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Agrasen ki Baoli

New Delhi, Delhi, India

4.4 (0)

Overview

A 60-metre, 108-step stepwell of arched galleries hidden among Connaught Place towers — film-famous, echoing and layered with bat-and-djinn legend.

Why visit: The city's most atmospheric photo-op, mysteriously central.

Things to do

›Descending arch tiers
›Hidden mosque
›PK & Sultan film spots
›Echo galleries

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar; morning light

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1 hr

Nearby attractions

Within

0.6 km

📍 Shopping

4.1

Janpath & Tibetan Market

New Delhi, Delhi

Connaught Place's bohemian spine — Rajasthani mirror-work, silver, curios and the Tibetan stalls of turquoise, thangkas and wool.

Year-round2–3 hrsExplore

0.8 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.5

Delhi Street-Food Tour (Old & New)

Delhi, Delhi

The city on a plate — chole bhature at Sitaram Diwan Chand, butter chicken's Moti Mahal birthplace, Bengali Market chaat and UPSC-lane momos.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

0.8 km

🏛️ Historical

4.3

Jantar Mantar

New Delhi, Delhi

Jai Singh II's 1724 astronomical instruments — the giant Samrat Yantra sundial and coral-red masonry gnomons that read the heavens by shadow.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

1 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.3

Connaught Place

New Delhi, Delhi

The Georgian colonnaded rings of the capital's commercial heart — Central Park concerts, the giant tricolour, showrooms, bars and the Palika underground bazaar.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

1.3 km

📍 Festival

4.6

Republic Day Parade Route (Kartavya Path)

New Delhi, Delhi

The January 26 spectacle down Kartavya Path — tableaux, marching columns, the flypast over India Gate and the Beating Retreat finale three days later.

Jan 26 (parade); Jan 29 (Beating Retreat)1 dayExplore

1.4 km

🏛️ Historical

4.7

National War Memorial

New Delhi, Delhi

Concentric granite chakras behind India Gate honouring 26,000 post-independence fallen — an eternal flame under an obelisk, names cut in gold.

Oct–Mar; evenings1 hrExplore

1.5 km

🏛️ Historical

4.6

India Gate & Kartavya Path

New Delhi, Delhi

Lutyens' 42-m war memorial arch to 90,000 fallen soldiers, the Amar Jawan flame, and the renewed ceremonial avenue of lawns, fountains and ice-cream evenings.

Oct–Mar; evenings1–2 hrsExplore

1.5 km

🛕 Religious

4.7

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

New Delhi, Delhi

The golden-domed gurudwara on the site where the child Guru Har Krishan healed the sick — its holy sarovar and langar feeding tens of thousands daily.

Year-round1–2 hrsExplore

1.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.0

Supreme Court & Tilak Marg Museum Quarter

New Delhi, Delhi

The domed 1958 apex court modelled as scales of justice, in a quarter of the National Gallery of Modern Art and the boat-shaped Parliament neighbours.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

1.6 km

📍 Museum

4.4

National Museum

New Delhi, Delhi

India's premier collection — the Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-daro, Buddha's claimed relics, Chola bronzes, miniatures and the Tanjore armoury under one roof.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)Half dayExplore

1.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum

4.3

National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)

New Delhi, Delhi

The former Jaipur House turned national modern-art home — Raja Ravi Varma, Amrita Sher-Gil's largest collection, Tagore and the Bengal School under a dome.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)2–3 hrsExplore

1.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.2

Cathedral Church of the Redemption

New Delhi, Delhi

Lutyens'-era 'Viceroy's Church' (1935) near Rashtrapati Bhavan — a serene Herbert Baker design of high arches and quiet Anglican grandeur.

Year-round; Christmas1 hrExplore