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Accommodation price codes in Gujarat

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Accommodation price codes of Ladakh

All accommodation prices in this book have been categorized using the price codes below. Prices given are for a double room, and all taxes are included, for more details. OuptoRs100 Rs30CMOO Rs900-1500 R3100-200 Rs400-600 Rs1500-2500 Rs200-300 Rs600-900

Accommodation price codes All accommodation prices in this book have been categorized using the price codes below. Prices given are for a double room, and all taxes are included. For more details. up to Rs100 Rs300-400 Rs900-1500 Rs100-200 Rs4Q0-600 Rs1500-2500 RS200-300 RS600-900

Accommodation price codes to Goa

All accommodation prices in this book have been categorized using the price codes below. Prices given are for a double room, and all taxes are included. For more details. up to Rs100 Rs300-400 Rs900-1500 Rs100-200 Rs4Q0-600 Rs1500-2500 RS200-300 RS600-900

Accommodation price codes Haryana and Punjab

All accommodation prices in this book have been categorized using the price codes below. Prices given are for a double room, and all taxes are included. For more details, see p.51. uptoRs100 Rs300-400 Rs900-1500 Rs100-200 Rs400-600 Rs1500-2500 Rs200-300 RS600-900

Accommodation price codes in Delhi

All accommodation prices in this book have been categorized using the price codes below. Prices given are for a double room, and all taxes are included. For more details, see p.52. OuptoRs100 O Rs300-400 O Rs900-1500 Rs100-200 RS400-600 Rs1500-2500 Rs200-300 Rs600-900

Mahatma Gandhi - India’s great soul Eating in Gujarat

Although Porbandar is well known in Gujarat for its seafood, you'll have a job finding it. Outside the hotel restaurants, there's a fairly uninspiring choice of places to eat; many seem to serve only a limited number of the dishes listed on the menus.

Accommodation for Mumbai

Even though Mumbai offers all kinds of accommodation, finding a room at the right price when you arrive can be a real problem. Budget travellers, in particular, can expect a hard time: standards at the bottom of the range are grim and room rates exorbitant. A windowiess cell with wood-partition walls and no running water costs Rs300 and above, while a comfortable room in the centre of town, with an attached toilet and shower, and a window, will set you back the best part of Rs1000. The best of the relatively inexpensive places tend to fill up by noon, which

Accommodation of Nainital in Uttaranchal

As a holiday town, Nainital is full of hotels; however, budget accommodation is hard to come by, and a hefty fifteen percent tax is levied onto prices almost everywhere. Rates are high between March and July, peaking between mid-April and mid-June, but you can normally find discounts at other cimes. On the whole, rooms are cheaper in Tallkal than in Mallital. The price codes indicated overleaf are for the low season but with an indication of the high season rates. Alka, the Mall 05942/35220. Ornate, large and comfortable, perhaps a tittle heavy on the marble. with a restaurant strong on Gujarati

Mandvi in Northern Gujarat

The compact town of MANDVI, on the west bank of a wide tidal estuary 60km south of Bhuj, faces the Arabian Sea to the south and supports a dwindling dhow-building industry. In the late eighteenth century it was the docking point for a fleet of four hundred vessels exporting goods from a hinterland that encompassed Gujarat and the lands to the north as far as Jaisalmer. Merchants, seamen and later the British were all keen to settle in this flourish

Bhavnagar in Gujarat

The coastal pore of BHAVNAGAR, founded in 1723 by the Gohil Rajput Bhavsinghji, whose ancestors came to Gujarat from Marwar (Rajasthan) in the twelfth century, is an important trading centre whose principal export is cotton. With few sights of its own, Bhavnagar does, however, boast a fascinating bazaar in the old city, and is an obvious place to stay for a night or two before heading southwest to the wonderful Jain temples of Palitana. Incidentally, it is one of the few places (Ahmedabad is another) where you'll see hand-carts being pulled by man and wife, or by women alone.

Practicalities in Gujarat

Sasan Gir village is connected by train to junagadh,Veraval and Delvada, and by bus to junagadh, Veraval and Una.The railway station, which also serves as a bus stand, is set back from the one main road that bisects the tiny town.You may be approached with an offer of a cheap basic room; if not, try asking at a stall. There are also three hotels m the village. Sadly, the Forest Department's delightful Sind Sadan Guest House (02877/85540), in an old house amid well-kept gardens, recently hiked its prices for foreigners along with the park fees and even a dorm

Villages around Bhuj in Northern Gujarat

Bhuj is a useful base for visiting the outlying villages, whether by bus or taxi. If you go by bus, you will have to do some walking to reach some of the most interesting Kutchi settlements, which lie a few kilometres from the nearest roads. There are regular shared taxis for Mandvi, Mundra and Gandhidham, but for most other Kutchi destinations you will have to charter one. In November 2000 access to the villages of northern Kutch became unrestricted on a trial basis; prior to that, due to the sensitive Pakistani border, you needed a $30 permit. Many trips in this

