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Explore Khari Baoli, the 17th century Spice market – Asia’s largest – with an illustrious past and an even more exciting and eventful present. Get to know about a variety of indigenous spices, dry fruits, herbs, perfumes through the winding lanes and piles of spices
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: New Delhi, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Explore Khari Baoli, the 17th century Spice market – Asia’s largest – with an illustrious past and an even more exciting and eventful present. Get to know about a variety of indigenous spices, dry fruits, herbs, perfumes through the winding lanes and piles of spices
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Stop At: Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Morning will pick you from your hotel and start the spice tour with our expertise
Khari Baoli is a street in Delhi, India is known for its wholesale grocery and Asia’s largest wholesale spice market selling all kinds of spices, nuts, herbs, and food products like rice and tea. Operating since the 17th century, the market is situated near the historic Delhi Red Fort, on the Khari Baoli Road adjacent to Fatehpuri Masjid at the western end of the Chandni Chowk, and over the years has remained a tourist attraction, especially those in the heritage circuit of Old Delhi.
The market came up around the Fatehpuri Masjid, which was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s wives. During Shah Jahan’s reign it came to be known as Khari Baoli (from Baoli, meaning stepwell, and Khari or Khara, meaning salty) from a saline water stepwell used for animals and for bathing
Duration: 3 hours
