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The first amusement park of India, Appu Ghar is the favorite of all children because of its exquisite roller coasters and water slides. The mini-Disneyland of Delhi was inaugurated on 19th November, 1984. It has joy rides for people of all ages. The large range of swings and rides here include the popular Roller Coaster, Big Splash, Dodgem Cars, Eerie Tunnel, Giant Wheel and Appu Columbus. Children love the thrill of riding in a Cable Car and the Speeding Cup. Since, there is no snowfall in New Delhi; the ice games at OYSTERS (a water park) are quite popular.

Four acres of the water park, blanketed with ice offers sledding, skiing, ice boating and bowling is a craze among Delhiites. The couples love to shake a leg and romance in the Rain Dance or the Ice Dance that are introduced according to the season. This water park is especially preferred by people to beat off the scorching heat of the summers. Today, Appu Ghar has become a brand amongst all the amusement parks in the country. It is located on Gate No. 4 at Pragati Maidan and is proposed to be opened at two more locations in Rohini and Noida. This amusement park was the dream child of Smt. Indira Gandhi.

It was realized when, the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi inaugurated it on her Birthday in 1984. Appu Ghar is spread over an area of 15.5 acres of land and houses 22 immensely popular rides. There is an interesting story behind the name of the park. Appu, the elephant, was both the cartoon mascot and a live elephant mascot that became the beloved star of the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. As a result, the amusement park got the name from that Mascot’s name. "Appu" is the name of the Elephant and "Ghar" means House. Appu Ghar is the Numero Uno amongst all the amusement parks of Delhi and definitely a trend setter.

Climate

The climate of the Delhi region is semiarid type, with three well defined seasons. The cold season begins at the end of November, and extends to in early July and continues upto September. The hot summer extends from the end of March to the end of June. The temperature is usually between 21.1° C to 40.5° C during these months. Winters are usually cold and night temperatiures often fall to 6.5° C during the period between December and February. The average annual temperature recorded in Delhi is 31.5° C based on the records over the period of 70 years maintained by the Meteorological Department.

About 87% of the annual rainfall is received during the monsoon months June to September. On an average, rain of 2.5 mm or more falls on 27 days in a year. Of these, 21.4 days are during monsoon months. For design considerations, rainfall intensity of 20 to 30 mm which generally occurs in one hour duration has to be taken into account.

The Best Time To Visit

The best time to visit Delhi is in October-November and in February-March, when the nights are cool and the days filled with mellow sunshine. December and January can be a little gloomy in Delhi while mid-summer (May, June and July) is very hot with temperatures over 45C; it is a dry heat and is sometimes accompanied by dusty desert winds. Most of the rain falls between July and September but they are not the tropical rains you’ll experience in India’s coastal cities.

Eldorado Restuarant

Cuisine :Chinese,Continental,Indian,Mughlai

Address : C/o Hotel Rajdoot, Mathura Road New Delhi.

Phone : 011 – 24316666

Princess Garden

Cuisine : Chinese

Address : E-32 N.D.S.E. Part-1 New Delhi

Phone : 011 – 26251860, 26256950, 26258558

Fast Food Centers Of Delhi

McDonald’s Family Restaurant

(Outlets: 47, Basant Lok, Commercial Centre, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 6147219)

S-25, Main Market, Green Park, New Delhi 6868422, 6851121.

M-70, M-Block Market, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi-48 6483360,
Restaurant P-16, Sector-18, Noida, UP 91592109.

E-169, Main Mkt, Off bungalow Road, Kamla Nagar, New Delhi. 2946732 , 2946718.

P-14′ P Blk, Connaught Circus, New Delhi-01 3361576, 3365146.

23, Central Market, West Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. 5176733,78 5176743.

Pizza Hut

(Outlets: Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 6153755.

E-3, Inner Circle. Connaught Place, New Delhi-01 3738627,

Green Park, Main Market , 6333985.

E-3, Connaught Place, New Delhi 3738627.

American Pie (Asiad Village Complex Ph: 6447280)

Bengal Sweet house (56,Gole Market,New Delhi , 091113363517)

Nirulas

(Outlets: Connaught Place, L & N Blocks Ph: 3322419, 3315617

Chanakya Cinema Complex Ph: 602116

Defence Colony Ph: 4621592

East of Kailash Ph: 6426687

Vasant Vihar Ph: 6887756 ,Preet Vihar ,Vasant Kunj
Noida Ph: 8926513

Kamla Nagar, Karol Bagh Ph: 5746050

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.

Delhi, The Capital of India

Delhi is perhaps the most important metropolitan city in India. Being the capital city of the country it is the seat of power. Through the annals of history, Delhi has been the most coveted place for the Indians as well as the foreign invaders. The city has a large population and it is a melting pot for people all over the country who have come here and made it their own. It has a rich historical past as is evident from the various monuments which bear witness to the rich and varied heritage of Delhi. Delhi shares its borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, but the boundaries are not obvious as the population has spilled over to these states and now Gurgaon and Faridabad and NOIDA and Ghaziabad are a part of the capital territory.
Towering sky-scrapers next to historical monuments, posh South Extension market and the crowded Bazaars of Chandni Chowk, the Greater Kailash colony and the Yamuna Pushta slums — all exist side by side.

