Surajkund 29, 39, 121–2
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary 29
The No. 1s
Beauty and the Beast: Delhi National Zoological Park 9, 10–11
Co-ed: Bal Bhavan National Children’s Museum and Aquarium 47–8
Day Trippin’ and Overnighters: Agra 113–14
Divas: Shankar’s International Doll Museum 31, 34
Dudes: Cricket at Ferozshah Kotla Stadium 37, 38
Eats: Yum Yum Tree 123, 131–2, 147
If You Have to be a Tourist: India Gate 95, 100–101
Make the Most of Museums: National Rail Museum 81, 87–8
Playground Paradise: Ambience Mall 57, 66–7
Shopping: Central Cottage Emporium 163, 185
Sleeps: Oberoi 189, 193–4
One if by Air …
Aero Club of India 57, 63
The Ballooning Club of India 57
Bungee jumping 57, 63
Delhi Tourism Adventure division 25, 58
Isan Sky Explorers 58–9
Wanderlust Travels 59, 63–4
Two if by Sea …
Boating 12–14, 19–20, 29, 38–9
India Gate 13, 19, 100–101
Purana Qila 13, 106–7
Peak Adventure Travel 59
Fun in the Sun
Cycling 64
Fishing 13, 38–9
Gardens 14–15, 17–24
Go-Karting 39–40, 64–5
Golf 65–6
Picnic spots 16–24
Rock climbing 25–6, 58
Roller Skating 24, 30, 74–6
Tennis 75–6, 78–9
Walks 26–9, 92–3
Splish Splash
Amusement parks 20, 59–62
Boating 12–14, 19–20, 29, 38–9
Swimming pools 22, 75, 76–8
Water parks 59–62
INDEX
By Table of Contents
Introduction 1-7
When to visit 3
Get your bearings 3–4
Some health precautions 4–5
Some safety precautions 5–6
Emergency contacts 6
Directory assistance 6
Publications and websites 7
Beauty and the Beast 9–30
Nature, Birds and Wildlife 9–12
Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary 9–10
Delhi National Zoological Park 10–11
Delhi Ridge 11
Eco-farming camp 11–12
Okhla Bird Sanctuary 12
Boating 12–14
Badhkal Lake 12–13
Bhalswa Lake 13
India Gate 13
Purana Qila Prasad Nagar Lake 13–14
Tilyar Lake 14
Gardens 14–15
Mughal Gardens 14
National Rose Garden 14–15
Roshanara Garden 15
Horse Riding 15–16
Beeya’s Riding Facility 15
The Children’s Riding Club 15
The Delhi Horse Show 16
DDA Saket Sports Complex 16
Picnic spots 16–24
Ajmal Khan Park 16
Buddha Jayanti Park 16–17
Central Park 17
Children’s Park 17
Deer Park 18
Dhaula Kuan Complex 18
Garden of Five Senses 18–19
India Gate 19
Jahanapanah city forest 19
Japanese Garden 19–20
Kalindi Kunj 20
Leisure Valley Park 20
Lodhi Garden 20–21
Mahavir Gardens 21
Millennium Indraprastha Park 21–2
NDMC Lake Park 22
Nehru Park 22
Qudsia Bagh 22–3
Rose Gardens 23
Shalimar Garden 23
Talkatora Gardens 24
Other Parks 24–5
Mahatma Gandhi Park 24
Netaji Subhash Park 24–5
Parasailing 25
Delhi Tourism Adventure division 25
Rock Climbing 25–6
Adventure Club 25
Camp Wild at Dhauj 25–6
Indian Mountaineering Foundation 26
KSHITIJ Adventure League 26
Walks 26–9
Chandni Chowk 26–7
Hauz Khas 27
Lodhi Garden 27
Mehrauli Archaeological Park 27
Nature walk 27–8
Rashtrapati Bhavan 28
Shahjahanabad 28–9
Around Delhi 29
Badhkal Lake 29
Surajkund 29
