Sarai Kale Khan Bird Sanctuary & Yamuna Ghats
Delhi, Delhi, India
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Lajpat Nagar Central Market
New Delhi, Delhi
The trousseau-and-textile bazaar — suits, lehengas, mehndi lanes, home goods and a legendary street-food strip of chaat and momos.
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.