Three days gives you Old Delhi, the Mughal tombs, and the colonial-era avenues of New Delhi, which is three different cities layered on the same ground.
Delhi · 3 days India
Best time: October to March for tolerable temperatures.
Old DelhiDay 1
🏰8:30 AM
Red Fort
Shah Jahan’s seventeenth-century walled palace in red sandstone, the seat of Mughal power until 1857.
🚶 ~16 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
📍11:30 AM
Jama Masjid
India’s largest mosque, with a courtyard for twenty-five thousand and a minaret you can climb for the rooftops of the old city.
🚶 ~12 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.4 mi
📍1:00 PM
Chandni Chowk
The main market street of the old city and the lanes off it: spices, silver, wedding cloth and street food in dense succession.
Tombs and gardensDay 2
📍9:00 AM
Humayun’s Tomb
The first great Mughal garden tomb, and the design the Taj Mahal was later built from.
🚶 ~51 min · 🚗 ~7 min · 1.9 mi
🌳12:30 PM
Lodhi Gardens
Fifteenth-century tombs scattered through a public park that the city actually uses for walking and yoga.
🚗 ~18 min · 5.2 mi
📍4:00 PM
Qutub Minar
A seventy-three-metre victory tower begun in 1193, beside an iron pillar that has resisted rust for over a millennium.
New DelhiDay 3
📍9:30 AM
India Gate and Kartavya Path
The war memorial arch at the end of the ceremonial avenue laid out by Lutyens.
🚶 ~17 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
🖼️12:00 PM
National Museum
The best single overview of Indian art and archaeology, from Indus Valley seals to Mughal miniatures.
🚶 ~54 min · 🚗 ~7 min · 2.0 mi
📍5:00 PM
Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
A Sufi shrine reached through a narrow market lane, with qawwali singing on Thursday evenings.
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Best time to goOctober to March for tolerable temperatures. December and January bring fog that disrupts flights; April to June is extreme heat.
Getting aroundThe metro is fast, cheap and air-conditioned, with a women-only carriage at the front of every train. Autorickshaws work for short hops; agree the fare or insist on the meter.
Local tip: Old Delhi is best on foot and early. The lanes around the Jama Masjid are barely passable by vehicle and the market wakes up properly around ten.
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Day 1: Old Delhi
8:30 AM
Red Fort
Shah Jahan’s seventeenth-century walled palace in red sandstone, the seat of Mughal power until 1857.
11:30 AM
Jama Masjid
India’s largest mosque, with a courtyard for twenty-five thousand and a minaret you can climb for the rooftops of the old city.
1:00 PM
Chandni Chowk
The main market street of the old city and the lanes off it: spices, silver, wedding cloth and street food in dense succession.
Day 2: Tombs and gardens
9:00 AM
Humayun’s Tomb
The first great Mughal garden tomb, and the design the Taj Mahal was later built from.
12:30 PM
Lodhi Gardens
Fifteenth-century tombs scattered through a public park that the city actually uses for walking and yoga.
4:00 PM
Qutub Minar
A seventy-three-metre victory tower begun in 1193, beside an iron pillar that has resisted rust for over a millennium.
Day 3: New Delhi
9:30 AM
India Gate and Kartavya Path
The war memorial arch at the end of the ceremonial avenue laid out by Lutyens.
12:00 PM
National Museum
The best single overview of Indian art and archaeology, from Indus Valley seals to Mughal miniatures.
5:00 PM
Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
A Sufi shrine reached through a narrow market lane, with qawwali singing on Thursday evenings.
Make this Delhi plan yours
Forward your real booking confirmations to Petrel and it builds this exact day-by-day view for you: flights, hotels, reservations, live flight status, and the travel time between stops. Under a minute.
