Le Méridien Ahmedabad

Le Méridien Ahmedabad Review

Glass elevators glide up and down in the soaring atrium of one of Ahmedabad's classiest hotels. Gleaming with glass and polished marble, the lobby is a hushed bustle of businesspeople. Rooms are especially elegant, with crisp white bedclothes, shiny rich wood floors, cotton rugs, and heavy silk drapes in subdued hues; beige marble bathrooms have tubs. On the east bank of the Sabarmati River, the hotel is slightly removed from the city center, a short trip across the Nehru Bridge. Rooms facing west have river views that also take in part of India's paradox: just below the towering white hotel, a dense stretch of slum housing lines the shore.