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| Apart from our tours, there are lots of other interesting things you can do on your own in Delhi. Here's our pick of the lot.
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Shopping:
Shopping in Delhi can be utterly extravagant, or amazingly inexpensive. Each market has a distinctive ambience, and adds its own flavour to the experience of shopping.
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| Janpath (off Connaught Place) is a great place for bargain hunting, with kiosks selling cotton clothes and curios. The Tibetan shops sell attractive silver jewellery. CCIE and Jawahar Vyapar Bhavan are good ‘one-stop shops’ to explore for handicrafts from different parts of India. On Baba Kharak Singh Marg, there are several state handicraft emporia, which provide an opportunity to see the wide range of woodcarving, painting, sculpture and other arts of India. |
| Other shopping options include the upscale shops at Khan Market, the outdoor market at Dilli Haat, cheap Indian and Western wear at Lajpat Nagar/Sarojini Nagar, and clothes from Anokhi at Santushti shopping complex. |
Museums:
Delhi has some of the best museums in India. The National Museum at Janpath has a remarkable collection of Indian art and scultpure, dating from the prehistoric era to the medieval period. If you're fascinated by trains, try the Rail Museum, which has old steam engines and other railway memorablia. And for a really offbeat experience, you could visit the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets on Palam Dabri Marg.
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Festivals:
Indian festivals follow the traditional lunar calendar, so their dates vary from year to year. |
January - February - March
Republic Day (Jan 26), Lohri, Holi, Mahashivratri, Surajkund Crafts Fair
April - May - June
Baisakhi, Id-ul-Fitr, Ram Navami, Buddha Purnima, Mahavir Jayanti, Muharram
July - August - September
Independence Day (Aug 15), Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, Phoolwalon ki Sair
October – November - December
Nav Ratri (Festival of Nine Nights), Dussehra, Durga Puja, Diwali, Guru Purab, Christmas, New Year |
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