Top Budget Friendly Places to Visit in Delhi in January in India

India is one of the best tourist spots for all during the winter. Whether it is about welcoming the visitors from the other states of India or international tourists, India is known for ‘’Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” to all. Because for every Indian ‘atithyi’ means ‘Deva'.

Though there are other winter destinations in India too, but, in this blog you will see the top best places to visit in Delhi, in this January, when you select a budget friendly tourism in India. The last days of the year always put a hole in your wallet, particularly after arranging the pre New Years’ Party.Well, that is why, here are some of the best budget friendly destinations of Delhi which is definitely going to be a hot tourist spot in this winter. Let’s take a look into some of them.

Old Delhi | Tourist’s Paradise for Knowing the Ancient Heritage

Old Delhi is one of the major tourist destinations of Delhi. If you want to bask in the old cosy busy roads of old Delhi, then this is the right place for you. Delhi’s metro services are comparatively cheaper than the other tier I metropolitan cities. The low budget guided tour in Old Delhi and its suburbs will cost not more than 1,020/- to 1,300/- INR. The guide will take you for a tour in the morning from a specific pick up location and drop you to your destined location at the end of the day.

Ø  Gurudwara – Oldest Sikh Temple of Delhi

The Sikh Temple is one of the oldest temples of Delhi. People believe that the Gurudware Sikh Temple is one of the most awakening temples of India. Nobody goes empty handed from this place if ever someone prays something with a truthful heart from Guru Govind Singh.

Ø  Spice Market  

The spice market is another mouth watery destinations for the tourists. If ever you make a plan in future to try out some of the authentic mouth watery authentic Indian or Mughlai dishes at your home, never forget to pay a visit to the spice market of Delhi. One can find more than 1000 variety of Indian spices in this market. Whether it is about cooking a lip smacking murg masallam or veg kolhapuri, Shahi Dum Biryiani or Badshahi Kebabb, panner tikka or Veg polao, the old spice market is the ultimate place for every north Indian secret recipes.

Ø  Delhi Metro: Cheap & Easy Transportation

Delhi’s metro service is known as the lifeline of Delhi. If you are looking for a budget friendly tour, start a tour from the Old Delhi. A local tourist guide is the best option for you. On a payment of 1200/- to 1500/- INR the guide takes you to some of the best oldest heritage places of Delhi. If you are staying somewhere that is far from your pick up location. The guide is capable enough to arrange a tuk-tuk to pick you up and will drop you at the end of the day after local sight-seeing. If you are visiting Delhi for the first time, walking through the streets of Old Delhi will give you a unique experience, as the old lanes of Delhi has an era old historic significance involved with it.

Ø  Availability of Cheap Hotels

If you are planning to visit here in the month of January, A/C rooms won’t be necessary for you, not unless you need it for luxury. The hotel charges for one night starts from 2,000/- INR per head. If you are coming with your family, then an additional charge might be added for an extra accommodation.Since the weather remains within 17.6 degree, walking through the streets of Old Delhi is going to be a marvellous first time experience for you, while sipping the famous in “kulfi chai-malai”, of Old Delhi tea stalls.

Lip smacking street foods Of Delhi | Unique Tourist Interest

Ø  Paranthe wali gali

Forget about doctor’s suggestion when you are in Delhi, or else you are going to miss a golden opportunity to taste the best mouth watery foods of Delhi. If you are a fanatic of Paranthas, then Paranthewali gali is your best option. Never forget to taste it with “kulcha achaarr”. If you do so, you will never get a chance to taste the mouth watery feel within some of the best paranthas of India. 

Apart from Paranthas there are numerous North Indian food stalls that gives you the authentic taste of every Mughal dishes like Galauti Kebab, shahi-Kebbab, etc.

International tourists find Delhi as the hot spot for every non veg Indian dishes and recipes, which soaks your tongue with saliva literally.Well, if you are a food freak and have plans to visit some of the best places in Delhi to fulfil the appetite of your hungry stomach, make sure you Paranthe wali gali remains within the top most priorities of some of the best places to visit in January in India. Being a food freak you must not forget about this place as it is one of the best places of Delhi to visit in January in India. Apart from these lip smacking and tongue twisting veg & non veg items, there are plenty of sweet shops located in this place including ghee halwai, pedas, etc.

Mouth watery jalebis and pure ghee

Those who are not aware of the mouth watery dishes of Delhi, for them the lip smacking sweets of Haldiram is a heavenly choice. The famous ghee ‘jalebis’ are another reason for which the tourists are attracted in this spot.

Budget Friendly Tourism

The first thing that strikes your mind while taking a tour to Delhi is the budget. The guided tour in Delhi is going to be a priceless pocket saving plan if you are all set to visit the best places to visit in Delhi if you are planning winter tourism in the month of January in India.

Ø  Guided tour in Delhi

All you have to pay is around 900/- to 1200/- for a complete guided tour in Delhi. An 8 hours guided tour in an A/C regulated private car is the best strategy for peeping into some of the top tourist attractions of Delhi. If you are planning to visit Delhi with the help of any local guide, make a plan by using the map of Delhi. Visit the places which are nearby to your hotel or the accommodation area and leave the locations which are far from your residential place at last.

