Jama Masjid
Old Delhi · 60 min
Go before the heat and the midday prayer closure, with shoulders and knees covered and shoes off at the gate. Entry is free, but expect to pay around ₹300 for a camera or phone and ₹100 to climb the minaret.
Delhi · India · 4 days
4 days in Delhi and Agra
Four days split by city: Old Delhi's fort, mosque and spice market by rickshaw, New Delhi's Mughal tombs and gardens, a day in Agra on the Gatimaan Express for the Taj, then temples, crafts and a gurdwara kitchen. The Metro does the long hops.
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Checked October 10, 2026. That’s the day we last confirmed the hours, prices and closed days.
- 4 days
- 28 stops
- 10 with a ticket
- from ₹3,000 a day
When to go
October to March is the season. November to January brings the worst air of the year and dense morning fog that delays trains and flights, so February and early March are the sweet spot. April to June is 104°F (40°C) and more; July to September is the monsoon, humid with afternoon downpours.
Where to base yourself
Connaught Place or Janpath for the Metro hub and the airport line; Lodhi Colony, Nizamuddin East or Defence Colony for leafy, quiet and near the tombs; Hauz Khas for cafés and nightlife. Paharganj is cheap and beside New Delhi station but loud. Aerocity only for an early flight.
Getting around
The Metro is clean, cheap and air-conditioned: single journeys run about ₹10 to ₹60 by QR ticket or token, and a tourist card costs around ₹200 for a day or ₹500 for three days with ₹50 refundable (not valid on the Airport Express). The first coach of every train is women only. Uber and Ola work well; use the prepaid booth for a taxi or auto at any station and agree the fare before an auto ride elsewhere.
Day 1
Old Delhi: the fort, the mosque, the spice market
- FromYour hotel in Connaught Place
- 1
- 16 min · walk
- 2
Red Fort
Old Delhi · 120 min
Opens 9:30 a.m., closed Monday; buy the foreigner ticket online at the ASI portal (asi.payumoney.com) to skip the counter. Walk from Lahore Gate through Chatta Chowk to the Diwan-i-Khas and the river wall.
₹600
- 11 min · walk
- 3
Cycle rickshaw through Chandni Chowk
Chandni Chowk · 45 min
Agree about ₹150 to ₹200 for the ride west along Chandni Chowk past the Sis Ganj gurdwara to the spice market. Hold your bag on your lap and let the driver thread the lanes.
- 26 min · walk
- 4
Khari Baoli spice market
Chandni Chowk · 45 min
The biggest wholesale spice market in the city: sacks of chili, turmeric and dried fruit, porters at a run. Climb the stairs in the Gadodia Market courtyard for the rooftop view, and expect to sneeze.
- 1.7 km · transit or taxi
- 5
Karim's, Gali Kababian
Old Delhi · 60 min
In the lane off the mosque's south steps since 1913: mutton burra, seekh kebab, mutton korma with roomali roti. Al Jawahar next door is the equally good alternative if the line is long.
- 1.8 km · transit or taxi
- 6
Raj Ghat
Ring Road · 45 min
Gandhi's cremation site, a black marble platform in a lawn by the river, ten minutes by auto from the mosque. Shoes off and quiet; twenty minutes is plenty, so rest at the hotel afterwards.
- 2.9 km · transit or taxi
- 7
Agrasen ki Baoli
Connaught Place · 30 min
A 14th-century stepwell a short walk from Connaught Place, 108 steps down to the dark water. Free; it closes around dusk, so go straight there.
- 14 min · walk
- 8
Connaught Place
Connaught Place · 90 min
United Coffee House for the room and a butter chicken; Kake Da Hotel across the circle for the cheaper butter chicken with no room at all. Saravana Bhavan on Janpath for South Indian and vegetarian.
Day 2
New Delhi: tombs, gardens and the Kartavya Path
- FromYour hotel in Connaught Place
- 1
Humayun's Tomb
Nizamuddin · 90 min
Open from sunrise, and the first hour is cool and nearly empty. The ticket is ₹600 at the gate and ₹550 online; the new site museum by the entrance is worth thirty minutes before the tomb.
₹600
- 10 min · walk
- 2
Sunder Nursery
Nizamuddin · 60 min
Next door: a restored Mughal garden park with small tombs, a lake and a café. Open daily from 7 a.m., with the ₹200 foreigner ticket sold at the gate.
₹200
- 2.5 km · transit or taxi
- 3
Lodhi Garden
Lodhi Road · 60 min
Ten minutes by auto. Free and open from dawn; walk the loop from Bara Gumbad to Sikandar Lodi's tomb among the joggers and parakeets.
