Offbeat New Delhi - the Top 10 must do list
Description:
Your umpteenth time in New Delhi? Seen it all? Done it all? Not quite looking forward to the India Gate, Humayun Tomb, Qutub Minar, Red Fort circuit?
We understand.
That's why, to perk up your jaded senses, we have come up with our Top 10 Offbeat things to do in New Delhi.
From a never-inhabited fort to an ancient step-well. From an imperial memorial to a mystic saint. From a haunted jail to a meandering maze...each is a prescription mood elevator for the depressed traveler.
So, go ahead. Get on to the track not usually taken. And tick off the numbers. As for the busload of tourists heading the other way, wave at them. One day, they will also follow in your footsteps...
(Photo courtesy: varunshiv/flickr)
We understand.
That's why, to perk up your jaded senses, we have come up with our Top 10 Offbeat things to do in New Delhi.
From a never-inhabited fort to an ancient step-well. From an imperial memorial to a mystic saint. From a haunted jail to a meandering maze...each is a prescription mood elevator for the depressed traveler.
So, go ahead. Get on to the track not usually taken. And tick off the numbers. As for the busload of tourists heading the other way, wave at them. One day, they will also follow in your footsteps...
(Photo courtesy: varunshiv/flickr)
Author: Sanjay Kumar
Day 1 - New Delhi
The sequencing of destinations has been done geographically and not in terms of any ranking. Tughlaqabad fort is the southernmost and we move north from there. You can, of course, do it the other way round. And start from the Coronation Memorial.
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Tughlaqabad Fort
Location:
view in google mapsTuglaqabad
110062 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2332 00052
Jamali Kamali
Location:
view in google mapsNear Qutub Minar Complex
Mehrauli Road
110030 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2464 7005 (Tourist Information)3
Bhulbhulaiyan
Location:
view in google mapsMehrauli Village
Delhi-Gurgaon Road
110030 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2332 00054
Lal Gumbad
Location:
view in google mapsPanchshila Park
Malviya Nagar
110017 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2464 7005(Tourist Information)5
Hazrat Nizamuddin
Location:
view in google mapsMathura Road
110013 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2464 7005 (Tourist Information)6
Feroz Shah Kotla
Location:
view in google mapsBhahadur Shah Zafar Road
110002 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2332 00057
Ugrasen Ki Baoli
Location:
view in google mapsNear Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
Connaught Place
110001 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2464 7005 (Tourist Information)8
Salimgarh
Location:
view in google mapsAjmere Gate
Ring Road
110006 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2464 7005 (Tourist Information)9
Saint James Church
Location:
view in google mapsKashmere Gate
Church Road and Lothian Road
110006 New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 332 000510
Coronation Memorial
Location:
view in google mapsNear Majnu Ka Tila, Ring Road
New Delhi, India
Phone:
+91 11 2462 9365