Jan 22, 2018 • 4 min read
Trucks in India do more than just carry loads. These eccentric vehicles double as mobile canvases for outrageously colourful paintings of deities, lotus…
Jan 22, 2018 • 4 min read
Trucks in India do more than just carry loads. These eccentric vehicles double as mobile canvases for outrageously colourful paintings of deities, lotus…
Dec 22, 2017 • 4 min read
Lonely Planet Local Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu divides her time and affection between Delhi and her home in Chandigarh. During the winter months she spends as…
Dec 7, 2017 • 4 min read
Studded with famous food stalls, the maze-like alleyways and marketplaces of Old Delhi have been luring foodies for centuries, but there's more to Delhi…
Dec 6, 2017 • 3 min read
Lonely Planet Local Deepika Gumaste was born in Mumbai and has lived in the city for nearly 30 years. Deepika’s work as a travel writer has taken her far…
Oct 4, 2017 • 7 min read
At first glance, Delhi embodies all that is exasperating and chaotic about modern India. It can take nerves of steel to face the frenetic pace at which it…
Aug 31, 2017 • 7 min read
Imagine an arid land set high in the Indian Himalaya, a high-altitude desert punctuated by small patches of green and miniature villages of white, flat…
Aug 8, 2017 • 10 min read
It’s hard to imagine how it must feel to be king of all you survey. To look out from the palace walls as the sun dips behind the silhouetted hills, and…
Jul 6, 2017 • 5 min read
Amidst the swirl and chaos of Mumbai’s slums, high rise towers and buzzing bazaars, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. But as you delve deeper into Mumbai,…
May 12, 2017 • 5 min read
If you have ever dreamt of spending a night on a kettuvallum (rice barge) houseboat, cruising the backwaters while an on-board chef prepares fresh…
Apr 27, 2017 • 6 min read
Street art has taken over the world and spray-painted it red, blue and yellow. Across the globe, urban centres are becoming giant, colourful canvases for…
Mar 3, 2017 • 5 min read
Bengaluru is a city that loves its pint. Ever since the British arrived here in the early 19th century the capital of Karnataka has enthusiastically…
Feb 22, 2017 • 5 min read
If there’s one thing you can guarantee when travelling somewhere new, it’s an unexpected cost you didn’t budget for – an irresistible detour, a magical…
Jan 9, 2017 • 9 min read
Holy is not a word usually used to describe Mumbai. With its slums, Bollywood divas, millionaires and mafia, and its extremes of poverty and decadence,…
Nov 1, 2016 • 4 min read
Delhi’s onion-layered history is mirrored deliciously in its diverse and dynamic cuisine. Cosmopolitan Delhi-ites crave fine food like plants crave…
Jun 27, 2016 • 6 min read
It's raining on the limestone plateau that soars above the delta of the Brahmaputra River in Northeast India. Big, fat, heavy drops, that dribble down the…
Apr 12, 2016 • 13 min read
To mark Disney's remake of The Jungle Book, Lonely Planet travels to the forested heart of India that inspired Rudyard Kipling’s original Mowgli stories.
Nov 10, 2015 • 9 min read
At first chaotic, teeming, tumultuous glance, you might be forgiven for thinking that Delhi is not the most relaxing spot on the planet to spend time with…
Sep 29, 2015 • 5 min read
A gargantuan, pulsating metropolis that reinvents itself every time you blink, Mumbai is India’s most modern and most happening city. The best…
Sep 29, 2015 • 7 min read
Visitors to Mumbai think it’s all about the spices, and when it comes to the city's delicious cuisine, they might be right. India's economic capital draws…
Jun 24, 2015 • 6 min read
It’s got every cuisine you can think of. It’s got a thriving cultural scene. It’s got places to soak in the sun (or hide from it!), and lots and lots of…
Oct 14, 2014 • 5 min read
Never one for flashy sights, Chennai keeps many of its riches in its kitchens, and the city is rightly famous for its elaborate, spicy cuisine. With…
Oct 10, 2014 • 6 min read
At first glance, Chennai might not seem the obvious choice for a spot of meditation. With 4.7 million inhabitants and India's biggest motor industry, the…