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Lively chaos of Old Delhi

Old Delhi is the old city centre of this metropolis. Where the southern part of the city is lay ou tin a spacious and green way, Old Delhi is a area of many small streets filled with small family owned businesses and many, many people. You will find hundreds of small companies selling only wedding carts, sweets or jewelery, or printing dossiers, stuffing mattresses, baking biscuits and repairing cars. Each group of streets has its own specialization. Spending one day in Old Delhi is a attack on your senses: all of them. But it is definitely worth it.

See the green Lutyens' Delhi

Much of New Delhi was planned by Edwin Lutyens, a British architect. He laid out the central administrative area of the city. At the heart of the city is the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhawan, where the president lives and which sits atop Raisina Hill. The Rajpath, also known as King's Way, stretched from the India Gate, which makes you think of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Secretariat which houses various ministries of the Government of India, flanked out of the...

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Shop around at Connaught Place

Connaught Place is the main shopping area of central Delhi. The complex, popularly referred to as C.P. is an important meeting point for all sections of people and is something you should not miss if for its architecture and Delhi's buzzing population. For architecture, it's better to come really early in the morning so at least the view is not blocked by the hundreds of cars and other vehicles parked here, even though the buildings have been quite sullied with the billboards that plaster...

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The small Taj

In Delhi you will find the Humayun's Tomb, which is doubt the "Small Taj". It is not so splendid as the Taj Mahal, because it is not made of marble, but of red sandstone. Although it is not so well know as Taj Mahal it is definitely a nice piece of well preserved work. The park around it is nicely quite and well kept. If you have some time left in Delhi take a quick look.

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