New Delhi Favorites

Favorite thing: In this little piece of heaven I found myself a beautiful store in the heart of Delhi, which is also Delhi’s best kept secret.
When you enter the store from the beautiful garden in front, you will see handcrafted items everywhere. You will find everything from Pure Silver to Silver plated unique gift items.
They also have some exceptional designers who filled their shelves with beautiful silk and linen jackets. You’ll find handcrafted accessories and bags. So beautiful!
After shopping I got a refresher in the lovely back garden, with the company of the beautiful peacocks who come for a visit every evening.
I just felt in love with place.

Ask for discount and you will defiantly get it.

Visit the website: www.iksilver.com
Adress:
2, Karbala Lane
Jor Bagh, New Delhi – 110003
Tel: +91 1124644798

Favorite thing: From a travelers point of view Delhi has options of activities and places to visit. It All depends upon what you want to do while you are in Delhi. If its just the regular sightseeing trip then visit Monuments, Chadni Chowk and evening hang out at the pubs, bar or coffee shops somewhere near CP.

Cheers

Fondest memory: Exploring Chadni Chowk, eating Gol gappa at Chadni Chowk and roaming around inner circle of CP

Favorite thing: Delhi Metro is one of the best opting to traveling because of many reasons
1 Fully Air conditioner
2 No jam problem
3 Effective and fast transport service
4 connected to whole Delhi
5 All tourist spot is around metro route
6 Lavatory available to metro stations.
7 Service of metro with interval of 3 minutes.
8 Good, secure, fast, without jam , connected to whole Delhi

and at last one another transport line is going to develop .

Favorite thing: Coming to India isn't for everyone ... the sounds, sites, traffic, and pure chaos is very intimidating for a traveler ..... and it took me a couple of months to find a tour company that we could trust .... and we were really happy to find this one here on VT ..... the name of the company is call Travel Force .... the owner Mr. Duni Rava answered so many email's from me, that I lost count.

The service he provide was 1st class all around ... we took a Delhi day tour with driver and tour guide ... the driver, and guide was at our hotel on time and we were well taken care of ...... We saw all the sites of Delhi and never felt rushed or pressured to go anywhere we didn't want too !!! Very important in a country like India where everyone wanted to take you to a store to buy things.

And Mr. Duni also set up a day tour of Agra to see the Taj Mahal also .... we were picked up at the hotel at 5:00 am .... we were literally walked to the train platform .... on arrival in Agra, there was a person waiting for me literally at the bottom of the steps of the train ..... again we were provided a driver and tour guide in a A/C car .... were taken to all the sites we desired. Same on the return from Agra, we had agreed on a meeting spot with the driver since the train station is chaotic and no more than a minute did we arrive and the driver was waving at us at the meeting point.

Now this is what we call great and friendly service !!!!!!

Mr. Duni was more than helpful and all his people excellent, all spoke great English, and he's services made our trip to India very special.

His websites are as following ....www.indiantraveltour.com .....he's email is duniindia@yahoo.com or contactravelforce@gmail.com or his cell phone # +91 9811171495, 9990308598

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY !!!!!!! The prices were great and very reasonable !!!!!

If you have any questions about this company I'll be more than happy to answer them !!!!!

Favorite thing: You definitely connect with New Delhi more closely from a tuk tuk rickshaw. Isolated in the back of a taxi cab you miss quite a lot. I would most certainly agree a price BEFORE you start off on your journey. You can easily get ripped off by taxi drivers charging $34 for a short trip when the going rate is around $2-3. For a tuk tuk is about 7 pence. I do agree, though, that a decent tip at the end of the trip is a good thing.

I found New Delhi very safe and walked around quite happily looking in shops and things. However, taxi drivers will constantly accost you and try and charge huge fees as above.

They know the drill and will take you to the usual tourist places. I would avoid the Emporiums, as the driver gets a fee for taking you there. The idea is that you buy things for quite expensive prices. Good for business.

I would wander around and get the feel of the place. If you get lost, just hail a tuk tuk and they will take you back to the hotel.

Fondest memory: Don't be worried about the several near misses that your tuk tuk driver will have. How on earth the traffic system works without major pile ups is beyond me. However, your driver knows what he is doing.

It is very noisy on the street as everyone uses their horn even before they have started off from the traffic lights. The air quality is not terrific and you can get quite a sore throat from all the dust and pollution. Have some throat lozenges or wear a mask.

If you get hungy, the driver will know where a good restaurant will be. Chicken is around £3.00 but do try the vegetarian dishes. Superb.

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Favorite thing: “When the Old Delhi meets the New” was what I felt during the city tour. From the comfort and safety of my car, I witnessed some of the most appalling living conditions in Old Delhi. Right next to luxury shops there would be slums. Occasionally you could see men relieving themselves by the side of the road. There were bare-foot children knocking on your car windows at the traffic lights, begging for money. Their wide-eyed stares made me uncomfortable. If you gave to one, more would come. The government told people not to give, unless you wanted swarms of people chasing after you, hanging off the windows of your car. The beautifully shot commercials did not prepare me for this. Even the honestly filmed documentaries could not prepare me for such a sight, right in the heart of Delhi.

Fondest memory: I arrived at my hotel in New Delhi late at night, and told the staff I wanted to visit Agra, but I had no idea on how I should travel. It took 10 minutes, and Mr. Bilal Ahmed from Visit India Tour came to the reception. He was at least a very good salesman because I accepted all his ideas. But I guess I paid for some extra luxury I didn't need.

Visit India Tour's
21/3, Bhagat Singh Marg
Gole Market
Ph: +91 23365337, mob: +91 0-9818126219
Fax: +91 91 11 23323906
e-mail: info@visitindiatours.net

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Fondest memory: The traffic out of Delhi towards Agra was hectic with many chaotic crossroads. It looks like the drivers disregard any traffic rules. There are no "zipper-method" when two cars want to drive at the same time. They use the horn all the time. The more you use the horn the stronger you look like. "OK, you win this time, but I shall win in the next crossroad."

Fondest memory: There is a hotel information desk at the airport, just in case you don't have a hotel... I came to DEL domestic airport at 9 PM, and they booked a hotel and taxi in New Delhi. And not too expensive eighter. Of course, they got their commission, but this was good for me since I was too tired to find a hotel by my self.

Favorite thing: Hi! We returned home after three days, all these people trying to trick you into things, it is not like this in other places in the world, this is India! And if that is India, I do not want to see it, I'm sorry.......