Delhi (Mughal, Sultanate, Colonial & Modern Architecture)
Delhi Architecture Tour is a specially designed tourism experience that offers a journey to the visitors who want to discover how India capital city has developed in the course of centuries. The city of Delhi has been conquered by numerous dynasties and empires such as the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, and the British, who added unique architectural designs to it. Delhi is a living museum of architecture, with its grand forts and tombs, colonial boulevard and modern masterpieces.
The tour is devoted to the best Islamic, Indo-Persian, colonial, and modern architecture. You will see UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ancient stepwells, large temples, modern buildings, and landmarks of urban planning. The tour is not too fast or slow, and it is full of information, which is why it suits architecture students, lovers of history, photographers, researchers, and culturally interested tourists.
The tour is in a small and relaxed way with a personalized program, personal air-conditioned car, and informative help. It enables you to enjoy the design, material, construction methods, and cultural factors that have contributed to the architectural marvels of Delhi.
Tour Highlights
The Delhi Architecture Tour will start with a pick-up at Delhi airport, railway station, or hotel. Once you have checked in, begin your architectural tour with Mughal-era monuments.Tour the Humayun Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage and a masterpiece of the Persian-style garden tomb construction. Then visit the Tomb of Isa Khan and the adjacent historic buildings. Afternoon: Visit the grand Red Fort, with its huge walls of red sandstone, and its Mughal architecture.Spend free time or visit the sound and light show at Red Fort (Optional) in the evening.
Post breakfast, go sightseeing in Delhi Sultanate architecture. See the Qutub Minar Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site with Qutub Minar, Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque and ancient ruins of early Islamic architecture in India.Then, you can go to Agrasen ki Baoli, an ancient step well that shows high water management skills and stone carving. Go on to Hauz Khas Complex, where you will find a mixture of Islamic architecture and urban planning around a medieval reservoir. Overnight Stay: Delhi
Post-breakfast, visit Old Delhi, which is full of architecture. Go to Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India, with its large courtyard and marble domes. Take a rickshaw ride to Chandni Chowk, where one can see the old havelis and traditional market architecture. Afterwards, go to Raj Ghad, which is an architecturally symbolic design. Explore Purana Qila, the early Mughal and Afghan architecture in the afternoon.Overnight Stay: Delhi
Following breakfast, visit the architecture of the colonial era in New Delhi. See India gate, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament house, which demonstrates British imperial planning and wide avenues, which were created by Edwin Lutyens. Then visit the contemporary architectural marvels of the Lotus Temple, which is shaped like a flower using concrete and Akshardham Temple, a contemporary architectural wonder constructed using the traditional carving of stone.Overnight Stay: Delhi
Breakfast, visit National Museum (optional) to learn the development of architecture through exhibits. Further on, visit Connaught Place, a model of colonial city planning that is circular.Spend free time either taking photographs or shopping or visiting popular locations. After that, you will be taken to the Delhi airport, the railway station or the place of your choice of drop, and that will be the end of the Delhi Architecture Tour.