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary 29
Roller Skating 30
Talkatora Skating Rink 30
Divas 31–5
Get Creative 31–2
Build-a-Bear Workshop 31
The Colour Factory 31–2
Other Activities 32–5
Bindis, bangles and butterflies 32
Choka la 34–5
Dances of India 32
High Teas 33
Looks 33
Mehendi 33–4
Dudes 37–45
Buyer’s Guide 37
Modelart 37
Gift Palace 37
Car Parts Bazaar 38
Cricket 38
Fishing 38–9
Badhkal Lake 38
Bhalswa Lake 38–9
Okhla Dam 39
Surajkund Lake 39
Go-karting 39–40
Chandigarh 39
Destination Point 39
Fun and Fair 39–40
Planet Bowling 40
Thirty Second Milestone 40
Polo 40
Haryana Polo Club 40
Paintballing 40–41
Best Westin Resort Country Club Resort 40–41
Shooting 41
Dr Karni Singh shooting range 41
Siri Fort Complex 41
Other Attractions 41–5
Indian Air Force Museum 41–2
Indian War Memorial 42–3
Metro Museum 43
National Police Museum 43–4
National Science Centre 44
Pro Bono Publico Museum for Vintage and Classic Cars 44–5
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets 45
Co-Ed 47–56
Lots to See and Do 47–54
Bal Bhavan National Children’s Museum and Aquarium 47–8
Children’s Heritage Museum 48
The Colour Factory 48
Crafts Museum 48–9
CribRocka Weekend Club 49
Diksha Weekend Classical Workshop 49–50
Flight to nowhere 50
Habitat Children’s Book Forum 51
House of Puppets 51
Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust 51
Lal Kuan kite market 51–2
Leap Years School and Activity Centre 52
Mast Monkeys Fun and Learning Hobby Classes 52
National Philatelic Museum 53
National Rail Museum 53
Nirula’s Ice Cream Museum 50–51
Sangeet Natak Akademi 53–4
Yoga 54–6
Laughter Yoga 54
Mother and Child Yoga 54
Sivananda 54–5
Weekend Club 55
Yoga Studio 55
Yogalife Studio 55–6
Playground Paradise 57–79
Adventure Sports / Operators 57–9
Aero Club of India 57
The Ballooning Club of India 57–8
Delhi Tourism Adventure division 58
Indian Mountaineering Foundation 58
Isan Sky Explorers 58–9
Peak Adventure Travel 59
Wanderlust 59
Amusement / Water Parks 59–62
Aapno Ghar 59
Adventure Island 59–60
Ansal Plaza 60
Drizzling Land 60
Fun ‘n’ Food Village 60–61
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sp; Fun Town 61
Splash Water Park 61
Wet ‘n’ Wild Resort 61
Worlds of Wonder @ Entertainment City 62
Bowling 62–3
Amoeba 62
Blu-O 62
City Bowl 62
Destination Point 62
First Bowl 62
Fun ‘n’ Fair 62
Future Bowl 63
Galaxy Entertainment 63
Planet Bowling 63
Thirty Second Milestone 63
Bungee Jumping 63–4
Aero Club of India 63
Wanderlust Travels 63–4
Cycling 64
DelhiByCycle 64
Delhi Cycling Club 64
Go-karting 64–5
Chandigarh 65
Destination Point 65
Fun and Fair 65
Planet Bowling 65
Thirty Second
Milestone 65
Golf 65–6
Aravalli Golf Club 65
Classic Golf Resort 65–6
DDA Lado Sarai Driving Range (Qutab Golf Course) 66
DDA Siri Fort Sports Complex 66
Delhi Golf Club 66
Noida Golf Club 66
Mall Play Areas 66–8
Ambience Mall 66–7
Amoeba 67
Ansal Plaza 67–8
Centrestage Mall 68
