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Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Taj Mahal
The world's most iconic marble monument to love, built by Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century.
Jaipur · Rajasthan
Hawa Mahal
The iconic "Palace of Winds" – a stunning pink-and-red sandstone structure with 953 tiny latticed windows.
New Delhi · Delhi
India Gate
A 42-metre war-memorial arch and beloved evening gathering place at the heart of New Delhi.
New Delhi · Delhi
Red Fort
Shah Jahan's vast 17th-century red-sandstone Mughal fort in Old Delhi — a UNESCO site and the stage for India's Independence Day address.
New Delhi · Delhi
Qutub Minar
The world's tallest brick minaret — a 72.5-metre, 12th-century fluted sandstone tower in Mehrauli, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
New Delhi · Delhi
Lotus Temple
Delhi's iconic white-marble lotus-shaped landmark — a 1986 architectural marvel of 27 petals, free to visit and one of the world's most-visited buildings.
New Delhi · Delhi
Lodhi Garden
Delhi's favourite green escape — a 90-acre landscaped park dotted with 15th-century tombs, free to enter and perfect for a morning walk.
New Delhi · Delhi
Jantar Mantar
An 18th-century open-air astronomical observatory of giant masonry instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II beside Connaught Place.
New Delhi · Delhi
Chandni Chowk
Old Delhi's 17th-century market street — India's most famous vegetarian street-food lane and a maze of spice, textile, and jewellery bazaars.
New Delhi · Delhi
Connaught Place
New Delhi's grand colonial-era shopping and dining circle — Georgian colonnades, big-brand stores, street markets, and famous vegetarian restaurants.
New Delhi · Delhi
Akshardham Temple
Delhi's vast Swaminarayan Hindu temple complex — intricately carved pink sandstone, an evening water show, and a pure-vegetarian food court.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Agra Fort
A massive UNESCO-listed red sandstone fortress — the seat of Mughal power and Shah Jahan's final prison.
New Delhi · Delhi
Sunder Nursery
Delhi's showcase heritage park — a 90-acre Mughal-era garden of restored tombs, lily pools and rose beds beside Humayun's Tomb, perfect for a slow, green half-day.
New Delhi · Delhi
Purana Qila (Old Fort)
Delhi's oldest fort, raised on the legendary mound of Indraprastha — massive gateways, a moat with pedal-boats and an evening sound-and-light show.
New Delhi · Delhi
Hauz Khas Complex
A 14th-century royal reservoir, madrasa and tomb overlooking a lake and deer park in South Delhi — medieval ruins beside a buzzing café village.
New Delhi · Delhi
Laxminarayan Temple (Birla Mandir)
A landmark 1930s Nagara-style temple to Vishnu and Lakshmi west of Connaught Place — inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and open to all, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Chhatarpur Temple
One of India's largest temple complexes — a sprawling white South-and-North-Indian shrine to Goddess Katyayani in South Delhi, near Qutub, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Agrasen ki Baoli
A dramatic 60-metre medieval stepwell of 108 stone steps hidden minutes from Connaught Place — one of Delhi's most photogenic and atmospheric monuments, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
National Museum
India's premier museum on Janpath — 5,000 years of art and history from the Indus Valley's Dancing Girl to Chola bronzes and the sacred relics of the Buddha.
New Delhi · Delhi
Dilli Haat (INA)
A permanent open-air crafts bazaar opposite INA metro — handlooms and handicrafts from every Indian state, plus a food court of regional vegetarian specialities.
New Delhi · Delhi
Sanjay Lake
East Delhi's favourite lake-and-park — a large man-made lake ringed by a green DDA park, popular for morning walks, paddle-boating and winter migratory birds. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Garden of Five Senses
A 20-acre themed leisure garden near Saket — sculptures, murals, spice and herb beds, an amphitheatre and cafés, designed to delight all five senses.
New Delhi · Delhi
Safdarjung's Tomb
The 'last flicker' of Mughal architecture — a grand 18th-century domed garden-tomb on Lodhi Road, quieter and calmer than its famous cousins.
