NEW DELHI · INDIA
Red forts, white marble, the Golden Triangle.
Day trips to the Taj, Old Delhi on foot, and the Golden Triangle road through Agra and Jaipur. Varanasi, Amritsar and Rajasthan when you have longer.
The one day outside Delhi
If you do one thing from Delhi, do this.
A few hours south of Delhi sits the Taj Mahal. This is the day trip most itineraries are really planned around.
The classics
The Trips Everyone Books from Delhi
The Taj at sunrise, Agra Fort, the Pink City, Old Delhi by rickshaw. Where most first trips begin.
The classic route
Drive the Golden Triangle.
Three cities, one loop out of Delhi. Delhi for the forts and the food. Agra for the Taj. Jaipur for the palaces and the pink streets.
The big decision
Three ways to see the Taj from Delhi.
Same monument, same distance, a different kind of day. Pick the one that fits the trip you are planning.
On the Gatimaan Express and back the same day. No traffic, no long drive, you read a book instead of watching the road.
Door to door, leave when you like, stop where you want. The flexible way most travellers pick.
Leave Delhi before dawn for a near-empty Taj in soft pink light. The photograph everyone comes for.
By city
Pick a city to start in.
Each one is its own trip. Delhi for the forts and the food. Agra for the Taj. Jaipur for the palaces. Varanasi for the river. Udaipur for the lakes. Amritsar for the Golden Temple.
By experience
Or pick how you want to see it.
Old Delhi on foot. By rickshaw or by cycle. Skip-the-line at the Taj. A street-food crawl, a cooking class, the fast train south. However you like to travel.
The old city
Old Delhi, on foot.
Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid, the spice market, the food. Slower, louder, and the part most travellers remember. The three walks we’d send a first-timer on.
The sacred river
Dawn on the Ganges.
Boats at first light, the burning ghats, the evening aarti by the water. Nowhere else in India feels like this. Our three favourites for the city and the river.
Into the wild
Tigers, off the Triangle.
Break the Delhi to Jaipur road for a morning in Ranthambore looking for wild tiger among the ruins. If you add one wild card to the trip, make it this.
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