- 8.3 km · transit or taxi
- 4
Qutb Minar
Mehrauli · 75 min
Twenty to thirty minutes south by cab, or take the Yellow line to Qutab Minar station. Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for ₹600 (₹550 online), with the 73-meter tower, the iron pillar and the unfinished Alai Minar all within a few hundred meters.
₹600
- 3.3 km · transit or taxi
- 5
Hauz Khas Village
Hauz Khas · 90 min
Ten minutes north by auto. Naivedyam for a South Indian thali at street prices, or Coast Café for Kerala fish curry upstairs, then a walk to the medieval tank and the deer park.
- 6.1 km · transit or taxi
- 6
Khan Market
Khan Market · 75 min
Delhi's expensive, pleasant shopping square: Bahrisons for books, Anokhi and Fabindia for block prints, Good Earth for ceramics. Coffee at Blue Tokai while you rest your feet.
- 1.6 km · transit or taxi
- 7
India Gate and the Kartavya Path
Central Vista · 75 min
A 25-minute walk or a five-minute auto. The war memorial arch lights up at dusk and the lawns fill with families and ice-cream carts; walk the avenue toward Rashtrapati Bhavan as the sky goes orange.
- 1.6 km · transit or taxi
- 8
Khan Market or Bukhara
Khan Market · 90 min
Khan Chacha for mutton kakori rolls at a counter, or SodaBottleOpenerWala for Parsi berry pulao. For the institution, Bukhara at the ITC Maurya serves dal Bukhara and sikandari raan eaten with your hands; book days ahead, around ₹4,000 a head.
Day 3
Agra on the Gatimaan Express
- FromYour hotel in Connaught Place
- 1
Gatimaan Express from Hazrat Nizamuddin
Nizamuddin · 100 min
Train 12050 leaves Nizamuddin at 8:10 a.m. and reaches Agra Cantt at 9:50 a.m.; it does not run on Friday, when the Taj is closed anyway. Chair car is about ₹765 and executive about ₹1,485, with breakfast; book on IRCTC, 12Go or Cleartrip, and ignore anyone at the station who says your train is canceled.
₹765
- 3.4 km · transit or taxi
- 2
Taj Mahal
Taj Ganj · 150 min
Twenty minutes from the station by prepaid auto to the East or West Gate; the South Gate is exit only. The foreigner ticket is ₹1,100 plus ₹200 for the mausoleum, valid three hours; carry only a small bag, a phone, a camera and a water bottle.
₹1,300
- Getting there
Pinch of Spice or Joney's Place
Taj Ganj · 75 min
Pinch of Spice on Fatehabad Road for a proper Mughlai lunch with air conditioning. Joney's Place in Taj Ganj is the cheap option, with a banana lassi and thali in a room the size of a cupboard.
- Getting there
- 4
Agra Fort
Agra · 90 min
Ten minutes by auto to the red sandstone fort where Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son, with the Taj framed in the river-side pavilions. The foreigner ticket is around ₹650 from the same online portal.
₹650
- Getting there
Mehtab Bagh
Across the Yamuna · 60 min
Across the river by the new bridge, twenty minutes by auto, for the view of the Taj across the water at sunset with almost nobody there. Around ₹300 for foreigners; it closes at sunset, so go earlier in winter.
₹300
- Getting there
Dasaprakash or Peshawri, then a later train
Agra · 90 min
The Gatimaan back leaves at 5:35 p.m., too early for sunset, so take the Bhopal Shatabdi from Agra Cantt around 8:30 p.m., reaching New Delhi around 10:40 p.m. (check the time when you book). Eat first at Dasaprakash for South Indian or Peshawri at the ITC Mughal for kebabs.
Day 4
A softer Delhi: temples, crafts and the gurdwara kitchen
- FromYour hotel in Connaught Place
- 1
Lotus Temple or Akshardham
South or East Delhi · 90 min
Both close Monday and both are free. The Lotus Temple opens around 9 a.m. (shoes off, silence inside); Akshardham opens at 10 a.m., takes no phones or cameras past security, and needs shoulders and knees covered.
- 8.1 km · transit or taxi
- 2
Dilli Haat, INA
INA · 90 min
A crafts bazaar with a food court of state stalls, by INA Metro; about ₹50 entry for foreigners, open 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.. Momos from the Nagaland stall, a Kerala fish curry or a Rajasthani dal baati, then Kashmiri shawls and Madhubani paintings.
