8/12/2019 Delhi places to visit
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1. Try Dilli-ki-Chaat Delhi's tangy local street food, such as
chaat papdi (fried wafers loaded with potatoes, chickpeas, yoghurt
and chilli) or golgappas (fried hollow dough filled with chickpeas
and spicy potatoes), in Old Delhi
2. Visit the great sandstone carcass of the Red Fort, and
imagine the last daysof the Mughal empire and the British era.
3. Humayun's Tomb combines Persian style with local
craftsmanship, and is surrounded by the fiercely symmetrical Mughal
gardens: take a stroll here at dusk.
4. Hear qawwalis (devotional music) sung at dargah of Nizamuddin
Auliya; religious songs resounding at around sunset at one of
Islam's holiest tombs.
5. A trip through the doors of the Imperial hotel is like a
voyage back into thedays of the Raj, with polished hallways hung
with chandeliers and works of art.Drink a G&T in its 1911
bar.
6. Lose yourself to shopping, in the temples to Indian craft
that are Delhi's government emporiums on Janpath, close to
Connaught Place.
7. Get lost and confused in the narrow bazaars of Old Delhi, and
feel like you've wandered somewhere medieval.
8. Ride on the Delhi metro: so cheap, so clean, so democratic,
unlike the other
world upstairs.
9. Get a suit made in Khan Market take one to copy and get
made-to-measure at afraction of the cost of Savile Row.
10. Visit the former home of Indira Gandhi, Indira Gandhi
Smriti, where she wasshot dead by one of her bodyguards in 1984,
and learn about India's most powerful dynasty.
11. Wander around Lodhi Gardens on a Sunday afternoon, the
perfect place for people watching.
12. Discover the district of Hauz Khas, with its crumbling
Mughal tombs and temp
ting art, antique and fashion boutiques.
13. Chow down on scrumptious masala dosas at the Janpath branch
of Saravana Bhavan, and finish your meal with a deliciously gritty
south Indian coffee.
14. Use the map from William Dalrymple's City of Djinns for a
different way to explore the city.
15. Eat a great Gujarati thali at pristine Rajdhani, opposite
Rivoli cinema, just off Connaught Place.
16. Shop middle-class Delhiite-style at laid-back Khan Market,
browsing its bookshops and hanging out for a chat at Caf Turtle,
fuelled by coffee and gooey cake.
17. Take a trip out to peaceful Qutb Minar, with its towering
minaret resemblingan ornate factory chimney.
18. Wind up at the Jama Masjid, climb the mosque's minaret, then
enjoy a classicnon-veg meal at nearby culinary institutions Karim's
or Al-Jawahar, famous fortheir roasted meat kebabs.
19. Get flabbergasted by the wealth of Indian art at the
National Museum.