East Delhi Mall 68
The Great India Place 68
North Square Mall 68
Select Citywalk Mall 68
Shipra Mall 68
Movie Theatres 68–73
Habitat World, India Habitat Centre 68–9
IMAX (Adlabs 3D) 69
Central Delhi 69
Chanakya 69
Delite 69
PVR Plaza 69
PVR Rivoli 69
Regal 69
Shakuntalam 69
Sheila 69
Fun Cinemas Shahadara 69
Fun Cinemas Vikas Marg 69
Movie Palace 69
North Delhi 69–70
Amba 69
Batra 69
Fun Cinemas 69–70
Gagan 70
M2K Pitampura 70
M2K Rohini 70
Movietime Multiplex 70
South Delhi 70
Batra Glitz Cinemas 70
Paras 70
PVR Anupam 70
PVR Citywalk Gold Premiere 70
PVR Premiere 70
PVR Priya 70
PVR Saket 70
Sapna Cinema (near Amar Colony) 70
Satyam Cineplex Nehru Place 70
3 C’s 70
West Delhi 70–71
Fun Cinemas 70–71
Janak Cinemas 71
Liberty 71
PVR Naraina 71
PVR Vikaspuri 71
Satyam Cineplex Janakpuri 71
Satyam Cineplex West Patel Nagar 71
Old Delhi 71
Excelsior 71
Golcha 71
Moti 71
Ritz 71
Faridabad 71–2
Cinemax Cinema 71
Inox Cinema 71
PVR Crown Plaza 71
PVR SRS Faridabad 72
Ghaziabad 72
Adlabs Kaushambi 72
Adlabs Vaishali 72
Big Cinemas Ansal Plaza 72
Fun Cinemas 72
Galaxie Multiplex 72
Jam Multiplex 72
Manohar 72
Movie World 72
PVR EDM 72
Silvercity 72
Wave Cinemas 72
Gurgaon 72–3
Big Cinemas Palam Vihar (in Ansal Plaza) 72
DT Cinemas City Centre 72
DT Cinemas Mega Mall 72
Payal 72
PVR Ambience Gold 72–3
PVR MGF (Europa) 73
Noida 73
Big Cinemas 73
PVR Spice Noida 73
Wave Cinemas 73
Playgrounds / Play Areas 73–4
Children’s Park 73
Garden of Five Senses 73
India Habitat Centre 73
Indira Gandhi International Airport 73–4
Roller Skating 74–5
Chilla Sports Complex 74
DDA Sports Complex 74
DDA Sports Complex Vasant Kunj 74
Dwarka Sports Complex 74
Hari Nagar Sports Complex 74
Major Dhyan Chand Sports Complex 74
Netaji Subhash Sports Complex 74
Panjabi Bagh Club 74
Paschim Vihar Sports Complex 74
Poorvi Delhi Khel Parisar 75
Rashtriya Swabhiman Kehl Parisar 75
Rohini Sports Complex 75
Saket Sports Complex 75
Siri Fort Sports Complex 75
Vasant Kunj Sports Complex 75
Yamuna Sports Complex 75
Sports Complexes 75–6
DDA Sports Complexes 75
DDA Sports Complex, Rohini 76
DDA Sports Complex, Vasant Kunj 76
Pacific Sports Complex 75–6
Ryder Sports Academy 75
Saket Sports Complex 76
Siri Fort Sports Complex 76
Swimming Pools 76–8
Hotels 76–7
Aqua at the Park 76
The Bristol 76–7
Crowne Plaza Today 77
Gulmohar Club 77
Hotel Crown Plaza Surya 77
The Metropolitan 77
Public pools 77–8
Indian Aquatic Academy 77
Khazan Singh Academy 77
NDMC Swimming Pool Mandir Marg 77
NDMC Swimming Pool Sarojini Nagar 77–8
Pacific Sports Complex 78
Sports and Cultural Club 78
YMCA 78
Tennis 78–9
DDA Sports Complexes 78
Delhi Lawn Tennis Association 78
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 78–9
Make the Most of Museums 81–94
Delhi Parikrama Rail Sewa 81
Museums and Monuments 82–90
Gandhi Smriti Museum 82
Hauz Khas 82–3
The Indian Air Force Museum 83
Indira Gandhi Memorial 83–4
