THREE DAYS IN India
Spend three days in Delhi exploring Red Fort and Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. The guide maps each day and points you to local places along the way.
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Three days built around neighbourhoods, not lists.
Saravana Bhavan’s Janpath branch serves South Indian vegetarian staples, including dosa and idli, in central Delhi.
Booking recommended
Address · Janpath, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteSuggested transport
metro or taxi · ~19 min estimate
Walking route · 4.8 km · ~64 min · This is an estimation.
Red Fort anchors Shahjahanabad with monumental Mughal walls, palaces and ceremonial spaces beside the historic markets.
Booking recommended
Address · Old Delhi, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteJama Masjid’s broad courtyard and minarets rise above the lanes of Shahjahanabad, tying a major Mughal mosque to the street plan of Old Delhi.
Booking recommended
Address · Old Delhi, Delhi, India
Respect dress, security and worship rules where applicable.
Book / official websiteChandni Chowk’s narrow lanes run through the commercial core of Shahjahanabad, with specialist bazaars, food stalls and places of worship branching off the main market street.
Booking recommended
Karim’s near Jama Masjid serves Mughlai gravies, kebabs and breads in the lanes of Old Delhi.
Booking recommended
Address · Old Delhi, Delhi, India
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auto rickshaw or taxi · ~14 min estimate
Walking route · 2.3 km · ~32 min · This is an estimation.
Raj Ghat is the restrained black-marble memorial marking Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation site, set within lawns along the Yamuna-side memorial zone.
Suggested transport
metro or taxi · ~20 min estimate
Walking route · 6.4 km · ~86 min · This is an estimation.
Swaminarayan Akshardham pairs carved stone architecture with devotional spaces, exhibitions and landscaped gardens in a contemporary temple complex.
Booking recommended
Address · East Delhi, Delhi, India
Respect dress, security and worship rules where applicable.
Book / official websiteSuggested transport
metro or taxi · ~24 min estimate
Walking route · 8.0 km · ~107 min · This is an estimation.
State Emporia Complex groups government craft emporia from multiple Indian states, making comparison shopping easier than chasing specialist shops across the city.
United Coffee House pairs a broad Indian and continental menu with a long-standing Connaught Place dining room.
Booking recommended
Address · Connaught Place, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteSuggested transport
metro or taxi · ~19 min estimate
Walking route · 4.4 km · ~59 min · This is an estimation.
Perch Wine & Coffee Bar in Khan Market shifts from coffee to wine and cocktails for an evening without a club format.
Booking recommended
Address · Khan Market, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteHaldiram’s Janpath branch offers Indian vegetarian meals, sweets and snacks beside Connaught Place.
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib pairs a luminous Sikh shrine and sacred pool with an active community kitchen, offering a living religious experience rather than only a historic monument.
Booking recommended
Address · Connaught Place, Delhi, India
Respect dress, security and worship rules where applicable.
Book / official websiteConnaught Place remains the circular commercial heart of New Delhi, useful for reading the capital’s twentieth-century plan while also connecting cafés, shops, cinemas and evening street life.
Booking recommended
Suggested transport
auto rickshaw or taxi · ~16 min estimate
Walking route · 2.9 km · ~39 min · This is an estimation.
India Gate & Kartavya Path combines the national war memorial arch with the monumental ceremonial avenue of New Delhi, making the colonial-era city plan legible at pedestrian scale.
Booking recommended
Gulati is a North Indian restaurant on Pandara Road, a convenient meal stop after India Gate and the central memorial district.
Booking recommended
Address · Pandara Road, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteSuggested transport
auto rickshaw or taxi · ~17 min estimate
Walking route · 3.2 km · ~43 min · This is an estimation.
Humayun’s Tomb is a Mughal garden mausoleum whose charbagh layout became a reference point for later imperial tombs in India.
Booking recommended
Sunder Nursery combines restored Mughal-era monuments with water gardens, ecological areas and walking paths in Nizamuddin.
Booking recommended
Suggested transport
auto rickshaw or taxi · ~17 min estimate
Walking route · 2.9 km · ~40 min · This is an estimation.
Lodhi Garden mixes fifteenth- and sixteenth-century tombs with mature trees, lawns and jogging paths, making heritage feel part of everyday Delhi life.
Suggested transport
metro or taxi · ~21 min estimate
Walking route · 4.9 km · ~66 min · This is an estimation.
Kake Da Hotel is a casual central Delhi restaurant for Punjabi and North Indian dishes near Connaught Place.
Booking recommended
Address · Connaught Place, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteSuggested transport
metro or taxi · ~35 min estimate
Walking route · 12.3 km · ~165 min · This is an estimation.
Sidecar is a cocktail bar in Greater Kailash, with a drinks-led format suited to conversation as well as an evening out.
Address · Greater Kailash, Delhi, India
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Official websiteJuggernaut serves South Indian vegetarian food in Kailash Colony, with a menu built around dosa, uttapam and related dishes.
Booking recommended
Address · Kailash Colony, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteSuggested transport
metro or taxi · ~25 min estimate
Walking route · 8.1 km · ~108 min · This is an estimation.
Qutub Minar and its surrounding complex bring together a soaring minaret, early Sultanate buildings and archaeological layers in Mehrauli.
Booking recommended
Mehrauli Archaeological Park spreads tombs, stepwells, mosques and ruins across a large landscape beside Qutub Minar, offering a quieter continuation of the heritage walk.
Booking recommended
Naivedyam Hauz Khas serves South Indian vegetarian staples in a traditional dining room close to Hauz Khas and Mehrauli.
Booking recommended
Address · Hauz Khas, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteLotus Temple is a modern Bahá’í house of worship whose petal-shaped architecture and quiet interior provide a striking contrast with Delhi’s older imperial monuments.
Booking recommended
Address · Kalkaji, Delhi, India
Respect dress, security and worship rules where applicable.
Book / official websiteSuggested transport
metro or taxi · ~28 min estimate
Walking route · 9.7 km · ~130 min · This is an estimation.
Garden of Five Senses uses landscaped terraces, sculpture, planting and shaded paths to create a slower south-Delhi break near Mehrauli and Saket.
Hauz Khas Village layers boutiques, cafés, galleries and evening venues around lanes overlooking the medieval reservoir and park.
Qla sits in Mehrauli near the Qutub complex, with terraces and indoor dining in the heritage district.
Booking recommended
Address · Mehrauli, Delhi, India
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Book / official websiteDramz is a Mehrauli rooftop restaurant and bar with views towards the Qutub complex.
Booking recommended
Address · Mehrauli, Delhi, India
Booking · recommended
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Less-obvious places worth knowing about while you are in the city. Save the ones you like to your wishlist.
Agrasen ki Baoli drops through a long sequence of stone steps and arched levels only a short walk from the city’s modern commercial core.
Nizamuddin Basti & Dargah Lanes threads Sufi heritage, dense market lanes, shrines and food traditions around one of Delhi’s most important living religious neighbourhoods.
Rajon ki Baoli is a quiet Lodi-era stepwell inside Mehrauli Archaeological Park, framed by arcades and a small mosque rather than urban traffic.
Tughlaqabad Fort spreads rugged fourteenth-century fortifications across a dramatic ridge, offering scale, military architecture and a less polished archaeological experience.
Lodhi Art District turns residential façades into a walkable open-air street-art district, adding a contemporary visual layer to a neighbourhood otherwise known for mid-century housing.