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Early birds, rejoice! Before breakfast this morning, you'll have the option to join a Heritage Walk (2-3 hours) to see some of Ahmedabad's best culture and heritage sites. The walk starts from the Swaminarayan Temple and passes by numerous aspects of the old city before concluding at the well-known 15th century Jama Masjid. The walk was initiated more than one and a half decades ago and is now being replicated in several other Indian cities and towns,

in the afternoon visit Ahmedabad city -Sabarmati Ashram : On a quiet stretch of the Sabarmati river is the Gandhi Ashram set up in 1917. During the lifetime of Mahatma Gandhi it was known as Satyagraha Ashram and was the center of India's freedom movement. It was from here, in 1930, that the Mahatma began his famous "Dandi March" to the sea to protest against the Salt Tax imposed by the British. 'Hridaya Kunj', the simple cottage where he lived, is preserved as a National Monument. Hatheesing Jain Temple, Built of pure white marble, it has a paved courtyard surrounded by an imposing row of cloisters containing 52 shrines, each with an image of a tirthankara, It was designed by Premchand Salat and is dedicated to Dharmanath, the fifteenth Jina or Jain apostle. It was built at a cost of Rs 10 Lakhs, a sum unimaginable in those days. The Sidi Saiyad Mosque was built by an Abyssinian who rose from the ranks of a slave to the post of a Governor in the 15th century. This mosque is famous for its exquisite windows of  pierced stone, worked in a design of a tree with palm leaves and curving tendrils.

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