Bhavnagar in three days

A day-by-day plan for Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 9 stops in all. Every stop that matches a place we cover links straight to it.

3 days 9 stopsFull Bhavnagar guide

3 days in Bhavnagar

Take the whole plan, or add any single stop.

Day 1

Takhteshwar Temple

Built in 1893 on a small hill in the middle of Bhavnagar, carried on eighteen pillars. Climb it for the view over the town to the shipping channels in the gulf rather than for the temple itself.

Day 1

Gaurishankar Lake evening walk

Day 1

Barton Library & old bazaar streets

Day 2

Blackbuck National Park safari

Day 2

Grassland birding — harriers & floricans

Day 2

Return via Nilambag Palace exterior

Day 3

Climb the 3,000-plus steps of Shatrunjaya

Day 3

Jain temple city on the summit

Day 3

Bhavnagar in three days

3 days in Bhavnagar

Takhteshwar Temple

Gaurishankar Lake evening walk

Barton Library & old bazaar streets

Blackbuck National Park safari

Grassland birding — harriers & floricans

Return via Nilambag Palace exterior

Climb the 3,000-plus steps of Shatrunjaya

Jain temple city on the summit

Khodiyar temple stop on the way back

Places on this itinerary