West India Travel Guide

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is a six hundred year old city that boasts of a unique blend of Muslim and Hindu architecture, where exquisite stone filigree work and ornate carvings synthesize.

Aurangabad

Aurangabad is named after Emperor Aurangzeb, the last of the great Moghul Emperor's. It offers an exciting mix of Buddhist and Muslim places of interest - including the 10 6th and 7th Century Aurangzeb caves

Goa

The most comprehensive beach resort in the country, Goa's coastline provides endless sun drenched crescents of sand. Parasailing, yachting, windsurfing, and deep sea diving are some of the more popular

Mumbai

Once a Portuguese princess' dowry and later an adornment of neo-gothic British architecture, Mumbai today is an enigma of mud huts and skyscrapers, age old traditions and high fashions,

Palitana

Palitana - city of Jain temples, lies at the feet of the Shatrunjaya hills, in the eastern part of the Saurashtra District of Gujerat. From this town a 90 minute climb up a flight of steps leads to a cluster of 863 hill top Jain temples

Somnath

Somnath, on the Saurashtra peninsula of Gujerat State, is a historic city, famous for its Sun Temple (Suraj Mandir) which was destroyed six times and rebuilt on every occasion.