Road, Ahmedabad India

We visit the largest mosque in India. Jami Masjid can accommodate 25,000 devotees in its courtyard. It is a mesmerizing structure made of Red sandstone and marble. The minarets and domes embellish the magical ambience inside the mosque.

We walk through the narrow lanes of the 600 year old city. The bazaars here offer great bargains provided you can survive the cacophony!


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport Road, Ahmedabad 382475 India

This is a fantastic museum on Sardar Patel, the first home minister of independent India who united more than 500 princely states into the union of India. It is widely believed, if not for this Iron Man of India, a united India would never have been a possibility after the exit of the British from the sub-continent.

6 PM- End of Ahmedabad City Tour


Duration: 1 hour