Sabarmati Ashram: The Simplest Room in India
Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad — Hriday Kunj where Gandhi lived from 1917 to 1930, the Charles Correa museum, the Salt March departure, and how to visit.
Jamnagar: Brass, Bandhani and a Royal Lake
Jamnagar in Saurashtra — the brass and bandhani bazaars, Lakhota Lake, the Bala Hanuman chant running since 1964, Ranjitsinhji.
Wankaner: The Palace on the Hill
Ranjit Vilas Palace at Wankaner in Morbi district — Italianate, Gothic, Mughal and Rajput in one building, the stepwell and pool in its grounds.
Gondal: Palaces, Vintage Cars and an Old Pharmacy
Gondal near Rajkot — the Naulakha and Riverside palaces, the vintage car collection, the Orchard Palace hotel.
The Forgotten Stepwells of Charotar
Beyond Rani ki Vav and Adalaj — hunting the unvisited stepwells of the Charotar, starting with Kapadvanj’s Batris Kotha Vav.
Dandi: The Beach That Broke an Empire
Dandi in Navsari district — why Gandhi chose salt, the 385 km march from Sabarmati, the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial and its salt pans, and how to visit.
Navsari: The Parsi Heartland
Navsari — one of India’s oldest Zoroastrian centres, its Atash Behram and Parsi quarter, the Meherjirana manuscript library.
Bharuch: The Golden Bridge and the Narmada Mouth
Bharuch on the Narmada — the ancient port of Barygaza that traded with Rome, the 1881 Golden Bridge, Bhrigu Rishi temple.
Rajpipla: The Kingdom Behind the Statue
Rajpipla in Narmada district — the Rajvant Palace, Maharaja Vijaysinhji’s 1934 Epsom Derby win, Prince Manvendra’s story.
Dev ni Mori: Gujarat’s Buddhist Chapter
Dev ni Mori near Shamlaji — the Buddhist stupa and monastery excavated in the 1960s, its inscribed casket of Buddha relics.