Courtyard cafe inside the National Crafts Museum serving inventive takes on regional Indian dishes.
Located at the National Crafts Museum near Pragati Maidan, Cafe Lota offers modern takes on regional Indian food using seasonal ingredients such as millets and gram flour. Its mustard-spiced fish tikka and seasonal drinks like aam panna are often highlighted, and it pairs well with a museum visit.
Within 1 km of Cafe Lota.
India's post-independence war memorial beside India Gate: concentric 'chakra' rings around an eternal flame, with busts of all 21 Param Vir Chakra recipients.
India's flagship museum on Janpath, covering roughly 5,000 years of art and archaeology, from the Harappan period to the decorative arts.
Lutyens' 42 m war-memorial arch on Kartavya Path, honouring Indian soldiers who died in WWI and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Its lawns are a popular evening hangout.
A 90-acre city park off Lodhi Road with 15th–16th century Sayyid and Lodi tombs set among lawns and walking paths.
A garden tomb from 1754 at the end of Lodhi Road, often described as the last great monumental tomb of Mughal-era Delhi.
Museum complex inside the President's Estate covering Rashtrapati Bhavan's history and India's Presidents. Visits are by pre-booked time slot only.
Former Birla House, where Mahatma Gandhi spent his last 144 days and was assassinated in 1948. Now a free memorial museum.
Theme park near Sarai Kale Khan with replicas of the Seven Wonders of the World built from scrap metal; most atmospheric when lit at night.
A 72.5 m fluted tower begun in 1199, standing in a UNESCO-listed complex in Mehrauli. The complex also holds the Iron Pillar and the Alai Darwaza.
A four-tier Lodi-era stepwell from 1506 inside Mehrauli Archaeological Park, reopened in 2025 after ASI and World Monuments Fund restoration.
The vast ruined stone fort of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, built in the 1320s and soon abandoned. A causeway links it to his tomb across the road.
A 200-acre wooded heritage park beside the Qutb complex with about 100 monuments, including Balban's tomb, Jamali Kamali and Rajon ki Baoli.
minaret in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India
tomb built in the 13th century for Nasiruddin Mahmud
mosque gateway in Delhi, India
tomb of Azim Khan