Delhi Metro Tour will take you to many residential areas and commercial hubs in North, West, and East Delhi. It’s the most viable way to cover most of Delhi in a short span of time, as Metro trains are available at a frequency of 4 minutes during peak time

Red Fort

One of Delhi’s most famous historical monuments, Red fort or “Lal Qila” is made in red sandstone and is a seemingly eternal witness to the Mughal splendor and extravagance. It was built by Shah Jahan, the 5th in the line of Mughals.He called the Red Fort in Delhi – the Urdu – I- Mu’alla or the Qila – I- Mu’alla i.e. the ‘fort of exalted dignity’ The fort covers a semi-octagonal area of about 2km, its longest walls facing the town in the west and the River Yamuna in the east. Completed in 1648, it contains halls of private and public audience called Diwan-i-Khas and Diwan-i-Am respectively, domed and arched marble palaces, lavish private apartments, a mosque, and highly designed gardens. Diwan-i-Khas is made of marble and its crowning glory used to be the Peacock Throne, which was carried away to Iran by the Persian invader Nadir Shah in 1739.

Each night a Sound and Light show takes place in the Red Fort. The palaces are gorgeously lit with a historical commentary on the aspects of Mughal India.

Among the places of interest within the Red Fort that deserve a special mention are the Chatta Chowk, Naubat Khana, Diwan-I-Khas, Diwan-I-Aam and the exotic Rang Mahal that was constructed especially for the ladies of the royal home.

Jama Masjid

Jama Masjid of is the largest mosque in India. The Jama Masjid stands across the road in front of the Red Fort. Built between 1644 and 1658, it is one of the last architectural works of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The spacious courtyard of the Jama Masjid holds thousands of faithful and is located on a mound in the heart of the old city and projects beautifully into the Old-Delhi skyline.
Jama Masjid Mosque was built in red sandstone and marble by more than 5000 artisans. Originally called the Masjid-i-Jahan-Numa, or “mosque commanding view of the world”.

The first three storeys of the Jama Masjid tower are made of red sandstone and the fourth one is made of marble, while the fifth is made of sandstone. The Jama Masjid is covered with intricate carvings and has verses inscribed from the holy Koran. The grand Red fort (Lal Qila) stands on the eastern side of the Jama Masjid. The main prayer hall of the Jama Masjid is made up of high cusped arches and marble domes. The cabinet in the north gate of the Jama Masjid contains a collection of Muhammad’s relics – the Koran written on deerskin, a red beard-hair of the prophet, his sandals and his footprints, implanted in a marble block.

INDIA GATE: Situated at the banks of Yamuna river, Delhi, the capital of India, is a vibrant modern city with an ancient and eventful history. The city with its multi-faceted culture can aptly said to be a microcosm of the whole nation. Visit to the city offers a unique two-in-one experience as New Delhi with its wide roads and high rise buildings gives a feel of being in a contemporary city whereas a stroll down the streets of Old Delhi can easily take one to a bygone era with its narrow lanes and old ‘havelis’. Delhi has thousands of historical monuments and places of religious importance.

India Gate, an important monument of the city, is a memorial built in commemoration of more than 80,000 Indian soldiers who were killed during World War I. The monument is an imposing 42 meters high arch and was designed by the famous architect Edwin Lutyens. India gate was earlier named All India War Memorial. The design of India gate is almost similar to its French counterpart war memorial, the Arc-de-Triomphe.

The building is made of red stone that rises in stages into a huge molding. On top of the arch, INDIA is written on both sides. Names of over 70,000 Indian soldiers are inscribed on the walls of the monument in whose memory it is built. There is a shallow domed bowl at the top, which was intended to be filled with burning oil at special occasions.

At the base of the India gate there is another memorial, the Amar Jawan Jyoti that was added after independence. This eternal flame was lighted in commemoration of the unknown soldiers who laid their lives to serve this nation.

The lush green lawns, Children Park and the famous boat club around the place make it a perfect picnic spot. Cool evening breeze near the fountains of India gate attract hundreds of visitors daily. In the evenings, India gate is illuminated with number of lights around it that gives it a magnificent appeal. Standing near the base of the monument one can have a good view of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The beautifully lit up monument provides a memorable background against the darkening sky. Even in daylight, the stretch between India Gate and the Rashtrapati Bhavan offers a splendid view

Every year on 26th January India gate stands witness to the Republic Day parade where latest advancements of defence technology is displayed. The parade is also a good platform to have a glimpse at the colourful and diverse cultural heritage of India as artists from all over the country perform on the occasion