Delhi Travel Stories

Sep 30, 2019 • 5 min read

From fine art galleries to famous toilets, Delhi seemingly has a museum for everything. Here are six of the best to get you started.

Sep 24, 2019 • 5 min read

Give Delhi half a chance and the city may surprise you. Here’s a perfect one-day itinerary to help you make its acquaintance, though you may end up staying a…

Aug 13, 2019 • 5 min read

Whether Delhi trumps Mumbai as party capital of India, or vice versa, is a topic of endless debate, defended heatedly by Delhites and Mumbaikars alike…

May 22, 2019 • 6 min read

With Delhi temperatures hovering in the mid-40s throughout the seemingly interminable months of April, May and June, keeping cool can be a formidable…

Nov 15, 2018 • 6 min read

Don’t be alarmed if you find Delhi a bit overwhelming. The Indian capital can be unnerving, even for longstanding residents who love its multifarious…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Sep 20, 2010 • 4 min read

If you have ever balked at the notion of a long Indian road trip with small children – but nevertheless longed to get back to the good old days of the…

Aug 19, 2010 • 2 min read

When in India during monsoon season, there’s almost nothing to beat a hot rum toddy to warm the very depths of your body and spirit when it’s pouring…