FOOD, HOTELS AND TRANSPORTATION IN NEW DELHI, INDIA:

TRANSPORTATION:
Its always better to book your taxi inside the airport. If you take a pre-paid taxi, pay a pre-defined fare to your destination while at the airport counter. After which you need not pay anything to the taxi driver. Many taxi men may crowd around you and offer to take you to where ever you need to go. Most likely you will get overcharged. There is no need to tip taxis, some rounding of fare is fine. If you are unsure about the cost conversions (few taxi's have old fare meter)- which are usually one and a half times to twice of what the meter reads, you can always ask for a meter card from the driver. Taxi's and Buses are easily available throughout Delhi. You can find plenty of good city tours, check with you hotel.

The Delhi Metro (MRTS) was opened in year 2002. Trains operating within the network typically travel at speeds below 80 km/h, or 50 mph, and stop for an average of 20 seconds at each MRTS station.

FOOD IN DELHI:
Continental, Italian, Mughlai, Chinese, Thai even McDonalds and Pizza Hut are all available right here in Delhi. Food is not a problem in Delhi, different cuisines are easily available. The food is mostly spicy but you can always request for less spicy food.

VISA/TRAVEL TIPS:
All foreign nationals who travel to India require an entry visa prior to leaving their home country. Please check travel tips to India at our main India Tourism page.

DELHI HOTELS:
Delhi being the capital city has all that you need. It has some of the best and most luxurious hotels of the nation, at the same time it has plenty of low budget hotels too, ranging from apx. from $50 to $500 per day. No mater what part of Delhi you are in, you will find plenty of local low budget hotels and lodges with prices starting from $10 per day but make sure that the surrounding area looks safe, Delhi has some degree of crime so apply your common sense wherever possible. Some of the good hotels of Delhi are:-

Luxurious Hotels:
Taj Mahal Hotel New Delhi
Taj Palace Hotel New Delhi
Oberoi Hotel New Delhi
ITC Maurya Sheraton
Ashok Hotel New Delhi
Le Meridien New Delhi
Hyatt Regency New Delhi
Vasant Continental
Metropolitan Hotel Nikko
Hotel Imperial New Delhi
The Marriott New Delhi

Budget Hotels:
Hotel Sunstar Residency
Hotel Jukaso Inn
Hotel Tourist
International Inn
Royale Residency
Hotel Chand Palace
Hotel Pallavi Palace
Hotel Yuvraj Deluxe
Hotel R Blues
Hotel The Nest
Hotel Ajanta
Hotel Classic