New Delhi · Delhi
Tughlaqabad Fort
A vast, rugged 14th-century ruined fortress in South Delhi — massive sloping stone walls and bastions spread over a rocky ridge, steeped in legend.
New Delhi · Delhi
Kalkaji Mandir
An ancient, always-thronged Kali temple beside Nehru Place and the Lotus Temple — one of Delhi's most revered Shakti shrines, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
ISKCON Temple (Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi)
Delhi's grand Hare Krishna temple on Hare Krishna Hill, East of Kailash — striking modern architecture, a Vedic cultural centre and a pure-veg restaurant. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple
The 108-foot Hanuman statue rising over central Delhi — one of the world's tallest Hanuman idols, visible from the metro, with a dramatic cave-like entrance. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Nehru Park
A sprawling 80-acre park in the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri — rolling lawns, jogging tracks and open-air concerts, a favourite for morning walks. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Mehrauli Archaeological Park
A 200-acre open-air museum of ruins beside the Qutub — a Lodhi-era stepwell, Balban's tomb, colonial follies and a thousand years of Delhi's history in one green sprawl. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Waste to Wonder Park
A theme park of the Seven Wonders of the World built entirely from scrap and industrial waste — an Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and Statue of Liberty near Sarai Kale Khan.
New Delhi · Delhi
National Rail Museum
India's railway heritage across 10 acres in Chanakyapuri — vintage steam locomotives, royal saloons, a toy-train ride and indoor galleries. A family favourite.
New Delhi · Delhi
Sarojini Nagar Market
Delhi's legendary budget-fashion bazaar — export-surplus clothes at throwaway prices, plus vegetarian street food. A bargain-hunter's rite of passage.
Gurugram · Haryana
Leisure Valley Park
Gurugram's central green space in Sector 29 — landscaped lawns, jogging tracks and a musical fountain, ringed by the city's biggest food-and-leisure hub. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir
Delhi's oldest Jain temple — a striking red-sandstone shrine opposite the Red Fort, famous for its gilded upper halls and a charitable bird hospital next door. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Uttara Swami Malai Temple (Malai Mandir)
North India's grandest South-Indian Murugan temple — a granite hilltop shrine in R.K. Puram fusing Chola, Pallava and Pandya architecture. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Yogmaya Temple
An ancient living temple beside the Qutub Minar — dedicated to the goddess Yogmaya, sister of Krishna, and often called Delhi's only surviving pre-Sultanate temple. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art
India's premier modern-art museum in a butterfly-shaped Lutyens palace by India Gate — 17,000+ works from Raja Ravi Varma to Amrita Sher-Gil. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Gandhi Smriti
The house where Mahatma Gandhi spent his last 144 days and was assassinated in 1948 — now a moving national memorial and multimedia museum. Free; closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
National Crafts Museum
A living museum of Indian craft near Purana Qila — 33,000+ objects and master artisans at work, in a Charles Correa 'village street' of courtyards and mud huts. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Nehru Planetarium
Delhi's favourite sky-theatre in the leafy Teen Murti grounds — dome shows on the stars and planets, plus a real Soyuz space capsule. A family science treat. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Yamuna Ghat (Vasudev Ghat)
Delhi's most photogenic riverfront — a restored Mughal-style ghat near Kashmere Gate famous for winter seagulls at dawn, sunrise boat rides and an evening Yamuna Aarti. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Feroz Shah Kotla
The 14th-century citadel of Firozabad — a rugged Tughlaq fort crowned by a polished 3rd-century-BC Ashokan pillar, with a rare circular stepwell and ruined halls.
New Delhi · Delhi
Lajpat Nagar Central Market
One of Delhi's most iconic mid-range bazaars — ethnic wear, fabrics and home goods at bargain prices, roadside mehndi artists and lively vegetarian street food. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Khan Market
Delhi's most upscale shopping-and-dining enclave — independent bookshops, designer boutiques and celebrated veg-friendly cafés near India Gate. Closed Sundays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Raj Ghat
The national memorial to Mahatma Gandhi — a simple black marble platform with an eternal flame, set in tranquil riverside gardens near the Red Fort. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
National War Memorial
India's memorial to soldiers fallen since Independence — an eternal flame beneath a granite obelisk, ringed by walls bearing 25,900+ names, beside India Gate. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Rashtrapati Bhavan
The President of India's majestic Lutyens residence on Raisina Hill — 340 rooms under a great copper dome, with the seasonal Amrit Udyan gardens. Pre-registration required.
