Gondal
A jewel of princely Saurashtra — Gondal, the old Jadeja capital of grand palaces, a famous vintage-car collection, riverside gardens and the Bhuvaneshwari temple.
Rajkot City
The bustling heart of Saurashtra — Rajkot, a prosperous, energetic city where Mahatma Gandhi spent his boyhood, rich in colonial museums, gardens and a famous foodie culture.
Botad Countryside
The rural heart of Botad — the cotton fields, open plains and village life of the Bhal–Saurashtra borderland, the quiet countryside that frames the district’s great temples.
Barwala & Ranpur
The old market towns of the Botad borderland — Barwala and Ranpur, historic Kathiawad settlements on the edge of the Bhal plains, with old gates, temples and rural charm.
Bortalav Lake
Bhavnagar’s beloved old lake — Bortalav (Gangajaliya Talav), a serene urban water with a lakeside temple, gardens and birds, a favourite spot for evening strolls.
Mahuva
A green, breezy coastal town of orchards, beaches and temples — Mahuva, nicknamed the ‘Kashmir of Saurashtra’, famed for its coconut groves, the Bhavani temple and the sea.
Bhavnagar City
A cultured old port founded in 1724 — Bhavnagar blends hilltop temples, leafy parks and princely palaces with the bustle of a Saurashtra trading city, famed for its soft ganthiya.
Sihor
The old hill-girt capital of the Gohils before Bhavnagar — a town of a royal palace, the Gautameshwar temple and tank, brassware bazaars and a brooding fort-crowned ridge.
Bhiloda Tribal Haat
Gujarat’s most vivid weekly gathering — the Bhiloda tribal haat, where Bhil and Garasia women arrive at dawn in their finest silver and embroidered dress to sell forest produce, handcraft and the ordinary necessities of Adivasi village life.
Meshvo at Dawn
Dawn on a Gujarat reservoir — Meshvo at first light, when the Aravalli hills reflect gold in the still water, herons stand motionless at the shallows, and a Buddhist stupa from the 4th century lies somewhere in the blue-green depths below.