Textile and Handicraft Tour

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Textile and Handicraft Tour

Duration: 08 Nights / 09 Days

Highlights:Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Muli, Jamnagar, Gondal.

Includes

  • Accommodation:

On DBL sharing at all the location in base category of rooms at all the location

  • Meal Plan:
    In Ahmedabad – CP (Room + Breakfast)
    In Bhuj – CP (Room + Breakfast)
    In Muli – AP (Room + Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner)
    In Jamnagar – CP (Room + Breakfast)

In Gondal – CP (Room + Breakfast)

  • Daily one water bottle to each guests
  • Daily Fruit Juice / Coconut water during travelling.
  • Transportation:
  • By AC ETIOS for 2 Passengers
  • By AC INNOVA for 4/6 Passengers at Disposal.
  • Fuel Charges
  • Parking Charges
  • Driver Charges
  • Toll Tax and Parking Charges
  • Hotel Luxury tax and Hotel Service tax.
  • Air fare / Train fare / Bus fare
  • Any meal which is not mentioned in the package
  • Entry fees to any monuments
  • Safari charges to any national park or to any jungle
  • Guide charges or Tip
  • Service Tax

Day 1: Arrival in Ahmedabad. Check into the hotel and refresh. Visit the Calico museum and shreyas folk museum. After lunch we can visit Patan known for the Famous Double ikkat Patola weaving. Ahmedabad is a very important textile market in Gujarat. Return to Ahmedabad for night halt

Day 2: Depart from Ahmedabad to reach Bhuj which is an important textile and handicraft in Gujarat and is famous world over. Reach by late afternoon and spend the time in local market and shop around for some authentic handicraft. Night halt in Bhuj

Day 3: Today we shall depart for handicraft villages like Nirona, Ludia, Sumrasar Sheikh and many others near the same vicinity where we can find some exquisite handicraft and textile art forms. Return to Bhuj for night halt

Day 4: Today we shall visit the Kutch museum to see how handicraft and textile form an intricate part of people’s lifestyle in Kutch. From there we shall depart for Bhujodi and Ajrakhpur for some other famous textile and block print art. If time allows, spend evening at Mandvi beach and later return to Bhuj for Night halt

Day 5: Depart from Bhuj and reach Muli. Check into the hotel and refresh. Visit small villages and workshops that make Tangalia, a special kind of weaving art associated to Dangasia Tribes near wadhwan and many location of surrendranagar. Night halt in Muli.

Day 6: Depart for Jamnagar where you can find some authentic Tie and Dye art called “Bandhni”. Visit Okha Mandal which is small area developed By the Tata Enterprise as a social initiative toward the tribal or rural upliftment of Jamnagar District, where they hold a salt factory in Mithapur village.

Day 7: From Jamnagar we shall depart for Jetpur which is a very important destination for Block printing and other such textile forms. Spend the night at Gondal

Day 8: Depart for Ahmedabad through Rajkot, where Mahatma Gandhi had established Rashtriya Shala for the Upliftment and training of many textile artist like Patola weaving and Khadi spinning etc.. Reach Ahmedabad by evening and visit some remote areas where a very rare form of Hand painting on textile exists called “Mata ni pachedi” a form of Kalamkari, known to very few local families. Visit he night market for traditional textile and later Night

Day 9: Drop as per schedule

  • In Ahmedabad – Hotel Krios
    In Bhuj – Hotel Grand 3D
    In Muli – Ambica Niwas Palace
    In Jamnagar – Express Residency

In Gondal – Orchard Palace