Hazrat Nizamuddin Baoli & Basti Walk
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Nearby attractions
Nizamuddin Dargah & Qawwali
New Delhi, Delhi
The 14th-century shrine of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya — a marble dargah wrapped in incense and Thursday-night qawwali, with Amir Khusrau and Jahanara beside.
Chausath Khamba & Ghalib's Tomb
New Delhi, Delhi
A pure-marble '64-pillar' Mughal pavilion-tomb of 1623 beside the modest grave of the poet Ghalib — the Nizamuddin basti's quiet cultural core.
Isa Khan's Tomb & Humayun Complex Gardens
New Delhi, Delhi
The octagonal 1547 Lodi-style tomb-garden that predates Humayun's Tomb inside its complex — sunken lawns, a mosque and glazed-tile echoes.
Humayun's Tomb
Delhi, Delhi
The Mughal garden-tomb that inspired the Taj — Humayun's red-sandstone-and-marble mausoleum centred in a perfect Persian charbagh of channels and fountains, restored to full glory and glowing gold at sunset.
Sunder Nursery
New Delhi, Delhi
A 90-acre heritage park beside Humayun's Tomb — restored Mughal monuments, lakes, a bonsai house and rose gardens laid over the Grand Trunk Road.
Waste to Wonder Park (Seven Wonders)
New Delhi, Delhi
Replicas of the world's seven wonders built entirely from industrial scrap — a floodlit Eiffel, Taj, Pyramid and Colosseum by the Nizamuddin flyover.
National Zoological Park (Delhi Zoo)
New Delhi, Delhi
176 acres below Purana Qila's walls — white tigers, Asiatic lions, a great migratory-bird lake and battery-cart loops for the children.
Sarai Kale Khan Bird Sanctuary & Yamuna Ghats
Delhi, Delhi
A quiet riverside patch of the Yamuna floodplain near the ISBT — waders, reed beds and one of central Delhi's few surviving riverbank walks.
Bhairon Mandir & Pandava Qila Kunti Temple
New Delhi, Delhi
The liquor-offering Bhairon shrine behind Purana Qila and the Mahabharata-linked Kunti temple inside the fort — Delhi's most unusual devotions.
Khan Market
New Delhi, Delhi
The country's priciest retail lane turned beloved bookshop-and-bistro warren — indie bookstores, delis, boutiques and first-floor cafés.
Purana Qila (Old Fort)
New Delhi, Delhi
The walls of Sher Shah's and Humayun's Delhi on the mythic Indraprastha mound — Sher Mandal library where Humayun fell, a moat-lake and evening light show.
Crafts Museum (National Handicrafts Museum)
New Delhi, Delhi
A village-museum of India's crafts — a terracotta temple courtyard, tribal shrines, a living-artisan demonstration lane and the Cafe Lota kitchen.