Red Fort
Delhi, India
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Vast sandstone-walled fort with gardens, audience halls and royal apartments – a high point of Mughal military architecture.
Adult price: £5
Best for ages 13+
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Delhi, India
|Vast sandstone-walled fort with gardens, audience halls and royal apartments – a high point of Mughal military architecture.
Adult price: £5
Best for ages 13+
Delhi, India
|Britain’s rule from 1858 to independence in 1947 known as the ‘Raj’ was a defining period in India’s history.
Best for ages 18+
Delhi, India
|The most varied and cosmopolitan cuisine in India, served in every venue imaginable, from world-class restaurants to sprawling food markets.
Best for ages 13+
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Delhi, India
|An extraordinary modern temple complex, drawing on traditional religious architecture and design.
Best for ages 13+
Delhi, India
|The National Museum houses five millennia’s worth of Indian culture alongside an eclectic collection of its celebrated art forms.
Adult price: £7
Best for ages 13+
Delhi, India
|Completed in 1656 by Emperor Shah Jahan, this is one of India’s largest and most beautiful mosques.
Adult price: £3
Best for ages 18+
Delhi, India
|Stunning mausoleum and precursor to the Taj Mahal, with tranquil well-maintained gardens.
Adult price: £1
Best for ages 13+
Delhi, India
The former bungalow residence of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is now a slightly macabre museum. Assassinated here in 1984 by her bodyguards, even that very spot remains spotted with blood.
Best for ages 18+
Delhi, India
Formerly a palace belonging to the Maharaja of Jaipur, the gallery is now a superb repository of Indian paintings, sculpture and even photography.
Adult price: £5
Best for ages 18+
Delhi, India
|Hire a cycle rickshaw for a genuine, earthy experience of Old Delhi’s atmospheric backstreets.
Adult price: £1
Best for ages 8+
Duration: 15+ minutes
Delhi, India
A unique opportunity to experience traditional devotional music, performed in the courtyard of an ancient Sufi tomb-shrine in south Delhi.
Best for ages 13+
Duration: 1 hour
When: Daily
Frequency: daily
Delhi, India
Among Delhi’s quietest and leafiest parks, Lodi Gardens contain several 15th- and 16th-century tombs and monuments, most relating to the Afghan Lodi dynasty, which was eventually replaced by the Mughals.
Best for ages 13+