National Zoological Park (Delhi Zoo)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Nearby attractions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
National Science Centre
New Delhi, Delhi
Hands-on floors of physics, prehistory dioramas, a 'Heritage of India' science gallery and a 3-D theatre by the Pragati Maidan grounds.
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.
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.
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.
Pragati Maidan & Bharat Mandapam
New Delhi, Delhi
The redeveloped exhibition city of the World Trade Fair grounds — the vast Bharat Mandapam convention dome, art installations and the November trade fair.