Surat, a diamond hub, is an important town of Gujarat. A lot of tourists, both from India and abroad, come to visit Surat every year. Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) offers intercity and interstate services to and from Surat. Through its intercity bus services, GSRTC connects major cities such as Ahmedabad,
Vadodara, Rajkot, and
Gandhinagar. GSRTC also covers states including Rajasthan, Maharahtra, and Madhya Pradesh. Surat is well connected to towns and cities such as Patan, Bechraji, Deesa, Ambaji, Palanpur, Ahmedabad, Mota, Morbi, Tharad, Jagral, Radhapur, Diyodar, and Vijapur. With its fleet of more than 8,000 buses, GSRTC is committed to provide efficient bus services to the tourists. A lot of GSRTC buses are available from Surat to important cities such as Mumbai,
Indore, Ujjain, Nathdwara, and Jodhpur. Buses to all these places go directly from Surat while several other places are covered by long route buses that originate from different places but pass through Surat. In order to avoid any kind of inconvenience and ticket related problem, remember to book your bus tickets by visiting www.makemytrip.com. Surat can boast of having excellent bus services as both government and private operators vie to provide good services to the travelers. Some prominent private bus operators include Paulo Travels, Neeta Travels, Shreenath Travelers, Shrinath travel Agency, Gujarat Travels, and Vishvakarma Travels. The fares are also structured to suit every budget. A trip to Surat from
Baroda would cost about INR200 for AC sleeper bus while it will cost about INR100 for a seating AC bus. Further, if you travel by non-AC sleeper bus, you will have to pay approximately INR150 for the same destination. Similarly, if you take a bus from Surat to Anand, you will have shell out about INR300, and for traveling to Surat from Pune, you will have to buy ticket for about INR280. Similar to other places, here also the bus fares of each private operator are different. However, it will not be wrong to mention here that Surat really enjoys an effective bus service. The tickets for both the government and private buses can be availed online by visiting www.makemytrip.com.
Surat boasts of beautiful sightseeing destinations around it. From abounding natural beauty to beaches, places famous for handloom fabrics to tiles and molasses, from national parks to hill stations ,you will find it all here. Ubharat (42 km), Bulsar (69 km), Tithal (108 km), Vansda National Park (80 km) and Saputata (164 km) are some of the place you might want to visit. There are regular bus services to these places from Surat. Bus bookings can be done through a travel agent or online. These days, you can even book online bus tickets. You can choose from Volvo, Luxury, Sleeper and AC buses for your travel.
