The Main Attraction Of Tourist, Shopping

Shopping is always on top of the itinerary chart for any tourist visiting Delhi. There are whole shebang of items of tourist choice, such as jewelry, carpets, handicrafts, precious stones, silks and silver ware - all synonymous with India. Connaught Place, Karol Bagh and Chandni Chowk are the principle shopping areas.

Karol Bagh & Around

The area around Karol Bagh properly settled after the partition when Punjabis from Pakistan made it there home and opened numerous shops to eke out a living. Today KB is a thriving commercial and business centre and there’s simply nothing that you can’t find here.

Karol Bagh is a mixed residential/commercial neighbourhood in West-Central Delhi. It is primarily known today as a shopping area, which was originally centered around the main street, called Ajmal Khan Road. In recent years, commercial activity has expanded into the lanes that lead off it, swallowing once-residential areas which now house a large concentration of mid-range hotels catering to a mixture of domestic businessmen and foreign tourists. Some of the best-known shops on Ajmal Khan Road include Roopak’s, a spice store, but what the market is mainly known for is clothes and shoes.

Connaught Place

Connaught Place has a long and distinguished history behind it. Named after the Duke of Connaught, a member of the British royal family, this market was designed by Designed by Robert Tor Russell in collaboration with WH Nicholls. A sprawling circular market, it was the largest of its kind in India at that time.

Apart from being the commercial and business hub of Delhi, CP has countless restaurants, watering holes, shops and emporia and cinema halls too.

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