New Delhi Trip Overview
The tour is a slice of daily life in a historic setting. It offers glimpses into the grandeur of the past along with a few hours experiencing the daily life of the locals.Interspersed with stories of yore, anecdotes and colourful sights and sounds of apparel, jewellery and food, the walk stimulates all the senses.
Food tastings along the way add sugar and spice and the shopping options, all things nice!
Conducted by a professional with a passion for the place, it is personalised and not a routine “guided tour” with only snippets of history being rattled off.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Starts: New Delhi, India
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting New Delhi, Delhi, India
The tour is a slice of daily life in a historic setting. It offers glimpses into the grandeur of the past along with a few hours experiencing the daily life of the locals.Interspersed with stories of yore, anecdotes and colourful sights and sounds of apparel, jewellery and food, the walk stimulates all the senses.
Food tastings along the way add sugar and spice and the shopping options, all things nice!
Conducted by a professional with a passion for the place, it is personalised and not a routine “guided tour” with only snippets of history being rattled off.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Friday Mosque (Jama Masjid), 6 km North of Connaught Pl. across from Lal Qila, New Delhi India
The walk is conducted through the the lanes of Old Delhi. Settled by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, the city was called “Shahjehanabad” for him. The walk covers monuments and bazaars and included food tastings on the way.
From the starting point, the visitors travel by rickshaws to the Jama Masjid.Built and completed in 1656 AD, The Jama Masjid is an “operational” place of worship.
From the mosque, we walk through to the Silver Market , while passing by several options of food as well as antique shops and old buildings.
This part of the walk has shopping options for silver jewellery as well as esssential oils and incense at a shop established 200 years ago.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Gali Paranthe Wali, New Delhi 110006 India
From the Silver market, we walk down a “wedding market” , with a stop en-route to see a Jain temple and the “naughara” havelis. We exit on to Chandni Chowk (the main avenue) via Parathe Wali Gali.
This part of the tour has shopping options for sequins, beads and costume jewellery.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Khari Baoli, India
We proceed to the whole sale spice market on rickshaws. Buildings of interest are pointed out on the way.
Duration: 45 minutes
