# New Delhi: map, what to do and when to go

In Delhi, centuries-old monuments sit inside ordinary life, like the 15th-century tomb next to a golf course. Capital of India and seat of government for 1.4 billion people, it gathers the ruins of seven capitals on the Yamuna, with the world's worst air from November to January.

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## Direct answer
- **New Delhi: what scam do people run near New Delhi Railway Station and in Paharganj?** The standard scam is to say your hotel has closed, burned down, or been shut down, and take you to a ‘government tourism office’ that sells an expensive package.
- **New Delhi: how do you take the metro from the airport to downtown?** The orange line, the Airport Express, links Terminal 3 to New Delhi Railway Station in about 20 minutes for ₹60 to 70, running from around 4:45am to 11:30pm; Terminal 1 is on the magenta line.
- **New Delhi: how do you do a day trip to Agra?** 233 km to the southeast, 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours by express train leaving from Hazrat Nizamuddin or New Delhi Station, or about 3 hours 30 minutes by car along the Yamuna Expressway.

## Shahjahanabad, from the fort to the spice market
Arrive at the Red Fort at opening, around 9:30am, via the Lal Qila or Chandni Chowk metro station (violet and yellow lines); book the ticket online and avoid Monday, when it's closed.
- Red Fort (Lal Qila)
- Jama Masjid

## Sultanate-era Delhi, from south to center
Start at 8am at the Qutub Minar complex (Qutab Minar station, yellow line, plus a 10-minute auto ride) to catch the low light and fewer crowds at the Iron Pillar.
- Qutub Minar and the Iron Pillar
- Lodhi Garden

## Mughals, Sufis and Lutyens's city
Open the day at Humayun's Tomb (JLN Stadium or Hazrat Nizamuddin station) and set aside time for the underground museum opened in 2024 and for the tomb of Isa Khan, older than the main one.
- Humayun's Tomb and Sunder Nursery
- Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya
- Kartavya Path and India Gate
- Rashtrapati Bhavan and Amrit Udyan
- Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

## Red Fort (Lal Qila)
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Central Delhi district
Shah Jahan's palace-fortress, built between 1638 and 1648, with 2.4 km of red sandstone walls and a World Heritage listing since 2007. Inside, the 60-column Diwan-i-Am and the Diwan-i-Khas, from which Nader Shah carried off the Peacock Throne in 1739. Closed Mondays; it's from the Lahori Gate ramparts that the prime minister addresses the nation every August 15.
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## Jama Masjid
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Central Delhi district · Up to half an hour
India's largest mosque, completed in 1656 by Shah Jahan, with a courtyard for about 25,000 worshippers and two 40 m minarets. Climbing the south minaret gives the best view over the rooftops of Shahjahanabad. Free entry, camera fee; closed to visitors during the five daily prayers, shoulders and legs covered, shoes off at the door.
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## Qutub Minar and the Iron Pillar
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Deli
A 72.5 m, five-story victory tower, begun in 1199 by Qutb ud-Din Aibak and completed by Iltutmish and, later, Firoz Shah Tughlaq in 1368. Beside it, the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built with columns from 27 dismantled temples, and the 4th–5th-century Iron Pillar remains practically rust-free. World Heritage since 1993; the internal staircase has been closed since a 1981 accident.
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## Humayun's Tomb and Sunder Nursery
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South East Delhi district
A 1565–1572 mausoleum commissioned by Bega Begum, India's first great Mughal funerary garden and a World Heritage site since 1993. It was restored between 2003 and 2013 by the Aga Khan Trust, which also opened an underground museum at the entrance in 2024. The ticket usually covers the whole complex, and neighboring Sunder Nursery holds fifteen more monuments in a landscaped park.
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## Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya
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South East Delhi district
Shrine of the Sufi saint who died in 1325, in the middle of a neighborhood of narrow alleys. On Thursdays, after the maghrib prayer, there's live qawwali in the courtyard. Free entry, shoes left at the entrance, head covered for everyone; the poet Amir Khusrau and princess Jahanara Begum are buried in the same precinct.
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## Kartavya Path and India Gate
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New Delhi district
A 3 km ceremonial axis designed by Lutyens, renamed from Rajpath to Kartavya Path in 2022 and rebuilt in the Central Vista project. At its east end, the 42 m arch completed in 1931 carries over 13,000 names of Indian soldiers killed in World War I and the Afghan campaign; a statue of Subhas Chandra Bose was installed under the nearby canopy in 2022.
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## Rashtrapati Bhavan and Amrit Udyan
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New Delhi district
The president's residence, completed in 1929 with 340 rooms and a dome that echoes the Sanchi stupa. The Mughal gardens, renamed Amrit Udyan, open to the public in two windows a year, closed Mondays and requiring free online booking: in 2026, from February 3 to March 31 and from August 16 to September 15. The horseback changing of the guard happens on Saturdays, with prior registration.
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## Lodhi Garden
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New Delhi district
Thirty-six hectares of park built over a dynastic cemetery: the tombs of Mohammed Shah (1444) and Sikander Lodi (1517), the Bara Gumbad and the Sheesh Gumbad, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. Open from dawn to dusk, no ticket, it's where local Delhi jogs, does yoga and rehearses weddings.
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## Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
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Nova Deli · Up to half an hour
An 18th-century Sikh temple with a golden dome and a sacred water tank, the sarovar, at its center. The community kitchen serves free meals to tens of thousands of people a day, seven days a week, and visitors can step in and help. Head covered with a scarf provided at the door, feet washed before entering.
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## Akshardham
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East Delhi district
A Swaminarayan complex opened in 2005 on the Yamuna's east bank, carved in pink sandstone with no visible steel structure. It closes on Mondays and bans phones, cameras and bags inside. There's luggage storage at the entrance, and the security screening takes time. Entry to the temple itself is free; the exhibitions and the water show cost extra.
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**New Delhi: what scam do people run near New Delhi Railway Station and in Paharganj?**
The standard scam is to say your hotel has closed, burned down, or been shut down, and take you to a ‘government tourism office’ that sells an expensive package. The only official office is India Tourism at 88 Janpath.

**New Delhi: how do you take the metro from the airport to downtown?**
The orange line, the Airport Express, links Terminal 3 to New Delhi Railway Station in about 20 minutes for ₹60 to 70, running from around 4:45am to 11:30pm; Terminal 1 is on the magenta line.

**New Delhi: how do you do a day trip to Agra?**
233 km to the southeast, 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours by express train leaving from Hazrat Nizamuddin or New Delhi Station, or about 3 hours 30 minutes by car along the Yamuna Expressway.

**New Delhi: what's the currency, and what's it worth?**
The currency is the Indian rupee (INR, ₹), and ₹100 was worth about R$5.40 at the end of September 2026.

**New Delhi: what's the best time to go?**
February and March are the best months: 12 to 28°C, sun, gardens in bloom, and air that's only poor, not severe.


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## Full editorial guide (Portuguese)
https://nilopelomundo.com/llm/delhi.md