New Delhi travel guides
Dispatches on itineraries, day trips and the essentials — written area by area, not generated from a template.
48 hours in New Delhi
Two nights, one hotel, and roughly 14 hours of actual sightseeing. Here is the route that covers Old Delhi, Lutyens' Delhi and the Mughal south without a wasted taxi ride.
One week in New Delhi
Seven days is enough to see all four historic Delhis, take two day trips and still have an afternoon doing nothing in Lodhi Garden. Here is how to spend the week, area by area.
New Delhi in 3 days on a budget
Three days in Delhi for about ₹2,200 a day, all in. Here is where the ₹700 dorm beds actually are, which monuments charge nothing, and how to eat well for ₹300.
New Delhi in 3 days, upgraded
The same three days with a car, a guide and a hotel worth staying in. Rooms from ₹12,000 to ₹35,000, and the six meals that justify the flight.
Day trip to Agra from New Delhi
Agra is 165 kilometres south on the Yamuna Expressway and 100 minutes by the fastest train. Here is the timetable that works, and the ₹1,300 of tickets you will need.
Day trip to Jaipur from New Delhi
Jaipur is 280 kilometres south-west and now under five hours by expressway. It is a long day — here is the 06:05 train plan that makes it work, and the ₹1,000 composite ticket.
Day trip to Mathura and Vrindavan from New Delhi
Krishna's birthplace and the town of his childhood sit 150 kilometres south on the Yamuna Expressway, close enough for a comfortable day. Here are the darshan timings that decide your schedule.
Day trip to Neemrana from New Delhi
A fifteenth-century Rajasthani fort-palace 122 kilometres down NH-48, with India's first zip-line course and a nine-storey stepwell. Two and a half hours each way, and the easiest escape from Delhi.
Day trip to Bharatpur from New Delhi
Keoladeo National Park is a UNESCO-listed wetland 180 kilometres south, with 370-plus recorded bird species and a ₹100 bicycle. Here is how to do it between dawn and dinner.
Where to stay in New Delhi
Ten neighbourhoods compared on honest nightly rates, from ₹700 dorm beds in Paharganj to ₹30,000 suites on Dr Zakir Hussain Marg — and the metro-distance trade-offs nobody mentions in the listing photos.
When to visit New Delhi
Delhi has four distinct weather personalities across 12 months, temperatures spanning 5°C to 46°C, and a six-week smog window most guidebooks skip. Here is when to come, and when hotel rates halve.
Getting around New Delhi
The Metro moves 6 million people a day across 10 colour-coded lines for ₹10–₹60 a ride. Here is how to combine it with autos, app cabs and e-rickshaws without losing hours to traffic.
Money, tipping, and prices in New Delhi
What things actually cost in Delhi, from a ₹20 samosa to a ₹6,500 tasting menu, plus daily budgets at 3 spending levels and the tipping norms locals genuinely follow.
Safety and street smarts in New Delhi
Delhi's real risks are scams, traffic and air quality, not violent crime. Here are the 6 hustles you will actually encounter, the numbers to save, and how to move through the city like you have been here before.
Signature dishes of India in New Delhi
Butter chicken was invented in Daryaganj, dal makhani a street away, and 28 state cuisines have canteens in this city. A dish-by-dish guide with addresses and prices.
Best markets in New Delhi
From Asia's largest spice market to a Sunday book bazaar with 250 stalls — 12 Delhi markets worth your time, with opening days, closing days and what to actually pay.
Cheap eats in New Delhi under ₹500
Delhi is the best-value food city in India: 20 addresses where two people eat well for under ₹500 total, plus the hygiene rules that keep you out of trouble.
Free things to do in New Delhi
More than 20 of Delhi's best hours cost nothing at all — a 200-acre ruin field, a 24-hour free kitchen, and Thursday qawwali. Here is what is genuinely free, what costs ₹20, and which neighbourhood to book so you can walk to most of it.
New Delhi nightlife: where to go and where to skip
Most Delhi bars call last orders by 12:30am and the metro stops around 11pm, so a good night here needs planning. Here are the six areas worth your evening, the ones that have coasted on reputation since 2016, and where to book a room if you would rather walk home than argue with an autorickshaw.
Best sunset spots in New Delhi
Delhi's sun sets anywhere between 5:25pm in late December and 7:25pm in mid-June, and half the good viewpoints lock their gates at the same moment. Here are 12 places to be at golden hour, with gate times, ticket prices and the neighbourhoods worth booking so you can walk back.
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