Most of the guided tours in Delhi comes with (breakfast + lunch + snacks & tea package) together for the day.Guided tour is a smart choice if you are planning to explore the best places to visit in Delhi, in January’s winter in India. Top tourist attractions like Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Qutub Minar, Humayun Tomb, India Gates, Lotus Temple and the Parliament House by availing a package tour.While you will come back to your hotel in the day end then you might spend some time in shopping, while walking through the best commercial market places of Delhi.

Chandni Chowk & Sarojini Market | Attraction for international tourists

Shopping is one of the major attractions of Delhi. If you are coming to Delhi and you are pretty intended for purchasing various fancy items, then Chandni Chowk is the best place. Chandni Chowk is one of the oldest and busiest market places in Old Delhi which is located close to Old Delhi Railway station, close to the Red Fort.

It was told that the emperor Shah Jahan designed this fort to reflect moonlight on full night night.One can nearly spent one who day sitting beside the huge variety of chiffon saree, Lehenga, ghagra choli, etc. if shopping is in their mind. The average cost of per saree begins from 800/- and ranges up to 100,000/- INR, depending upon the purchasing cost of the consumer. Chandni Chowk is one of the best budget friendly market places of Delhi to visit in the month of January in India if you are planning to purchase a wedding gift for the bride & bridegroom.The saree bazaars of Chandni Chowk has everything to woo the weeding couples in this wedding season.The cloth market of Chandni Chowks is one of the best places for buying the home furnishing fabrics. Right from wholesale stationary items like book, paper and decorative materials there are places where hardware and culinary materials are also sold.Apart from sarees, Chandni Chowk is famous for its electronic goods. Whether it is a smart android phone or a tablet, an I-phone or a laptop, Chandni Chowk electronic complex has everything to offer you. Some tourists believe that he cost of the electronic items over here is pretty cheap than the other places of India.Sarojini market place is another honey-cob for the tourists as this place is one of the cheap open markets in Delhi. Come here in the early morning to pick your best buy. Due to traffic problems now Delhi police don’t allow the shop owners to stay after 5 pm. But earlier they used to stay till 6 pm in the afternoon. Starting to huge diversified variety of winter garments, leather materials, cosmetics, junk jewelleries, and other fancy items, this place is the ‘one-stop’ commercial place for your every fancy related needs. The shawls sold during the winter seasons are some of the best specimen of Nepali and Bhutanese craftsmanship. Some call it top best cheap market places to visit in the month of January in India if shopping is in your mind.Chandni Chowk is one of the oldest and busiest market places in Old Delhi which is located close to Old Delhi Railway station. The Red Fort which was built in the 17th century was designed by his daughter Jahanara. The market place is one of the India’s largest whole sale market places.

One Day Hop-on Hop-off Tourist Pass

The one day hop-on and hop-off tourist pass is another budget friendly tourist idea to travel in Delhi. One such super money saving tour in the best tourist places of Delhi is a must to visit when you visit Old Delhi in the month of January in India.  

Delhi Tourism and Development Transport Corporation offers cheap tour packages within some of the best 22 key notable tourist destinations.

Reason for its popularity

Hop-on & off tourist pass is primarily acceptable amongst the foreign tourists and the first timers in Delhi. This is because, apart from providing a centrally split A/C coach, there are on board commentary speakers available in the coach. The coach takes you to some of the immense point of interest. They include tourism within the Central Cottage Industry Emporium, National Gallery of Modern Art, exploring the embassy lane, Red Fort, Humayun’s Tomb and some of the notable tourist spots of Delhi. Per head cost to avail these coaches start from 1,000/- to 1,500/- INR. Being comparatively cheaper, it is the smartest way to travel the best tourist places of Delhi that you come to visit in January in India.

Other Places of tourist attraction

Most of us know Delhi because of its immense commercial interests, mouth watery foods, unique museums, gardens temples, etc. But not all has the acquaintance that Delhi was the only place in India which happened to be the oldest capital of Mughal Empire.

Red Fort

During the Mughal Period, Delhi used to be the administrative capital of India. And Red Fort is considered as the last line of defence for the Mughal Shah Dynasty. You must come her on a moonlight night, you will be mesmerised to see the enigmatic beauty of the fort on a moonlight night. Emperor Shah Jahan built this place in such a way that the entire fort looks like a wedding bride “nayi dulhan” on moonlight night.

Purana Qila

It is one of the oldest forts of Delhi. The founder of the Suri Empire built this place. People believe that the fort was still incomplete during the death of Sher Shah Suri in 1545.
Now it is a place for cultural programs and other musical concerts. It’s a lifetime memory for every tourist to visit Purana Qila, as it is one of the best tourist places of Delhi to visit in January’s smoggy atmosphere, in India.
Daily sound and light show presentation after the sunset is one unique tourist engaging attractions of this place. It is really very hard to understand how time passes by when you remain completely lost within the enigmatic beauty of the marvellous tourist spot.

Rashtrapati Bhavan

It is amongst some of the notable best places of Delhi to visit in January in India. Located on the western end of the Rajpath, it is the residential place for every 1^st person of India. The inside of Rashtrapatu Bhavan has president’s official guest rooms, halls and offices.It has an accommodation facility above 60 to 80 people altogether. It is a place of attraction for the international tourists.India is one of the best tourist spot for all during the winter. Whether it is about welcoming the visitors from the other states of India or international tourists, India is known for ‘’Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” to all. Because for every Indian ‘atithyi’ means ‘Deva’.

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