THE 10 BEST New Delhi Gardens
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- Dipak W4 contributionsA must visit in Delhi. Despite free entry you will need to stand in long queues for collecting an entry form, lodging your valuables etc. But the wait is worth it. No photography is allowed and shorts and short dresses will need to be covered up.Written March 9, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Les De QUtrecht, The Netherlands1,644 contributionsA must to visit your mingle with locals at leisure. Beautifully designed and built it's a recreational area offering a refreshing break from the surrounding chaos!Written March 5, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- joellen0713Connecticut266 contributionsThis is a place Delhi-ites go to relax and escape the craziness of the city. The gardens and buildings have been beautifully restored and are a pleasure to walk around but what I loved most was seeing local people out enjoying themselves. We visited on a Saturday and the park was full of people having picnics, playing bingo, taking selfies, playing frisbee. It was great to see another side of Delhi. It is very near the Lodhi Gardens and Humayan’s Tomb and the three together make for a great day.Written March 4, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- TrueIndianIndian207 contributionsAlthough the entry is free but it is better to book online. If online booking is not done, then one has to get out of the queue, register and then enter
Although there are slots starting from 10 AM but the timing is not strictly adhered to at the entry.
There is free parking on North Avenue road. One has to walk for half a kilometre to join the queue which is very long even during the first entry at 10 AM. If you have a driver, ask him to drop you at the end of the queue and then park the car.
The queue moves quite fast.
At the entry point, the tickets are checked but no one looks at the ID which one has to carry. Big bags and food items are banned. There is a separate security queue for men and women.
There is a defined one way path along which one has to walk which is quite narrow given the number of people.
In the first slot at 10, there are a large number of school children also.
First to appear is the Tulip garden with flowers of different colours. Most tulips are small.
Next is the bonsai garden
This is followed by water fountains, although the music is played but it does not synchronise with the fountains.
Then comes the central square with rashtrapati bhawan in the background, where there are flowers of different varieties.
This is followed by the rose garden, with roses of varied colors. There is rose smell in the air.
This is followed by another section which is circular with wide variety of flowers and a water fountain in the deep.
You then come out where you find a food court. There are four outlets and the rates are very reasonable. One outlet is managed by Samrat hotel and serves good tea for Rs 30 and hot samosas and aloo bonda for Rs 70. There are other things too. The next outlet is from rashtrapati bhawan canteen and serves cold beverages, ice cream, and chips etc. Then there is a private outlet serving burgers and chole kulche. Drinking water is free and bottles are also available at MRP. There is an outlet selling souvenirs. Few benches to sit in the food court
On the return one can visit rashtrapati bhawan museum after buying online ticket for Rs 50 per person. Commission is charged if you pay by credit card.
Time required to see the garden one hour. For museum you need one and half hour.
Toilet is available at the entry of the garden and you will find the same one at the exit. No toilet in between. There is one toilet in the museum building.
There are hundreds of people at all times and it is very difficult to click a picture without crowd coming in the frame.
There is arrangements for seating at different places.
Wheel chair can be taken although there are areas which are rough.
The road outside the exit is broken at many places. The exit takes you out through a crowded path milling with street food vendors and hawkers.Written February 25, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - tubah456New Delhi, India3 contributionshighly underrated place in delhi. amazing greenery and quaint solace way from the madness of the mega city. Good place to try a get together with your loved ones too,Written February 4, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Pratyush G29 contributionsExcellent vast open green park. Used by thousands of people everyday to walk, run exercise and play. Everything about it is superb except cleanliness. Toilets are filthy and dark, teeming with mosquitoes. Request dda and concerned authorities to look into the matter. It's shocking to see such poor maintenence of public place in today's times!! See pics.Written April 15, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- macedonboyGlasgow, UK179,694 contributionsSaw this while in Humayan’s Tomb back in December. This is the garden that surrounds Humayun’s Tomb and adheres to the Mughal-Persian notion of Islamic paradise on earth and takes the form of a perfectly symmetric quadrilateral garden. The symmetry is most obvious by walking around the gardens and looking straight down the path at the tomb in the centre. The views from the platform of the tomb aren’t bad either. There’s no effort required to see the garden and you’ll have to walk through it when visiting the complex anyway.Written May 14, 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- BINODINIANIMA B... ENew Delhi, India13 contributionsMeeting friends here was a good experience. Also had seen few places around the location which serves as a good memory.Written October 28, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Madhulika LNoida, India4,689 contributionsSituated on both sides of Shantipath, just after the Rail Transport Museum, the rose garden spreads out across lawns, with fountains and water channels along the middle. February and early March are a great time to visit the gardens; this is when dozens of varieties of roses are in bloom across the gardens, from some very common pink or white varieties to rarer ones in hues like deep crimson and pale mauve. There are other flowers too, both atop the pergolas as well as in beds, but the roses are the main attraction.
No entry fee is charged for the Rose Garden.Written March 1, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Madhulika LNoida, India4,689 contributionsLike its much better-known and more popular counterparts, Lodhi Gardens and Sunder Nursery, this stretch of greenery combines history and nature. Bagh-e-Bahaar, which is part of the Vasant Vihar District Park, stretches for 18 hectares behind the Basant Lok market. This was laid out on the site of what had been a garden in the era of the Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (14th century CE). Firuz Shah, besides being a keen builder and conservationist (he repaired several monuments like the Qutb Minar) was also enthusiastic about laying out gardens. It’s believed that he laid out 1500 gardens in Delhi. The Bagh-e-Bahaar, recently rejuvenated, landscaped, and with its structures restored, is one of these.
Neat paths cross the lawns here. There are lots of trees, plus benches, a children’s outdoor play area, and plenty of space to relax, picnic, and so on. If you’re keen on historical monuments, the most prominent one here is the large domed tomb known as Bada Lau ka Gumbad. This is generally kept locked, but if the guard/caretaker is there, he may open it if he thinks you look trustworthy! The other monuments, including a small mosque, two wells and a waterworks, are also kept locked.
No entry fees are charged for the park or the monuments.Written October 1, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Madhulika LNoida, India4,689 contributionsFew people realize that Shalimar Bagh, in the neighbourhood of the same name, is actually not just an old garden with some ‘ruins’: it’s a lot more. This garden, laid out when Shahjahan made Delhi his capital (in the 1640s), was designed in the form of the terraced gardens of Kashmir, its pavilions standing across or abutting a central water channel that went down three wide terraces. It was an important and beautiful garden, where the Mughal royal family would periodically come for picnics and holidays, where they could relax away from the hustle and bustle of life at the Red Fort.
The value of Shalimar Bagh can be gauged from the fact that when Aurangzeb rebelled against Shahjahan and proclaimed himself the Emperor, it was at Shalimar Bagh that he had himself crowned.
Today, the entire Mughal-era section, enclosing the pavilions, the hamaam, the well and the water channel, is all closed by a bolted gate. There’s a caretaker, though, who can let you in and accompany you around the place if you want to see it (and if he seems to think you’re really interested). The rest of the very extensive park has lots of trees, as well as a small area with outdoor gym equipment, benches, and so on.
No entry fee is charged for any of the areas within the park.Written February 1, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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