📍 Heritage📍 Archaeological

Humayun's Tomb

Delhi, Delhi, India

4.6 (0)

Overview

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.

Why visit: The Taj Mahal's magnificent prototype, minus the crowds.

History: Commissioned in 1565 by empress Bega Begum, it introduced the charbagh tomb to India and became the template Shah Jahan perfected at Agra; UNESCO-listed since 1993.

Things to do

›Walk the charbagh axis to the great double dome
›Find Isa Khan's octagonal tomb in its walled garden
›Visit the restored Sunder Nursery gardens next door
›Continue to Nizamuddin Dargah for Thursday qawwali

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

₹35 (Indians), ₹550 (foreigners)

Hours

Sunrise–sunset

Est. budget

₹100–500

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

0.2 km

🏛️ Historical

4.5

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.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

0.6 km

📍 Nature

4.7

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.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

0.6 km

📍 Family

4.2

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.

Oct–Mar; evenings (closed Mon)1–2 hrsExplore

0.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.2

Hazrat Nizamuddin Baoli & Basti Walk

New Delhi, Delhi

The 14th-century stepwell blessed by the saint amid the living Nizamuddin basti — kalimi-kebab lanes, tombs, calligraphers and Sair-e-Nizamuddin heritage walks.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

0.7 km

🛕 Religious

4.6

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.

Year-round; Thursday qawwali2–3 hrsExplore

0.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.2

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.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

3.9

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.

Nov–Feb; mornings2 hrsExplore

1.3 km

🐅 Wildlife

4.1

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.

Oct–Mar (closed Fri)Half dayExplore

1.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.0

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.

Year-round; Sundays1 hrExplore

1.9 km

🏛️ Historical

4.4

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.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum

4.4

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.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)2–3 hrsExplore

2.4 km

📍 Shopping

4.3

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.

Year-roundHalf dayExplore