Worth the Short Drive
Palaces, museums and the Statue of Unity are all within reach of the hotel. Our front desk can arrange a car for any of them.
Laxmi Vilas Palace
The Gaekwad family seat, four times the size of Buckingham Palace, with its own museum and golf course.
Sayaji Baug
Vadodara’s great public garden, with a zoo, a planetarium and the Baroda Museum inside it.
Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery
Egyptian mummies, Mughal miniatures and a European picture gallery assembled by the Gaekwads.
EME Temple
A geodesic aluminium dome housing shrines of five faiths, run by the Army’s EME Corps.
Champaner-Pavagadh
A UNESCO World Heritage site: a pre-Mughal city, hill fort and the Kalika Mata temple at the summit.
Statue of Unity
The tallest statue in the world, on the Narmada at Kevadia. A comfortable day trip from the hotel.

