Top10 Tourist Places to Visit in Delhi City

History is writ large in Delhi, and few places in the world can rival the city’s incredible clutch of monuments, spanning 1,000 years of history. These range from the soaring minaret of the Qutb Minar and the imposing Red Fort to the dramatic Jama Masjid and Humayun’s Tomb, as well as some of the most grandiose landmarks of the British Raj, such as India Gate. Here are the best of the best in Delhi:

1. Red Fort
2. Chandni Chowk
3. Jama Masjid
4. Humayun’s Tomb
5. Around Rajpath
6. Qutb Minar Complex
7. Crafts Museum
8. Lodi Gardens
9. National Museum
10. Taj Mahal, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri

1. Red Fort

In 1638, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1627–58) decided to leave Agra, then capital of the empire, and return to Delhi. Here he created Shahjahanabad, or Old Delhi as it is now known, with the Red Fort (Lal Qila) at its heart. The structure was com pleted in 1648 and surrounded by enormous red sandstone walls, their colour lending the fort its name. It served as home to the emperor and his successors until the 1857 Uprising. Although time has taken its toll, it remains one of Delhi’s most absorb ing sights.

2. Chandni Chowk

When Shah Jahan built his new city, Chandni Chowk was planned as the main thoroughfare - a wide ceremonial avenue leading directly from the Red Fort and a popular location for elaborate parades. Most of the street's original buildings are now gone (as is the canal in the middle of the street), but Chandni Chowk, lined with shoebox shops and always bustling with crowds and traffic, retains much of its traditional vibe.

3. Jama Masjid

Completed in 1656, the Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque, named after the Muslim day of prayer) is the largest mosque in India, with three massive domes, two minarets over 130 feet (40 m) high, and a large mosque large enough to hold 25,000 people. Garden worshipper. The mosque is an architectural masterpiece that took 5,000 masons and around 1 million rupees to build over six years. Today, its towering minarets and domes are one of Old Delhi's most memorable sights.

4. Humayun’s Tomb

Built in the 1560s, this massive mausoleum was the first large tomb in a Mughal garden and the final resting place of the ill-fated Emperor Humayun (reigned 1530-40 and 1555-6) . The mausoleum is one of Delhi's most impressive sights and a classic example of the great tradition of burials that culminated in the Taj Mahal nearly 100 years later. It is also one of the most peaceful places in Delhi, with extensive beautiful gardens and fascinating other mausoleums, gates and mosques.

5. Around Rajpath

The Rajpath (formerly Kingsway) runs east-west through the heart of New Delhi and is the grandest of all the boulevards in the city. It stretches 2 km (1 mile) from India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace. The Rajpath was created to showcase spectacular parades and national occasions, while the surrounding central government buildings were intended to serve as an enduring symbol of British pomp and power to rival – or, indeed, surpass – those monuments left scattered around the city by previous rulers.

6. Qutb Minar Complex

Towering over South Delhi, the massive Qutub Minar is one of the city's most dramatic and recognizable landmarks: a victorious minaret that commemorates in glorious fashion the arrival of Islam on the subcontinent and the Delhi Sultan who ruled in power in Northern India is marked around 400 years. Other notable monuments, including the oldest mosque in India, are scattered around the base of the minaret and near the village of Mehrauli.

7. Crafts Museum

Delhi's best museums showcase India's incredible diversity of local arts and cultural traditions in rural buildings and walled gardens designed by Charles Correa (1930-2015). From tribal costumes to ivory carvings, there are some wonderful and fascinating handicrafts from all over the subcontinent and in every medium. The outdoor area even has an entire miniature village with traditional buildings from all over India.

8. Lodi Gardens

The beautiful Lodi Gardens is one of the most beautiful excursions in Delhi, a perfect combination of nature and history. The garden itself is one of the most inviting and relaxing places in the city, with peaceful paths winding between tropical trees and abundant bird life on the branches overhead. Scattered among the trees and lawns is a series of fine medieval mausoleums built by the Lodi and Said nobles of the late Delhi Sultanate and of historical significance.

9. National Museum

Established in 1949, the magnificent National Museum is India's premier museum with over 200,000 exhibits depicting five thousand years of subcontinent history. Every significant part of India's complex cultural identity is covered here with artifacts from across the country and beyond, including prehistoric archaeological finds, Buddhist statues, Chora bronzes and Mughal miniatures.

10. Taj Mahal, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri

In 1504, Sikandar Lodi moved the capital from Delhi to Agra. Shah Jahan moved it back in 1638, but when his favorite wife - Mumtaz (or "Taj") Mahal - died before the move, the grieving emperor built it for her in Agra. A magnificent mausoleum. The Taj Mahal is beautiful and can be called the pinnacle of Mughal architecture. There are other wonderful Mughal buildings in Agra, just down the road from Shah Jahan's grandfather Akbar, who built a whole city in Fatehpur Sikri.