{"type":"city","city":"Ahmedabad, India","citySlug":"ahmedabad-india","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/ahmedabad-india","description":"Ahmedabad holds a distinction no other Indian city can claim: it was the first city in the country to receive UNESCO World Heritage status, in 2017, recognized for a medieval walled core whose pols, stepwells, and carved wooden havelis have survived centuries of continuous habitation. This is also the city where Le Corbusier built the Millowners' Association Building and the Shodhan and Sarabhai villas, where Louis Kahn's Indian Institute of Management campus still draws architects on pilgrimage, and where B.V. Doshi, the Pritzker Prize laureate who studied under both men, spent the better part of his career working out what modern architecture could mean on Indian terms. The result is a city that rewards anyone whose instinct is to notice buildings, read their surfaces, and ask who made them.\n\nThe old city, Bhadra and its surrounding pols on the eastern bank of the Sabarmati, is where that architectural history sits most densely. Across the river lies the newer, more spread-out western city, where Vastrapur and Bodakdev have grown into the commercial and residential fabric of modern Ahmedabad. This is where the ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, is situated, positioned along the Vastrapur lake with a 24-storey profile that reads as a considered piece of contemporary hospitality architecture rather than a generic business address. The property draws on Gujarati craft traditions, weaving references to the region's textile and stone-carving heritage into interiors that feel grounded without being literal about it, and the scale of the building affords views that orient guests spatially within a city that is, in every direction, more layered than it first appears.\n\nFor a traveler arriving to spend serious time with the IIM campus, the CEPT University archives, or the Calico Museum of Textiles, staying in Vastrapur places you on the western side where most of these institutions cluster. The ITC Narmada is, practically speaking, the strongest base from which to run those itineraries, but it earns its place here on design grounds as much as logistical ones. Ahmedabad is not a city that needs much dressing up in editorial language. The buildings make the case themselves, and a stay here, approached with even moderate curiosity, tends to recalibrate what a traveler expects from Indian cities going forward.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. 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Completed in 2022 by Singapore-based practice SRSS (Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart International), who handled both architecture and interiors, the 19-storey, 291-key tower in Ahmedabad's Vastrapur district draws its formal references from the Adalaj Ni Vav stepwell, the intricate jali screens of the Sidi Syed Mosque's Tree of Life, and the classical Toran gateway that frames ceremonial entrances across the region. At 70 metres, it is the tallest luxury hotel in Gujarat, and its cream-stone base, arched colonnades, and wrought-iron balcony balustrades — visible in the images — give the lower floors a civic weight that the glazed tower above gradually relinquishes.\n\nInside, the contrast between spaces is pronounced. The all-day dining room presents deep burgundy leather banquettes with brocade skirts, a draped Murano-style glass chandelier, and mural panels evoking Ahmedabad's colonial-era riverfront. The fine-dining room moves into warmer territory: walnut-toned timber panelling, gold-framed arched screens, medallion-patterned stone flooring, and upholstered chairs in copper-toned damask. Guest rooms sit at opposite ends of a tonal spectrum, some finished in pale champagne and aqua with boldly striped carpets, others carrying textured headboards, patchwork art panels in teal and gold, and ironwork balconies that frame the city skyline. ITC Narmada is also Gujarat's first LEED Platinum-certified hotel, its environmental credentials woven into a property that otherwise makes its ambitions felt through ornament rather than restraint.","snippet":"Ahmedabad's tallest luxury hotel draws its design from Gujarat's stepwell architecture and regional craft traditions.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Gujarat","vibe":"Ornate-contemporary · regionally-rooted","highlights":["Central atrium inspired by Adalaj Ni Vav stepwell geometry","SRSS-designed interiors referencing jali screens and Toran gateways","Gujarat's first LEED Platinum-certified luxury hotel"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$148","pricePerNightExclTax":"$148","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/ITC%20Narmada,%20a%20Luxury%20Collection%20Hotel,%20Ahmedabad2.jpg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/ITC%20Narmada,%20a%20Luxury%20Collection%20Hotel,%20Ahmedabad1.jpg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/ITC%20Narmada,%20a%20Luxury%20Collection%20Hotel,%20Ahmedabad4.jpg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/ITC%20Narmada,%20a%20Luxury%20Collection%20Hotel,%20Ahmedabad3.jpg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/ITC%20Narmada,%20a%20Luxury%20Collection%20Hotel,%20Ahmedabad5.jpg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ahmedabad — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}