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Delhi itinerary

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  1. 1

    Red Fort - The Mughal Power Seat That Anchors Old Delhi

    The Red Fort was completed in 1648 as the palace fortress of Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, and its Rajasthani sandstone walls run 2.4 km at heights reaching 33 metres. UNESCO inscribes it as the Red Fort…

    Address
    Netaji Subhash Marg, Lal Qila, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006
    Nearest transit
    Lal Qila station (Violet Line), 5-min walk to Lahori Gate
  2. 2

    Jama Masjid - India's Largest Mosque and the Best View Over Old Delhi

    Shah Jahan finished the Masjid-i-Jahan-Numa in 1656 after six years of work by around 5,000 labourers, and the courtyard still holds 25,000 worshippers. Three marble domes crown a red sandstone prayer hall flanked by…

    Address
    Meena Bazaar, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006
    Nearest transit
    Jama Masjid station (Violet Line), 4-min walk to Gate 3
  3. 3

    Chandni Chowk - The 17th-Century Market Street Still Doing Business

    Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan's eldest daughter, laid out Chandni Chowk in 1650 as a boulevard split by a canal that caught the moonlight, which is where the name comes from. The canal disappeared long ago. The main road…

    Address
    Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib, Chandni Chowk Road, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006
    Nearest transit
    Chandni Chowk station (Yellow Line), 3-min walk to the eastern end of the bazaar
  4. 4

    Humayun's Tomb - The Garden Tomb That Set the Template for the Taj Mahal

    Empress Bega Begum commissioned this mausoleum for the second Mughal emperor between 1565 and 1572, making it the first garden tomb on the Indian subcontinent and the first to use the char bagh plan of four quartered…

    Address
    Mathura Road, Opposite Nizamuddin Dargah, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi, Delhi 110013
    Nearest transit
    JLN Stadium station (Violet Line), 15-min walk or a 5-min auto rickshaw ride
  5. 5

    Qutub Minar - The Tallest Brick Minaret in the World

    Qutub Minar climbs 72.5 metres in five tapering storeys of fluted red sandstone and marble, begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1199 and completed by his successor Iltutmish. Bands of Quranic inscription wrap every level. The…

    Address
    Seth Sarai, Mehrauli, New Delhi, Delhi 110030
    Nearest transit
    Qutub Minar station (Yellow Line), 15-min walk or a 5-min auto rickshaw ride
  6. 6

    India Gate and the Rajpath (Kartavya Path) - The Ceremonial Spine of New Delhi

    India Gate is a 42-metre arch designed by Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1931, carrying the names of more than 13,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921. The National War Memorial behind…

    Address
    Kartavya Path, India Gate, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
    Nearest transit
    Central Secretariat station (Yellow and Violet Lines), 20-min walk east along Kartavya Path
  7. 7

    Lotus Temple - The Bahai House of Worship in Marble Petals

    The Lotus Temple opened in 1986 as the Bahai House of Worship for the Indian subcontinent, designed by Iranian architect Fariborz Sahba. Twenty-seven petals clad in Greek Pentelic marble fold into nine sides, each with…

    Address
    Lotus Temple Road, Bahapur, Shambhu Dayal Bagh, Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi 110019
    Nearest transit
    Kalkaji Mandir station (Violet and Magenta Lines), 8-min walk
  8. 8

    Akshardham Temple - The Modern Stone Complex on the Yamuna's East Bank

    Swaminarayan Akshardham opened in 2005 on the eastern bank of the Yamuna, built from Rajasthani pink sandstone and Italian Carrara marble with no structural steel or concrete anywhere in the monument. The central shrine…

    Address
    Noida Mor, Pandav Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110092
    Nearest transit
    Akshardham station (Blue Line), 6-min walk
  9. 9

    Lodhi Gardens - Fifteenth-Century Tombs Inside a 90-Acre Public Park

    Lodhi Gardens spreads across 90 acres between Khan Market and Safdarjung's Tomb, holding the mausoleums of Sayyid and Lodhi dynasty rulers from the 15th and 16th centuries. Mohammed Shah's tomb of 1444 is the oldest…

    Address
    Lodhi Road, Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi, Delhi 110003
    Nearest transit
    Jor Bagh station (Yellow Line), 12-min walk to the western gate
  10. 10

    Gurudwara Bangla Sahib - The Sikh Shrine With a Free Kitchen for Thousands

    Gurudwara Bangla Sahib occupies the site of a bungalow owned by Raja Jai Singh, where the eighth Sikh Guru, Har Krishan, stayed in 1664 and treated victims of a smallpox and cholera outbreak before dying of the illness…

    Address
    Ashoka Road, Hanuman Road Area, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
    Nearest transit
    Shivaji Stadium station (Airport Express Line), 10-min walk, or Rajiv Chowk (Blue and Yellow Lines), 15-min walk

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