New Delhi, beyond the postcard of India Gate.
Stay New Delhi is a curated guide to the whole capital — the Mughal walled city, the colonnades of Connaught Place, the embassy lawns of Chanakyapuri and the Lutyens' bungalow belt — not just the four blocks around India Gate. Twenty-five areas, real prices, one honest booking rail across the Metro's ten lines.
Twenty-five areas, in six parts
From the colonial arcades at the centre to the Rajasthan day trips two hours south — arranged the way the capital actually reads, not a photo grid, an index.
Central Delhi
5 areas
Delhi's Georgian ring of white colonnades — best metro links in the city, real bars, and the tourist-scam epicentre.
India's most notorious backpacker strip, opposite New Delhi station — filthy, cheap, superbly located, and not for everyone.
Delhi's great middle-class shopping bazaar: pedestrian Ajmal Khan Road, Gaffar's electronics, and honest mid-range hotel value.
Delhi's embassy quarter — vast lawns, five-star landmarks, no street life, and the quietest nights in the city.
Shahjahanabad's surviving lanes: spice markets, 1913 kebabs, silver bazaars and the best street food in India.
South Delhi
7 areas
A 14th-century reservoir and madrasa with a bar village stapled to it — smaller than its reputation, still the best-looking south Delhi base.
South Delhi's mall belt beside the Qutub Minar — comfortable, air-conditioned, and closer to Mughal ruins than it looks.
Wealthy South Delhi grid of bungalows and two famous block markets — good food, guesthouse basements, and almost no tourists.
The best-located quiet address in south-central Delhi: bungalow lanes, one excellent market, twenty minutes from everything.
Delhi's loudest bargain bazaar, cheap clean rooms, mehendi stalls and Afghan bakeries — chaos with excellent metro links.
Asia's biggest computer bazaar wrapped in 1980s office towers — cheap laptop fixes, business hotels, Lotus Temple nearby.
Green, low-rise south-west Delhi twenty minutes from both terminals, with three malls, Qutub Minar close and almost no street life.
Airport & West
3 areas
Delhi's planned south-western sub-city: cheap modern rooms, wide roads, two metro lines and twenty minutes to Terminal 3.
A purpose-built strip of branded hotels eight minutes from Terminal 3 — expensive, frictionless, and not really Delhi at all.
Dozens of cheap hotels on the airport highway — five minutes to Terminal 3, no metro, and touts you must ignore.
Outer Delhi
2 areas
Vast planned north-west Delhi of numbered sectors, cheap rooms and Red Line access; almost no tourists, and almost nothing shuts you out.
Cheap, liveable east Delhi across the Yamuna, on two metro lines, ten minutes from Akshardham and the Noida border.
NCR Satellite Cities
4 areas
A separate city in Uttar Pradesh across the Yamuna: wide roads, giant malls, IT sectors, and the fastest start to the Agra drive.
Haryana's glass-tower boomtown 20 km from the airport: Cyber Hub dining, Sector 29 bars, high weekday rates, cheap weekends.
Haryana factory city on the Violet Line, worth it for the Surajkund crafts fair in February and the Aravalli lakes behind it.
Uttar Pradesh city on Delhi's east edge: cheap rooms, Blue and Red line metro, Anand Vihar trains and the Namo Bharat rapid rail.
Beyond Delhi — Day Trips
4 areas
Two hours down the Yamuna Expressway: the Taj at sunrise, a fort most people skip, and a city worth one honest night.
Rajasthan's capital, 270 km southwest: walled bazaars, hill forts, the best hotel value within a day of Delhi.
Two linked pilgrim towns 150 km south: temple bells, Yamuna ghats, and the wildest Holi in India.
A fifteenth-century hillside fort turned hotel on the Delhi–Jaipur highway: the classic two-hour escape from the city.
One partner for the whole capital
Most guides cover four blocks around India Gate. We cover the Mughal walled city, the embassy quarter, the metro-linked suburbs and the day trips beyond — the same honest booking rail, wherever you land.
The whole capital, curated
Twenty-five areas written from the ground — Old Delhi's walled lanes, the Lutyens' bungalow belt and every NCR satellite city, not just the blocks around Connaught Place.
8M+ hotels, one search
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Worth the trip
A short, honest list — top-rated rooms from the walled city to the airport corridor and the NCR satellite towns, picked by score and reviews, not by who paid for the placement.
The Gold Regency
4344 Main Bazar Road, New Delhi. On Paharganj's main strip, opposite New Delhi Railway Station — the single most-reviewed budget address in this whole guide.
The Suncourt Hotel Yatri
8A/33, W.E.A Channa Market, Karol Bagh. A mid-range base on the Blue Line, minutes from Ajmal Khan Road's shopping strip.
Hotel Twamev
Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi. East Delhi's college-and-market district, on the Blue Line, well east of the tourist core.
The Royal Oakes
198 12A East of Kailash, New Delhi. A small, sharply reviewed property in the South Delhi market belt, close to Nizamuddin.
Hotel Prime By The Premium Villa
Block C, Shivalik Colony, Malviya Nagar. South Delhi residential district two metro stops from the Qutub Minar complex.
Hotel Devrana
L 316 Mahipalpur, near Bank of Baroda. Five minutes from Terminal 3 on the airport highway — reliable for a late arrival.
Bloom Boutique Signature Towers
B 1B South City I, Gurugram. Haryana's corporate boomtown, 20 km from the airport and a Rapid Metro ride from Cyber Hub.
The Red York
Sector 63A, Noida. Uttar Pradesh's satellite city across the Yamuna — wide roads, IT sectors, and the fastest start to the Agra drive.
Hotel Grey Sky
187 Karkardooma, Anand Vihar. East Delhi's inter-state bus and rail terminus — two metro lines and trains east out of the city.
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Start Your SearchGuides from the ground
Twenty dispatches on itineraries, day trips and the essentials — written area by area, not generated from a template.
48 hours in New Delhi
Two nights, one hotel, and roughly 14 hours of actual sightseeing. Here is the route that covers Old Delhi, Lutyens' Delhi and the Mughal south without a wasted taxi ride.
Day trip to Agra from New Delhi
Agra is 165 kilometres south on the Yamuna Expressway and 100 minutes by the fastest train. Here is the timetable that works, and the ₹1,300 of tickets you will need.
Getting around New Delhi
The Metro moves 6 million people a day across 10 colour-coded lines for ₹10–₹60 a ride. Here is how to combine it with autos, app cabs and e-rickshaws.
Day trip to Jaipur from New Delhi
Jaipur is 280 kilometres south-west and now under five hours by expressway. Here is the 06:05 train plan that makes it work, and the ₹1,000 composite ticket.
Where to stay in New Delhi
Ten neighbourhoods compared on honest nightly rates, from ₹700 dorm beds in Paharganj to ₹30,000 suites on Dr Zakir Hussain Marg.
Signature dishes of India in New Delhi
Butter chicken was invented in Daryaganj, dal makhani a street away, and 28 state cuisines have canteens in this city. A dish-by-dish guide with addresses and prices.