1. Old Delhi
The old city is the heart of Delhi. The same families have traded there through the generations; photographs on the walls tell the families' stories. According to tradition, it is the custom to sit on cushions and enjoy tea and conversation, and only then attend to business matters. The area is vast: between seven and nine million people live in Old Delhi and the inhabitants have their own language and culture. The streets have specialised: there is, for example, a wedding street, a cloth street and a perfume street, all bustling with rickshaws, bicycles and mopeds.

2. Bollywood Film
Films are an essential part of Indian culture today. A Bollywood film is often a three-hour long colourful musical, a melodramatic mixture of love triangles, suspense, romance, tragedy and comedy as well as dance and singing scenes. The keener Bollywood fans attend dance courses. The active traveller will also find yoga courses and cooking classes.

3. Red Fort
The Red Fort, or Lal Quila, which stands next to Old Delhi, is a two kilometre long fortress built in the time of the Mughals. In the evenings, colourful light and sound installations depicting the rich history of the country and the fort are presented there.

4. Qutab Minar
Less than half an hour's drive away from Delhi is the Qutab Minar tower. Representative of early Afghan architecture, the tower was erected by Muslim rulers in 1193 to celebrate victory over the last Hindu king. The tower is as important to the Indians as the Eiffel tower is to the French. The area also has India's first mosque.

5. Jama Masjid
Every ruler of Delhi has competed with his predecessors with the splendour of his monuments. In 1644 Shah Jahan, who also built the Red Fort and the Taj Mahal, erected as his final architectural extravagance the huge mosque of Jama Masjid, which can hold 25,000 people. The mosque offers fine views over the old city, the Red Fort and the River Yamuna.

6. Rajpath
On a hill at the beginning of the Rajpath (meaning the Royal Road) stand the magnificent government buildings from the period when colonial power extended all the way to Egypt and the sun never set on the British Empire.
The Rajpath terminates in a park, where locals gather to spend time, meet one another and enjoy ice cream in the evenings after dinner. Among the park's attractions are snake charmers and dancing apes.

7. India Gate
Situated at the eastern end of the Rajpath is the 42 metre high India Gate monument, which is guarded by elite Sikh soldiers of the sixth army, whose other duties include pacifying border unrest. On the monument is inscribed the names of 85,000 soldiers who died in wars at the beginning of the last century.

8. Jantar Mantar
At the beginning of the 18th century, Raja Jai Singh II of Jaipur built an observatory, the Jantar Mantar. Here you can admire the huge sundial known as the Samrat Yantra, or Prince of Dials, and other instruments, which were used to track the heavenly bodies in ancient times and to predict solar eclipses. The observatory is located on Parliament Street, a short walk away from Connaught Place.

9. Humayun's Tomb
Erected by the grieving wife of Humanyun, the second Mughal Emperor, the tomb is one of the city's most beautiful buildings. The Taj Mahal, which was built later, follows the same style. With their arrival, the Mughals brought a love for water, gardens and fountains. The emperor's favourite barber surprisingly also has his own tomb.

10. National Museum
Situated on Janpath Road, the National Museum is a fine way to spend a couple of hours. It has a wonderful collection of Indian art, wooden artefacts, musical instruments and clothing.