Delhi is northern India's largest city. One part of it, known as New Delhi, is officially designated the capital of India.
Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. Having been the capital of several empires in ancient India, Delhi was a major city in the old trade routes from northwest India to the Gangetic Plains. Many ancient monuments, archaeological sites and remains of national importance have been erected in its history. The Mughals built a section of the city (now known as Old City or Old Delhi) that served as the capital of Mughal Empire for a long period. During the British Raj, New Delhi was built as an administrative quarter of the city. New Delhi was declared the capital of India after India gained independence from British rule in 1947. Today, Delhi has grown up to be a cosmopolitan city owing to its nature.


STD Code: 011
Main language: Hindi and English
Tourist Information: Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation
Ph no. 24647005, 24698431, 24618026
Best time to visit: January to April and October to December
Distance from other cities: Agra-203 kms, Ahmedabad- 915 kms, Bangalore-2061 kms, Calcutta-1461 kms, Chennai-2095 kms, Jaipur-258 kms, Mumbai-1407 kms.
Getting there and away
 
Delhi is well connected by all cities through Air, Rail and Road.

By Air
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the arrival point for many visitors into Delhi.

By Road
• Kashmere Gate ISBT (aka Maharana Pratap), Metro: Kashmere Gate. This is "the" ISBT and the largest of the lot. Buses to points north, including Nepal.
• Sarai Kale Khan ISBT (aka Vir Hakikat Rai), next to Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station. Buses to points south.
• Anand Vihar ISBT (aka Swami Vivekanand), on the east bank of Yamuna. Buses to points east.

By Rail
Trains arrive at one of three main stations: Delhi Junction, also called Old Delhi or Purani Dilli, the second at New Delhi which lies in Central Delhi, and one at Hazrat Nizamuddin a few kilometers to the south.

Getting around
1. By Metro
2. By Train
3. By bus
4. By Taxi
5. By auto rickshaw
6. By cycle rickshaw

Attractions in Delhi
1. Red Fort
2. Humayun's Tomb
3. Qutub Minar
4. Rajpath.
5. Rajghat
6. Lodi Estate
7. India Gate
8. Nehru House
9. Parliament House
10. Lodhi Garden
11. Nehru Park
12. India Habitat Center
13. International Doll's Museum
14. National Museum,
15. National Railway Museum
16. Teen Murti Bhavan
17. Tibet House,
18. Bahá'í Lotus Temple
19. Chhattarpur Mandir
20. Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
21. Gurudwara Sis Ganj
22. ISKCON
23. Jama Masjid
24. Lakshmi Narayan Temple
25. Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple
26. Majnu ka Tilla Tibetan Colony
27. Appu Ghar
28. International trade fair exhibition centre
29. Delhi Haat

Around Delhi (NCR)
1. Faridabad
2. Gurgaon
3. Noida
4. Ghaziabad
5. Bahadurgarh