Mehrauli Archaeological Park 84
Metro Museum 84–5
Mutiny Memorial 85
National Gallery of Modern Art 85–6
National Museum 86–7
National Museum of Natural History 87
National Police Museum 87
National Rail Museum 87–8
National Science Centre 88–9
Nehru Memorial 89
Nehru Planetarium 89–90
Museums at the Red Fort 90
Other Must Visits 90–92
Dances of India 90–91
Jain Bird Hospital 91
Kite Flying Festival 91
Purana Qila 92
Walks 92–3
Chandni Chowk 92
City walk starting from the New Delhi Railway Station 92
Nizamuddin 93
If You Have to be a Tourist 95–112
Akshardham Temple 95–6
Begumpur Masjid 96
Birla Mandir 96–7
Gates of Old Delhi 97–8
Kashmere Gate 97
Ajmeri Gate 97–8
Delhi Gate 98
Turkman Gate 98
Nigambodh Gate 98
Gurdwara Sisganj (Old Delhi) 98–9
Humayun’s Tomb 99–100
India Gate 100–101
Jama Masjid 101–2
Jantar Mantar 102–3
Lodhi Tomb 103–4
Lotus Temple 104
Parliament House 105–6
Purana Qila 106–7
Qutab Minar 107–8
Rajghat 108–9
Rashtrapati Bhavan 109–10
Red Fort 110–111
Safdarjung’s Tomb 111–12
Zafar Mahal 112
Day Trippin’ and Overnighters 113–22
A Peep Into History 113–15
Agra 113–14
Kesroli Hill Fort 114
Kuchesar Mud Fort 114–15
Neemrana 115
Call of the Wild 115–18
The Ballooning Club of India 116
Camp Wild 115
Damdama Lake 115–16
Keoladeo National Park 116–17
Siliserh 117
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary 117–18
There’s More to Gurgaon 118–20
Dhankot 118
Farukhnagar 118–19
Nuh 119
Sanghel 119–20
Et Cetera 120–122
Badhkal Lake 120
Sohna 120–121
Surajkund 121–2
Tilyar Lake 122
Eats 123–61
Rise and Shine 124–7
The All American Diner 124
Choko la 124–5
Cocoa by Belgique 125
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 125
Eggspectation 125
Hare Krishna Guest House 125–6
Market Café 126
McDonald’s 126
Mrs. Kaur’s Crepes & More 126
Sam’s Café 126–7
Saravana Bhavan 127
Ten 127
Yellow Brick Road 127
Takeaway / Budget Options for Breakfast 127–8
Al Jawahar 127
Café 127–8
Indian Coffee House 128
Mohan Ram 128
Pandit Devi Dayal 128
Triveni Tea Terrace 128
Brunch Options 128–32
All American Diner 128
Amigo 128
Asia Kitchen 128–9
Café G 129
Café Uno 129
Epicentre 129
Olive Beach 129–30
Patio 130
Pickwicks 130–131
Potpourri 131
Punjabi by Nature 131
Sartoria 131
Yum Yum Tree 131–2
Worth a Visit 132–48
Angels in My Kitchen 132
Aqua 132
Arora’s Shake ‘n’ Juice 132
Baci 132–3
Basil and Thyme 133
The Big Chill 133
Bikanervala 133–4
Café Turtle 134
China Garden 134
Choko la 134
Cocoa by Belgique 134–5
Colonel’s Kebabz 135
Dilli Haat 135
Eatopia 135
English Dairy 135
Ego Thai 135–6
Flavors 136
Food Court, EDM Mall, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad 136
Gulati 136
Haldiram’s 136–7
Hotel Metropolis 137
The Imperial 137
It’s Greek to Me 137
Kachori Jodhpuree 137–8
Karim’s 138
Khan Chacha’s Kabab Corner 138–9
The Kitchen 139
Laxmi Dairy 139
Lebanese Point 139
Lodhi – The Garden Restaurant 139–40
Mainland China 140