New Delhi · Delhi
Gauri Shankar Temple
Old Delhi's revered Shiva temple beside the Jain Lal Mandir — an ancient brown-stone lingam ringed by silver serpents, built by a Maratha soldier in 1761. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Prachin Hanuman Mandir
An ancient Hanuman temple at Connaught Place, famed for a non-stop Ram-naam chant running since 1964 (a Guinness record) and a rare crescent-moon spire. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Shankar's International Dolls Museum
One of Asia's largest doll museums — 6,000+ costume dolls from about 85 countries in backlit cases, a charming family outing near ITO. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
National Science Centre
One of Asia's largest interactive science museums near Pragati Maidan — hands-on galleries on biology, earth, technology and 'Fun Science' for all ages. Open daily.
New Delhi · Delhi
Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum
The Safdarjung Road home where PM Indira Gandhi lived and was assassinated in 1984 — now a memorial museum with a crystal path marking where she fell. Free; closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Janpath Market
Delhi's favourite budget street bazaar beside Connaught Place — boho clothing, embroidered juttis and silver, plus a decades-old Tibetan Market of curios. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Karol Bagh Market
Delhi's great all-in-one bazaar — the pedestrian Ajmal Khan Road for fashion and bridal wear, Bank Street for gold, Gaffar Market for electronics, and iconic veg street food. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
One of the world's most unusual museums — 5,000 years of the history of toilets and sanitation, told with wit and purpose in West Delhi. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Indian Air Force Museum
The Indian Air Force's heritage museum at Palam — 30+ vintage and modern aircraft indoors and out, from a Spitfire to the MiG-21. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Partition Museum, Delhi
A moving people's-history museum of the 1947 Partition, in the 17th-century Dara Shukoh Library at Kashmere Gate — oral testimonies, archives and heirlooms. Free; closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Ghalib ki Haveli
The restored Old Delhi home of the great poet Mirza Ghalib — a small memorial museum of his verses, portraits and a life-size replica, tucked in Ballimaran. Free; closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Talkatora Garden
A historic Mughal-era reservoir-garden near Rashtrapati Bhavan — lawns, waterways and spring flowerbeds, and the 1737 staging ground of Bajirao's raid on Delhi. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Khari Baoli Spice Market
Asia's largest wholesale spice market — centuries-old lanes at the west end of Chandni Chowk stacked with chilli, turmeric, saffron, dry fruits and tea. Free; closed Sundays.
Noida · Uttar Pradesh
Botanic Garden of Indian Republic
A 165-acre national botanical garden beside the Botanical Garden metro — themed plant sections, a glasshouse, a cactus house and a lake, run by the Botanical Survey of India. Closed Sundays.
New Delhi · Delhi
Ahinsa Sthal
A serene Jain memorial-garden beside the Qutub Minar — a 13-foot single-granite statue of Bhagwan Mahavir on a landscaped hillock, honouring ahimsa. Free and peaceful.
Faridabad · Haryana
Raja Nahar Singh Palace
A restored 18th-century sandstone Jat palace at Ballabgarh — home of Raja Nahar Singh, a martyr of 1857 — reachable right at the Violet Line metro terminus. Nominal entry.
New Delhi · Delhi
Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya (Prime Ministers' Museum)
India's museum of all its Prime Ministers, on the leafy Teen Murti campus — immersive, high-tech galleries tracing the nation since 1947. Closed Mondays.
New Delhi · Delhi
New Delhi Kali Bari (Mandir Marg)
The heart of Bengali Delhi — a 1930s Kali temple beside Birla Mandir, home to one of the city's oldest Durga Pujas and a Kalighat-style sanctum. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Kalindi Kunj Park
A Mughal-style riverside garden on the Yamuna by the Okhla Barrage — symmetrical flower beds, tiered fountains lit after dark, and a favourite family evening spot. Small ticket.