Hajira: It is situated 28 kms from Surat. The pleasant Hajira Beach is fringed by feathery ‘Casurina’ trees and has a comfortable holiday home for visitors.

Dandi: Situated on the coastline and well known as a salt centre, Dandi has acquired a name in history after the famous ‘Dandi March Salt Satyagraha’ launched by Gandhiji in March, 1930 AD.

While overtly the Dandi march purported to protest against the hateful Salt Tax levied by the British, the underlying purpose was to kindle the spark of Civil Disobedience and thereby attain independence.

On a warm April morning in 1930, Gandhi and his 78 followers marched 241 miles to Dandi and formally breached the Salt Law, an act that would go down in the annals of history as the first salvo to be fired against the British Empire.

Unai: Another important landmark which gives antiquity to Surat is Unai with its hot springs some 64 kms from Surat. They find reference in the puranic literature and are believed to have been created by Lord Ram, the hero of the epic Ramayan, by shooting an arrow in the ground.

Beaches: There are a number of beaches near Surat. Only 16 km away, Dumas is a popular resort with locals. Hajira is 28 km from the city and Ubhrat is 42 km out, while Tithal is 108kn away and only five km from Valsad on the Mumbai to Vadodara train line.

Twenty-nine km south of Surat, Navsari has been a headquarters for the Parsi community since the earliest days of their settlement in India. Udvada, only 10 km north of Vapi, the station for Daman, has the oldest Parsi sacred fire in India. It is said that the fire was brought from Persia to Diu, on the opposite coast of the Gulf of Cambay, in 700 AD. Sanjan, in the extreme south of the state, is the small port where the Parsis first landed. A pillar marks the spot.

Water Fun Park: Surat the hub of Diamond and Textile trade in India was always an entertainment starved city. But now the dream of having world class entertainment facilities in this city of enterprise seems to be coming true.

The Water Fun Park which offers world class entertainment facilities is coming up at Damka near the picturesque Hazira beach, just 22 kms. from the Sara Bridge, Surat.

Spread out in two laic square yards of sprawling land located in the vicinity of the Arabian Sea, the Damka Resort promises to be an altogether different world. Damka Resort step into the majestic gateway of the Damka Resort and be free of all tensions and worries of the routine life. Soak in the beauty of the gentle landscape and relax in the warmth of a friendly atmosphere.