New Delhi hotels & travel guide
A guide to where you actually sleep in the capital — the loud bargain lanes, the leafy tomb-side streets and the airport strip — with prices we have checked.
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Mughal stone, wide avenues, food on every corner
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Connaught Place is the default first base: colonnaded Georgian circles, Rajiv Chowk metro interchange below your feet, and walking distance to Janpath, Agrasen ki Baoli and the bookshops of the Inner Circle.
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2026-08-13
Where to stay in New Delhi: the neighbourhoods and what a night costs
Delhi splits into a central metro core, a leafy south, an airport belt and two corporate satellites, and the right base swings a good trip on three facts: your flight time, your list and your nightly ceiling. Here is the whole map, ranked, with real price bands.
2026-08-11
Sustainable stays in New Delhi: lower-impact hotels and how to pick one
In a city that runs its air-conditioning on a stressed grid and its taps on a falling water table, a genuinely lower-impact hotel is measured in litres recycled and diesel hours avoided — not in a leaf logo on the website.
2026-07-08
Rohini area guide: what a night costs in north-west Delhi
Delhi's biggest planned sub-city has rooms from ₹1,800, five Red line stations, an amusement park and a 45-minute ride to Chandni Chowk — here is who it actually works for.
2026-07-08
Best live music, dance and theatre nights in Delhi, ranked
From a free Thursday qawwali in a seven-hundred-year-old shrine to a ₹1,000 jazz cover charge, here are the 7 kinds of live night in Delhi worth planning around.
Before you book
The questions we get most, answered with this month’s numbers.
01 How cheap can hotels in New Delhi actually get?
Off-peak, in May, June and the monsoon weeks, a clean double in Paharganj runs about ₹650 to ₹1,200 a night, and dorm beds off Main Bazaar start near ₹400. Karol Bagh is the other cheap base: around Arakashan Road and Ajmal Khan Road, ₹1,200 to ₹1,800 buys a lift, working air conditioning and a staffed front desk.
02 When is the best time to visit New Delhi?
October to March is the pleasant stretch, and prices track the weather. Late December and early January are peak, with mid-range Connaught Place doubles at ₹5,000 to ₹7,000. May and June, when afternoons touch 44°C, are the cheapest months, followed by the July to September monsoon; expect 30 to 40 percent off winter rates.
03 Where should I stay in New Delhi on a first trip?
Connaught Place for a first visit: Rajiv Chowk metro is underneath it, Janpath and Khan Market are minutes away, and decent doubles sit at ₹3,000 to ₹6,000. Paharganj, a ten-minute walk north, is the sub-₹1,200 backpacker option. Aerocity suits early flights and business trips, with international chains from roughly ₹9,000.
04 Do I need a car to get around New Delhi?
No. The Delhi Metro reaches nearly everything: Yellow Line for Chandni Chowk and Qutub Minar, Violet Line for Nizamuddin and Lodhi, Blue Line east to Noida, Magenta Line for Hauz Khas to Saket. Fares are ₹10 to ₹60, trains run roughly 6am to 11pm. The Airport Express covers New Delhi station to Terminal 3 in 20 minutes for about ₹60; autos start near ₹30.
05 What do visitors get wrong about New Delhi in winter?
The air. From early November, after Diwali and the stubble-burning weeks upwind, AQI readings regularly pass 300 and the smog can sit for days. Room rates do soften then, and it is worth asking whether your hotel has air purifiers. Dense January fog also delays flights and trains, so never book a tight dawn connection from Terminal 3.
06 What does "every booking removes a tonne of CO₂" mean?
IMPT buys and permanently retires one verified tonne of carbon removal for every hotel booking made through this site. It costs you nothing extra: the same room, the same hotel, the same price you would pay booking anywhere else, because the removal is funded from the commission rather than added to your bill.