Places of Interest

The Chintamani Jain Temple — The exquisite wooden carvings and paintings are the major attractions of the temple. The temple actively maintained and visited by the city's Jains is situated in the Shahpor area and dates back to 15 century and houses some extremely rare paintings of the Jain monk Acharya Hemachandra, and of the Solanki King Kumarpal.

Dutch Garden — The ancient Dutch gardens, the Dutch cemetery and Makaipul, the ancient original port from where the ships sailed to other parts of the world are other attractions.



Surat Fort The Old Fort — The Old Fort was built by Muhammad bin Tughluq in the 1546 to fortify the defence against the Bhils. It is now used for municipal offices.


The Sardar Patel Museum — Established in 1898, origially called the Winchester Museum;, this museum has a collection of over 10,000 specimens of arts and crafts.

Clock Tower Rangupavan — It is an open air theater with a 18 meters by 10.5 meters stage and a capacity of around 4000 spectators. This is one of the biggest theaters in the country. Rangupavan was recently closed.


Dumas and Suvali — Dumas, 16 km from Surat, and Suvali, 38 km from Surat, are well known health resorts on a creek emptying into the Arabian Sea. Suvali has two wells with water rich in iron and sulphur. Suvali beach is fringed by feathery casurina trees. Gaurav Path — It's a well planned and well-built major road in south-west of the city. Home of multiplexes, shopping malls, show-rooms, restaurants and much more.
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