Best Tourist Places in Morbi for Different Tourists
Morbi is one of the emerging tourist destination of Gujarat and the
reason behind that is the fast growing business of mosaic tiles,
vitrified tiles and other ceramic products, which invites thousands of
entrepreneurs and businessmen along with the marketing professionals to
the city every year for their business purpose. The city is also known
as ‘Paris’ of Saurashtrain Gujarat due to the same reason. Most of the
times these business people travel alone, while some time they travel
with their family and in such case the requirement of tourist places
arise. Here are some of the best known tourist places of Morbi city,
which appeals to the different classes of tourist:
Hanging Bridge
Hanging
Bridge is also known as Suspension Bridge or Julto Pul and is without
any doubt the most popular tourist attraction of the city. Located above
the river Machchhu, Julto Pul is 1.25 m wide and spans 233 m connecting
Darbargadh Royal Palace to the Lakhdhirji Engineering College (LE
College). It was constructed by the Morbi Royal State with advanced
technology of its time. It is the first choice of young vacationers and
kids love this place very much.
Darbargadh Royal Palace
If
you have your interest in marvelous and gigantic architectural
buildings, Darbargadh Royal Palace is definitely the place for you. It
used to be the official residence of Morbi royal family in earlier days,
but now the same has been converted into a heritage hotel and everyone
can enjoy the beauty of this place.
Lakhdhirji Engineering College (LE College)
The
moment you hear the word college, you must have indulge in feeling that
the writer of this article has gone mad, but to disappoint your
thoughts, I must say that this place is very famous for its European
style old architecture. This engineering college was constructed by the
Maharaja of Morbi in a very old time and hence is one of the earliest
engineering colleges of our country. It is a must visit for all history
and architecture lovers.
Nehru Gate
The Nehru Gate is
a heaven for both the shopping and architecture lovers as it offers
both of these things at one place. Another marvel built by the Morbi
King, Nehru Gate is one of the busiest place of Morbi as people meet
here to do many activities including shopping, eating and get together.
It depicts Rajput architecture in its construction and has a central
clock tower which bells on every one hour.
Art Deco Palace
Another
architecture marvel built during the period of 1931-44 AD, Art Deco
Palace resembles the London underground stations of Charles Holden
pretty much. The building is influenced by the last phase of art deco
movement of Europe heavily. It is a low two storey building with six
drawing and dining rooms, and fourteen bedrooms. Most fascinating part
of the palace is a bathroom made from seashells entirely along with the
decorated subterranean bedroom, with many erotic murals. It attracts
many people including history lovers, architectural lovers and others,
although it is advisable not to take kids to the decorated subterranean
bedroom.