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Traveling for Business?  private airport transportation on arrival and departure, hotel accommodation (including tax, service and breakfast beginning on day 2), sightseeing with a private local guide, private chauffeured, air conditioned car, admission to places shown in the itinerary. Not included: airport taxes (if any), other meals, other admissions costs, items of a strictly personal nature.
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New Delhi was established in 1911 by King George V. He felt that Calcutta was too remote and wanted a new capital for the Indian Empire.
The city is quite a bit older than that, of course. What is now "Old Delhi" was
a principal Moghul capital in the fifteenth century. The city has two distinctly
different part, Old Delhi & New Delhi.
The streets of Old Delhi are narrow & bustling. New Delhi has fine museums in
the country, stately government buildings, as well as boutiques and shopping arcades
that offer a wealth of
traditional and contemporary crafts from all over the country.
Begin any day you like since this trip uses a private car, driver and guide.
Arrive Delhi. Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to the hotel for overnight.
Most international flights arrive late at night. If your flight arrives at a
different time we will adjust the itinerary to accommodate you.
This day there is a combined Old and New Delhi tour. Drive by the impressive India Gate with its eternal flame, the Presidential Palace and Parliament House; then stop to visit Qutab Minar, a 200-foot high minaret and
Humayun’s Tomb, the first of the great Mughal Tomb complexes. Later, you continue to Old Delhi, and drive past Raj Ghat, the monument to Mahatma Gandhi erected on the site of his funeral pyre and an important place of pilgrimage for People from all over the world. In Old Delhi see the
the Jama Masjid Mosque, built by the Emperor Shah Jahan, then continue past the bustling market place of
Chandni Chowk, where silver merchants ply their trade.
The day is free to explore the city or shop on your own. There are plenty of
interesting things to see, including the Red Fort, built by Emperor Shah Jehan between 1636 & 1658.
You can take in the Moghul Gardens, perhaps the Railyway Museum, the Digamber
Jain Temple which houses a hospital for birds, or even Birla House, where
Ghandi was murdered. You could spend days doing nothing but shopping in Delhi.
It may be worth a return trip to Chandni Chowk or Janpath, a great place for
bargain-hunting.
If you like we can arrange a full day excursion to Agra to see
Taj Mahal (closed Fridays).
Your time
is free (hotel check-out time is 12 noon until we take you to the airport for your flight. How about
Mumbai?
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