• Hotels

    Justa Stay: Sanchal Fort Resort

    We knew Justa as a chain of small business hotels, primarily in Gurgaon and Bangalore. So while looking for options to stay in the remote town of Barmer in Rajastan, Justa Sanchal Fort resort popped up as a surprise option. Fort Sanchal resort is about 4 km from Barmer town and in a village tucked away 2 km off from the main road. Barmer is not a tourist place, and so it surprised us to find this kind of a resort there. The customers are mainly businessmen working in the oil and ancillary industries and families of the armed forces,…

  • Cityscapes - Places

    Running in Ahmedabad – Sabarmati Riverfront

    It was day 1 of our 15-day Mumbai–Rajasthan road trip. Our planned overnight stay was at Palanpur, Gujarat, a good 2.5 hours drive from Ahmedabad. But like in any trips, some things had to go wrong. Most often, such twists end up being good. The construction of a mega-bridge over the Narmada at Baruch meant a huge traffic snarl and a loss of more than 2 hours. So plans were redrawn and overnight halt became Ahmedabad. A good deal from Makemytrip and the prospect of a riverfront hotel landed us in LemonTree. We had heard a lot about Sabarmati Riverfront…