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Delhi is a relatively easy city to find your way around although it is very spread out. All of Delhi of interest to visitors is on the west bank of the Yamuna River and it divides basically into two parts — old Delhi and New Delhi. Desh Bandhu Gupta Rd and Asaf Ali Rd mark the boundary between the tightly packed streets of the old city and the spaciously planned areas of the new capital.
Old Delhi is the 17th century walled City with city
gates, narrow alleys, the
enormous Red Fort and Jami
Masjid of Shah Jahan,
temples, mosques, bazaars
and the famous street known
as chadni Chowk. Here you
will also find the Old Delhi
Railway Station and, a
little further north, the
Interstate Bus terminal
near Kashmiri Gate.
Near New Delhi Railway
Station, and acting as a
sort of 'buffer zone'
between the old and new
cities, is Paharganj. There
are a number of popular
cheap hotels and restaurants
in this area.
The 'hub' of New Delhi In the great circle of Connaught Place and the streets that radiate out from It. Here you will find most of the airline offices, banks, travel agents, the various (date tourist offices and the national one, more budget accommodation and several of the big hotels. The Regal cinema, at the south side of the circle, and the Plaza Cinema, at the north, are two Important Connaught Place landmarks and very useful for telling taxi or auto-rickshaw drivers where you want to go. Janpath, running off Connaught Place to the south, is one of the most important streets with the Government of India Tourist Office, the Student Travel Information Centre in the Imperial Hotel and a number of other useful addresses. New Delhi is a planned city of wide, tree lined streets, parks and fountains. It can be further sub-divided into the business and living areas around Connaught Place and the government areas around Raj Path to the south. At one end of Raj Path is the India Gate memorial and at the other end is the Indian Parliament building.
South of the New Delhi
government areas are Delhi's
more expensive residential
areas with name like Defence
Colony, Lodi Colony or
Friend's Colony. Delhi
airport is to the southwest
of the city and about half
way between the airport and
Connaught Place is
Chanakyapuri, the diplomatic
enclave. Most of Delhi's
embassies are concentrated
in this modern area and
there are also a number of
the major hotels here. |
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