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Places to Explore
New Delhi · Delhi
Humayun's Tomb
India's first great Mughal garden-tomb — a 16th-century red-sandstone and marble mausoleum that was the architectural prototype for the Taj Mahal.
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
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
Itmad-ud-Daula
The "Baby Taj" — the first Mughal structure built entirely of white marble, a jewel-box mausoleum on the east Yamuna bank.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Mehtab Bagh
The Moonlight Garden on the Yamuna's north bank — the finest sunset and post-sunset vantage for the Taj Mahal.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Akbar's Tomb (Sikandra)
Emperor Akbar's mausoleum at Sikandra — a unique five-storey blend of Hindu, Indo-Islamic, Buddhist, and Jain architectural styles.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Chini Ka Rauza
A rare Persian-style glazed tile mausoleum on the Yamuna east bank — Agra's most beautifully obscure architectural gem.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Mariam's Tomb
Mariam-uz-Zamani's mausoleum at Sikandra — Akbar's queen and Jahangir's mother, with gilded frescos and intricate carvings.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Keetham Lake (Sur Sarovar Bird Sanctuary)
A serene bird sanctuary and wetland reserve 20 km from Agra, home to 300+ bird species and the Wildlife SOS Bear Rescue Facility.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Taj Nature Walk
A protected forest trail 500m from the Taj East Gate — a quiet green corridor that offers filtered Taj Mahal views through tree canopy.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Ram Bagh (Aram Bagh)
The oldest Mughal garden in India, laid out by Emperor Babur in 1528 on the Yamuna riverbank — a peaceful char-bagh just 4 km from the Taj.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Mankameshwar Temple
An ancient Shiva temple in the old city heart — the spiritual anchor of Agra's Hindu community, especially revered on Mondays and Mahashivratri.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Jaswant Singh ki Chhatri
A rare Hindu cenotaph built during the Mughal era — an elegant example of how Rajput architectural tradition coexisted with Mughal rule in 17th-century Agra.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Paliwal Park
Agra's beloved green lung — a colonial-era landscaped park in the heart of the city, perfect for morning walks and a peaceful respite from the monument circuit.
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
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
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.
Gurugram · Haryana
Sultanpur National Park
A compact wetland bird sanctuary near Gurugram — a winter magnet for hundreds of resident and migratory bird species, with watchtowers and an easy nature trail.
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
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
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
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
Buddha Jayanti Park
A tranquil 80-acre garden on the Central Ridge honouring the Buddha's enlightenment — a gilded Buddha statue, a sacred Bodhi-tree sapling and forest walking paths. Free.
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
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
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
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
Yamuna Biodiversity Park
A restored Yamuna floodplain of wetlands, grassland and forest in North Delhi — 200+ bird species on guided nature walks. Free; Monday–Saturday by prior arrangement.
New Delhi · Delhi
Coronation Park
The vast North Delhi ground where the 1877, 1903 and 1911 Delhi Durbars were held — a lone obelisk and a graveyard of relocated Raj-era statues. Free.
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
Roshanara Bagh
A 17th-century Mughal Char Bagh laid out by, and the resting place of, the princess Roshanara Begum — a marble baradari, water channels and a bird-rich lake in North Delhi. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Sanjay Van
A wild city forest on the South Ridge between Mehrauli and Vasant Kunj — trails, peafowl, 200+ bird species and the ancient Lal Kot fort walls. Free; daylight only.
New Delhi · Delhi
Rahim Khan-i-Khanan's Tomb
A beautifully restored 1598 Mughal garden-tomb near Humayun's Tomb — the mausoleum of Rahim, Akbar's statesman and beloved Hindi-doha poet, a stylistic bridge to the Taj Mahal. Inexpensive ASI ticket.
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.
New Delhi · Delhi
Zafar Mahal
The last monument the Mughals built — a red-sandstone summer palace and towering Elephant Gate in old Mehrauli, tied to the last emperor's empty grave. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Adham Khan's Tomb
A 1562 octagonal Mughal tomb in Mehrauli nicknamed the 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' for its maze-like wall passages — built by Akbar for his foster brother. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Kamla Nehru Ridge (Northern Ridge)
North Delhi's forested ridge park — the city's richest cluster of 1857 sites (Flagstaff Tower, the Mutiny Memorial) plus an Ashokan pillar and Tughlaq ruins. Free.
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
Gandhak ki Baoli
A 13th-century five-tier stepwell in Mehrauli — Delhi's largest baoli, named for its sulphur ('gandhak') water, from the reign of Sultan Iltutmish. Free.