Old Delhi Spice Market and Temple Tour
Explore Delhi with a walking tour through the city's core. Starting at Connaught Place, it's a short metro ride to Old Delhi. Founded as the Mughal Empire's capital in 1639, Old Delhi is bustling, chaotic, and rich with historic sites.The tour covers key historical landmarks and several markets. Discover Khari Baoli, Asia’s largest wholesale spice market. After the spice market, enjoy a rooftop view of Old Delhi.View the Red Fort's exterior and Fatehpuri Mosque, as your guide details their significance and history. Conclude at the Sikh Temple to learn about Sikhism and see how their community kitchen feeds many hungry people.
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Old Delhi Spice Market and Temple Tour
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Khari Baoli
The street of Khari Baoli might be the most lively and fascinating piece of Old Delhi. It is certainly the most pungent, because it hosts one of the world’s largest wholesale spice markets. The myriad bright and wonderful spices that enliven Indian cooking are displayed in large mounds and traded in giant sacks. Walking through the market is an experience in itself, but it is hard to find a vantage point from which to survey its full glory.oli is a busy Spice market in the heart of Old Delhi
The Fatehpuri Mosque is a 17th-century mosque located at the western end of the oldest street of Chandni Chowk,The mosque is built with red sandstone on a large scale and is surmounted by a single dome. This mosque is a beautiful specimen of the magnificence of Mughal architecture and stands as a silent spectator, witnessing all historical events right from the Mughal and British periods till date. Flanked by towering minarets, the mosque has a traditional design with the prayer hall having seven-arched openings. Among the seven arches, the central arch is the highest. The mosque has single and double-storied apartments on the sides.
Red FortPass-by Only
The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546, with which it forms the Red Fort Complex.
Inclusions
- Packaged Water
- Tuk Tuk Rides
- Tips
- Snacks
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Rajiv Chowk Metro Station is one of the major metro station we meet outside at the entrance of Gate number 2.
