Located on the western coast of India, Gujarat is a vibrant
and colorful state, known for its rich and diverse natural,
cultural, and religious heritage. The history of Gujarat is
as old as India and the region was an important commercial
and trading center of the Indus Valley Civilization of 5,000
years ago. Lothal, an important port town of the Indus Valley
Civilization, was famous for its unique town planning and
was the only dockyard in Gujarat. With over 5,000 years of
historical and cultural legacy, Gujarat is endowed with some
of the greatest historical and archaeological monuments of
India. While Lothal offers an unparalleled insight in to the
Indus Valley Civilization, Ahmedabad is famous for its Indo-Sarcenic
architecture, Palitana is known for Jain style temples and
Junagadh displays amazing Buddhist Caves. In fact, Gujarat
has innumerous tourist attractions, which you can visit on
your Gujarat tour with Tourism of Gujarat. The architectural
greatness of Gujarat can best be seen in its amazing temples,
palaces, forts, mosques, museums and caves.
Also, one of the most developed and prosperous states of
India, Gujarat offers an excellent holiday destination with
a difference. Gujarat has innumerous tourist attractions that
at times, it becomes really difficult to decide, which one
to visit first. With thousands of years of cultural and historical
legacy, Gujarat is full of Archaeological Sites, Forts, Palaces,
Temples and Mosques etc. and the region promises a wonderful
Archaeological and pilgrimage tour experience to its visitors.
Gujarat is also famous for its amazing traditional Arts and
Crafts, Music, Dances and colorful and vibrant Fairs and Festivals,
making it an ideal destination for cultural tourism in India.
In addition, the vast and long coastline of Gujarat is dotted
with enchantingly beautiful and exotic beaches, all offering
a perfect holiday destination for nature tourists.
The most popular tourist destinations of Gujarat are Ahmedabad-
the capital city of the state with numerous monuments, Patan-
a city famous for architectural wonders and Junagadh- famous
for its amazing and magnificent Forts, ancient Buddhist Caves
and Jain temples, atop a 600 meters high Girnar Hill. As far
as pilgrimage destinations are concerned, Gujarat has a plenty
of them with most famous being Palitana, Somnath and Dwarka.
Among must visit tourist attractions in Gujarat include Jami
Masjid in Ahmedabad, Sidi Sayyad Mosque, Maharaja Fateh Singh
Museum, Maharaja Sayajirao Museum, Buddhist Cave Monastery
at Uparkot and the Durbar Hall Museum at Junagarh.
Tourism of Gujarat offers you an exciting range of Gujarat
Tour Packages. For more information or to book a Gujarat Tour,
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