Eating and drinking of Nasik in Maharashtra

By and large, Nasik's best-value meals arc to be had in its traditional "keep it coming" thali restaurants. While they may not always be the cheapest option, for less than the price of a beer you can enjoy carefully prepared and freshly cooked food, often including such regional specialities as bajra (wholemeal rotis) and bakri (hot oatmeal biscuits), together with a plethora of tasty vegetable, pulse and lentil dishes. The city's religious associations tend to mean that meat and alcohol are rarer than elsewhere in Maharashtra, but most of the larger hotels have bars and restaurants with permits. Baraka, opposite Basera

Accommodation of Kumbakonam in Central Tamil Nadu

Kumbakonam is not a major tourist location, and has limited accommodation, with only one upper-range hotel, the Sterling Swamimalai, 10km south-east of town on the outskirts of Swamimalai village. The good news for budget travellers is that most of the inexpensive places are clean and well-maintained. ARR, 21 TSR Big St Fifty large. clean rooms (some a/c), on five floors, all with windows, and TVs on request. Bland, but comfortable enough, with an a/c restaurant and bar. Athityaa Nageshwaram N (Thanjavur) Road. This place was once smart but is now is rather worn and grubby, especially for the price, although the

Accommodation in Southeastern Gujarat

Vadodara s hotels are designed with business visitors in mind: there are several mid-range and upmarket places, and just a handful of inexpensive lodges which could all do with improved grouped in the Sayaji Gunj area just Ambassador. Sayaji Gunj 0265/362728, 361129. Slightly grubby but spacious rooms,-TV and bath. A good lower mid-range option,Delux, Kadak Bazaar 9Q265/36ZS33. Hardly lives jp to its name but this small clean hotel in the Heart of a lively bazaar is friendly. O Green Hotel, RC Dutt (Racecourse) Road 8 0265/336111. The best low-budget option five minutes' walk

Mehsana in Norhtern Gujarat

The crowded residential city of MEHSANA. less than 100km north of Ahmedabad, doesn't merit a visit in its own right - the one building of any interest is the old Rajmahal palace, now used as government offices. As the only place in the area to offer a choice of accommodation, it does, however, make an obvious base for visiting any of the towns in northern Gujarat. The centre of town is compact, with the train and bus stations only 500m apart. Avon Guest House (02762/51394) is the best of the four cheapies opposite the former, while the Hatel Apsara (02762/51027)

Visiting Gujarat

Geographically Gujarat takes a little from each of its neighbours: with forested hilly tracts and fertile plains in the south and east, dry desert sands in the northwest and a wide stretch of coast, in parts sandy, and in parts rocky and barren, that includes the coral-enriched shoreline close to Jamnagar. It can become unbearably hot in summer, though a cool sea breeze does relieve the tension of heavy pre-monsoon days along the coast. The best time to visit is in the warm pleasant months (though nights can get chilly in midwinter) between October and February, when you may also

Other museums in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad's museums are strong in arts and crafts. Among them, the informative Shreyas Folk Art Museum, way out to the west near the city limits (Tues-Sat 3-6pm, Sun lOam-noon & 3-6pm; free; bus #41 from Lai Darwaja), displays the traditional work of Gujarat's many tribes. The Tribal Museum (Mon-Fri noon-5.30pm, Sat noon-5pm; free) in the northeastern corner of Gujarat Vidyapith, on Ashram Road 100m south of Income Tax Circle, is also illuminating, detailing the various peoples of the state and their customs, such as the painting of "magical" pictures by Bhils (see p.695) to ward off" disaster: N. C. Mehta

Accommodation to Rameshwaram in Central Tamil Nadu

Apart from the TTDC hotels, accommodation m Rameshwaram is restricted to basic lodges, mostly in the Car streets around the temple. The temple authorities have a range of rooms for pilgrims; ask at the Devasthanam Office, E Car Street. The railway retiring rooms consist of six large double and three triple rooms, generally cleaner (and quieter) than town lodges for the same price, plus a dorm (Rs40). Ctiola Lodge, N Car Stteet, A basic pilgrim place in the quietest of the Car streets. Maharaja's, 7 Middle St, Located next to the temple's west gale. Good clean rooms with attached bathrooms, two

Accommodation to Jhansi in the Uttar Pradesh

With Orchha just down the road, it's hard to see why you might stay in Jhansi unless you arrive too late to move on. Most of its hotels are too far from the railway and bus stations to be easily reached on foot. The cheaper ones operate 24-hour check-out, as opposed to noon in the mid-price and more expensive hotels. Jhansi, Shastri Marg. Former haunt of British burra-sahibs. Comfortable rooms, some a/c, plus satellite TV, verandas, and a big garden. There is a well-stocked and atmospheric colonial bar and restaurant. Prakash, Station Road, Civil Lines. Pleasant if basic bungalow accommodation including