New Delhi
Delhi is an acquired taste. As a newbie traveler it will burn your eyes, blast your ears and sizzle your tongue. It will wake you up at night, confuse you, fill your lungs with black soot and smile weakly. It will release you of some cash, sell you something unusually intriguing perhaps a koan. Lying half dead on your cot, sweating, someone will be knocking on the door with some tea. You'll be dieing to leave but alas you know you'll be back one day.
The Good: Old world culture and charm. Variety of cuisine, restaurants, pubs, shopping. Delhi is connected by air or rail to all over India.
The Bad: Pollution and chaos, will make this city difficult after just a few days. Paharaganj is a seedy area that offer little by way of security. Most of the rooms are very noisy and you can expect a lot of commotion at night with people arriving or departing to night trains.
The Ugly: There's been a few terrorist bombs over the years in the Paharaganj area.
Over all Rating: 73%
Paharganj area is filled with thousand of travelers with about 90% domestic and only 10%-20% foreign tourists depending on the season. It is located within striking distance of the New Delhi railway station which is why it is busy night and day. A second area is along Arakshan Rd, has the most and newest selection of guest houses, so i usually start there.
There a number of 'tourist only' guest houses, mostly oldies around Vivek in Paharaganj. Usually you'll pay more for the privilege.
A map of the Delhi Metro is provided below, zoom out of the map and you can see the route from the airport. This is the best way to get around, from the Airport, Connaught Circus, Majnu kaTilla. No smog, no prepaid taxi's, now it's the Metro all the way. Sure the metro will take 45 minutes to Paharaganj and taxi maybe 30 minutes but it's worth it. Even not to be taken to some fake tourist office or dropped off at the wrong guesthouse. Metro Ashram Marg is the perfect stop for many.
Zoom out and explore the map you'll find the best sights, attractions and eatiers are highlighted for you.
Search bar: 'guest house' 'hotel' 'restaurant' and you will get complete listings with phone numbers, address, reviews etc.
Connaught Circus
TIP: Adventure with the Metro. The new opened Delhi Metro is a boon for travelers. No more smelly, uncomfortable rickshaw rides. Want to go off the beaten track? Hop on the metro and take it to another part of the city that tourists rarely visit. It's cheap, fast, comfortable and when hop out of the station you'll be in a different world.
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Thanks for any information!
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