₹50
- 4.4 km · transit or taxi
- 3
National Museum
Janpath · 90 min
Janpath, closed Monday: the Harappan gallery, Chola bronzes and the miniature paintings. The collection is due to move to a new museum in the Secretariat blocks, so check it is open first; if not, give the time to the gurdwara and Janpath market.
₹650
- 1.9 km · transit or taxi
- 4
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
Connaught Place · 75 min
The Sikh temple with the golden dome and the holy tank, a ten-minute walk from Connaught Place. Cover your head (scarves at the gate), take shoes and socks off, then join the langar, the free kitchen that feeds thousands a day.
- 17 min · walk
- 5
Janpath market and a Delhi chai
Janpath · 60 min
The stalls along Janpath for cheap kurtas, jewelry and bags; haggle to half. Then tea in the colonnades of Connaught Place before dinner.
- 2.8 km · transit or taxi
- 6
Indian Accent or Moti Mahal
Lodhi Road or Daryaganj · 120 min
Indian Accent at the Lodhi for the tasting menu; book weeks ahead. Or Moti Mahal in Daryaganj, where butter chicken was invented, for the original with naan.
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The practical bits
From the airport
From Indira Gandhi International (DEL), the Airport Express Metro runs from Terminal 3 to New Delhi station in about 20 minutes for around ₹60, with a shuttle from Terminal 1. The prepaid taxi counter in arrivals or an Uber from the signed pickup point takes 45 to 90 minutes to the center depending on traffic. Fog in December and January can delay flights by hours.
What a day costs
About ₹3,000 to ₹5,000 a day per person for meals, monument tickets and the Metro; foreigner tickets at ₹600 a monument are the biggest line. The Agra day costs ₹5,000 to ₹7,000 with the train and the ₹1,300 Taj ticket.
Where to stay
Got a day to spare?
Worth knowing
- Apply for the e-visa at indianvisaonline.gov.in between four and 120 days before you fly; the 30-day e-Tourist visa is US$25 (US$10 for April to June arrivals), the one-year US$40. Use the official site only; copycat sites charge far more.
- At New Delhi station, anyone who says your train is canceled or that you need a permit is steering you to a fake tourist office. The real Government of India office is at 88 Janpath; otherwise walk on and check the departure boards.
- Drink sealed bottled or filtered water and check the cap; eat food that is hot and freshly cooked, peel your own fruit, and skip ice and cut fruit from carts. Most stomach trouble comes from the water, not the curry.
- Carry cash: autos, rickshaws, chai stalls and small shops do not take cards, and UPI usually needs an Indian bank account. Cards work in hotels and bigger restaurants. Tip 5 to 10 percent where no service charge is added, ₹50 to ₹100 for drivers and porters.
- Cover shoulders and knees at every mosque, temple and gurdwara, carry a scarf for your head, and wear shoes that slip off. The Taj is closed Fridays and the Red Fort, Lotus Temple and Akshardham on Mondays; Waystop's hours check flags a stop placed on a closed day.
- Buy foreigner tickets online on the ASI portal (asi.payumoney.com): the Red Fort is ₹600, Humayun's Tomb and Qutb Minar ₹550 each, the Taj ₹50 cheaper than the gate and Agra Fort around ₹650. Book the Gatimaan on IRCTC a few weeks ahead, because it sells out on winter weekends.
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Move the Agra day so it is not a FridayMy sister is vegetarian, where do we eat in Old Delhi?How do we get from Hauz Khas to Khan Market by Metro?Which trains run from Agra to Delhi after sunset?The air is bad on day 2, what can we do indoors?
Questions
Is one day enough for Agra?
Yes, with the Gatimaan. Taj, lunch, fort and Mehtab Bagh fit between 9:50 a.m. and sunset. Stay a night only if you want the Taj at sunrise or Fatehpur Sikri.
Which day works in the rain?
Day 4: Akshardham's exhibitions, Dilli Haat's covered stalls and the National Museum are all under roofs. A rain plan in Waystop puts museums in place of Lodhi Garden and India Gate as a second version of the day.
Do I need to book the Taj Mahal ahead?
Buy the ticket online at asi.payumoney.com the day before; it saves ₹50 and the counter line. Book the Gatimaan train a few weeks out, since it sells out on winter weekends.
Is Delhi safe to get around alone?
By day, yes, with the normal city care. Use the Metro (women travel in the first coach), Uber or prepaid taxis after dark rather than hailed autos, and keep valuables out of sight in Chandni Chowk.
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