Aahilya Indian Embroidery Holiday Oct 2025

 

This time next year I will be getting ready to lead this fantastic textile holiday to India with Aahilya Holidays.

To find out more please visit their website https://www.aahilyaholidays.com/tour/0716/an-indian-embroidery-holiday with mary-mcintosh-2025

It is a BIG trip visiting lots of places with a mix of sight seeing, visits to museums, hands on embrodery workshops and staying in some really lovely hotels with delicious food. Here is the outline of the itinerary.

2nd Oct 2025 Depart UK and fly to Delhi

3rd Oct Stay in the Grand Hotel, New Delhi and visit the Craft Museum Delhi

4th Oct Phulkari Embroidery Workshop in Delhi

5th October Flight to Patna and then drive to Muzaffarpur and stay at the Royal Phullar Hotel. Afternoon workshop Madhuani painting workshop

6th Oct Suzani embroidery workshp

7th Oct drive to Patna and then a sightseeing tour of the city visiting Golghar, Mahatma Gandhi Sangrahalaya museum, Patna Museum of Indian artefacts and Buddha Smriti Park

Stay at the Hotel Maurya in Patna

8th October Flight to Kolkata and stay at the Hotel Elgin Fairlawn. Visit to local market

9th Oct  Kantha workshop

10th Oct Tour of Kolkata to see the Victorial Memorial, Howrah Bridge, Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Indian Museum and St Paul's Anglican Cathedral

Block printing workshop

11th Oct Flight to Ahemdabab and stay at the Hotel House of MG. City tour including the Shreyas Museum of Textiles

12th Oct  Drive to Bhuj and stay in Hotel The Fern

13th Oct Tie-dye wokshop then drive to Bhujodi to see shawl weaving and Rabari embroidery

14th Oct Mirror embroidery workshop

15th Oct Drive to Ahmendabab

16th Oct Flight home to UK

The cost of the holiday is £2990 if sharing a twin room or £3890 for a single room. 

This includes all the accomodation for 13 nights, breakfast, dinner and some lunches. All the internal flights and transfers. Entry into museums etc.

It does not include the return flights from UK to India. Aahilya will be able to book these and can advise on the cost

Talking to people who have been on an Aahilya holiday and to textile artists who have led tours everyone has very positive feedback. The tours are very well organised with knowledgeable local guides. The hotels are top class with excellent food. Everyone felt very safe and well looked after. And in the company of like-minded people with an interest in textiles. Mostly women. Many travelling solo.

I will be researching more into the places, hotels, embroidery techniques and culture over the next few weeks and will share my discoveries here. A whole new world of adventure for me - and maybe you too?