Western City Highlights

4 hours Private tour

Western City Highlights, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

The tour focuses on the places like City Museum, Utensils Museum & a local market of traditional apparels and accessories.

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At a glance

Duration: 4 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–4
Guide: Hindi, English
Operated by: The House of MG

What is included

Included

Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Itinerary

City Museum

30 min Admission included

City museum is a museum designed by the Swiss-French

architect Le Corbusier. It was named Museum of Knowledge

during design stage and was originally a part of a large

complex of Cultural Centre of Ahmedabad. The design

also included a exhibition area for theatre, but out of

whole plan only museum was built. Its foundation stone was

laid on 9 April 1954. Housed in Sansakar Kendra is a city

museum depicting history, art, culture, textile, antiquity and

architecture of Ahmedabad and also to nurture and

restore the ethos, pride and value of Ahmedabad.

Another Patang Kite Museum is there which includes a

collection of kites, photographs, and other artifacts.
Sarkhej Roja

45 min Admission included

Sarkhej Roza is a pre-cursor to a Mughal period in a

true amalgamation of Islamic, Hindu and Jain styles.

The dargah of Sheikh Ahmed Ganj Baksh Khattu a Su•

saint and advisor to Sultan Ahmed Shah is housed in this

complex. The construction of Sarkhej Roza (mausoleum

-1445 A.D.) and the Mosque (1451 A.D.) were

commissioned by the reigning monarch Muhammad

shah and completed by his successor Qutubud–Din-

Ahmed Shah in the memory of the saint. Sultan

Mahmud Begada completed the complex by

excavating a central water tank and adding a number

of small pavilions and a small private mosque.

Mehmud Begada also built a mausoleum for himself

and his family where his son Muzzaffar II and queen

Rajabai were buried.
Utensils Museum

45 min Admission included

Vishala prides itself on its presentation of Indian culture

and tradition in its village-like environment with its museum

of old utensils. Vechaar (Vishalla Environmental Centre for

Heritage of Art, Architecture And Research) a unique

museum built-in 1981 displaying a precious collection of

utensils. It is an effort to cherish and preserve the rich

cultural heritage and rare artistic skills of our craftsmen.

The utensils display exhibits pieces from thousand years

old to present times that has evolved over years of history

according to our needs and environment. The range varies

from a ground jug to stainless steel and glass utensils, metal

utensils like brass, copper, bronze, zinc and german silver.
Law Garden Night Market

one hour Admission included

The night street market filled with a number of shops selling

local handicraft items and Indian intricacies. It is well

known for local traditional Gujarati textiles and jewelry

in white metal. It has items like handicrafts, cane, and

wooden items.