DELHI TRAVEL GUIDE
The capital city of India, home to the Prime Minister, the President, the best street
food, shopping and famous attractions, Delhi is a fabulous holiday destination as
part of any itinerary to India.The city is divided into new completely contrasting
parts: Old and New Delhi. Narrow, cobbled lanes, crumbling havelis (palaces) with
the call for Islamic prayer sounding out from the beautiful mosques and the intoxicating
aromas of freshly cooked street food filling your nostrils as you take a chaotic
rickshaw ride into the hidden depths of the exotic Chandni Chowk are all part of
the mystery that makes up Old Delhi. A world away from the chaos and humdrum are
the quiet, tree-lined boulevards with high fences & grassy hedges behind which sit
the imposing buildings housing India's political leaders.The Gandhis, from the Mahatma
himself to the iconic Indira and her descendants have all resided here.Today, it
is the assassinated Rajiv Gandhi's Italian widow, Sonia, who serenely oversees the
running of India's economy from the shadow of the Prime Minister's office.