Great tour of old and new delhi - I had an exceptional guided tour extremely well organised. The guide was very knowledgeable and gave me all the necessary information and history of the different sites. I can genuinely recommend this tour

New and Old Delhi - Manu was outstanding and I had a great day for my single day in New Delhi. A ton of knowledge and I highly recommend him for any traveler. Very personable and recommended a great lunch location to enhance my experience. I highly recommend Manu!

Amazing Trip!! - We booked this tour last minute and I am so thankful we did! Manu was our tour guide and was absolutely AMAZING!! He answered all our questions and really helped us understand the history of each stop and Delhi overall. Ajay was our driver and was prompt and there to pick us up after each stop. One of our greatest days on our trip was spending the day with Manu and Ajay.

Excellent Tour - Was in Dehli for a day and wanted to do a tour to learn about the history of the city and its key landmarks. I was highly satisfied with our tour guide, he was very friendly and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking to learn more about the city.

Best tour! - Mr. manu and Mr. Raj were excellent. I got picked up on time, saw everything I wanted to see, and got to do some good shopping too. Highly recommend.

Easiest way to see Dehli in a short amount - Only had a short amount of in Dehli so needed to get all the sites in quickly. Hotel pick was well organised and communication before easy. Taxi was comfortable from hotel to old Dehli where I met Sunit. Very friendly guide and felt like I had known him as am old friend by the end of the trip. As a solo travel was interested to see how it would work but I got to visit all the sites I wanted to and Su it was happy to take photos. Never felt rush and I went for the all inclusive package so lunch was provided which was great. Bring some smaller notes for tips. If you only have a day would highly recommend

Explore Old & New Delhi Full Day Private Guided Tour with A Star Tours - An excellent, value for money, way in experiencing the Old & New Delhi. Our guide, Raj, and driver, Ram,, arrived punctually @ 9am and we set off to experience Old Delhi,via the Red Fort. The highlight of Old Delhi was the rickshaw ride through Chandri Chowk and the 130 steps to the top of the tower in Jama Masjid, wonderful views, wonderful building. Before lunch we stopped @ India Gate & Presidents Palace, restricted access today due to,Presidential business but clearly a wonderful building. After an Indian buffet lunch it was on to Humayuns Tomb, Lotus Temple & Qutab Minar which all, in their own way, were wonderful. Throughout the day Raj provided us with a topical and interesting commentary with many facts and anecdotes. Ram is also commended in the safe manner in which he drove us around the city. It was a pleasure to enjoy their company and the way they endeavoured to make the day a memorable one.

WOWOW! - Our concierge Asim, contacted us a day ahead to tell us the name of driver and license of car so we (two ladies) felt safe to get in. He outlined the itinerary so we could choose where we wanted to go. The driver had changed, and Asim even updated us in a timely manner. Hari was a careful driver and knew the streets well. Anshuk was our guide and he was so fun to spend the day with. He truly loves sharing the history and the knowledge. He could answer every question, and people at all places know him so we felt very safe in his care. The monuments were fantastic to see, and we enjoyed it. The spice market was amazing!! We're not really shoppers...we did buy some things. The shopping trips were a bit of pressure, it seemed expected we would buy, although it was very tacit. The guide and driver were even willing to accommodate a change in the itinerary to see the things we were most interested in. Overall a great experience, a full day of adventures, sights, sounds, smells, and experiences, The restaurant for lunch was very hygienic but also very touristy. I would've preferred a much less posh place, had I thought to ask for some choices before we were dropped off. Highly recommend, it was all very smoothly operated and fun!

If you only have one day....... - Our tour driver, Rehman, picked us up at the hotel at 9:00. Right on time. He was very friendly and the car was quite comfortable. We were driven through New Delhi, past the Presidential Palace (largest in the world,) Parliament, the Supreme Court, some very large and beautiful gardens (complete with wild monkeys climbing and walking about), the Airforce base, a Coast Guard Central Office, stables, colleges, museums, Department of Science and way more buildings than I can remember. The architecture was quite grand, the streets were very wide boulevards, flowers and lovely gardens and big green trees were everywhere. This was in great contrast to Old Delhi. We stopped there to pick up our guide, Angush (Ankush?) He was very friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic, his English fluent and easily understandable. One of our first stops was the "Friday Mosque" the Jama Masjid. India's largest mosque, built by Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1658, is capable of holding 25,000 people. The marble and red sandstone building and the large square surrounding it are surrealistically beautiful and peaceful. Next, Ankush arranged for 2 bicycle rickshaws and we were pedaled through the cacophonous, totally crowded and overwhelming lanes of the Chandri Chowk. This place is famous for textiles and fabrics and custom made, elaborate, wedding saris. Here was the Delhi I remember from 1980: carts laded with bundles pulled by oxen, or by skinny men in skimpy clothing and head turbans, tuk tuks, bicycles rickshaws, motorbikes, pedestrians, shoppers, sellers, and everyone and everything screaming, shouting, and honking. The streets were lined with decrepid buildings dating from the early 1900s, which had once been fancy guest hotels,and the street had once been a wide boulevard, but the buildings long since fell into disrepair and some were condemned. But still, on the ground floors were shops. It was like a slice of history in the midst of a teeming mass of humanity in colors so bright that one's senses become overstimulated. There was a Moslem Mosque, a Buddhist temple, a Jain temple, and Shiva temple and even a Baptist church. Gone were the broad and clean and green boulevards of New Delhi. Here the streets were so narrow and crowded that is was really, really hard for a bicycle rickshaw to get us through the chaotic movements of vehicles and animals and people. Its nearly impossible to even cross the street. Lonely Planet describes the area as mind bending. I must agree. Ankush took us through the spice market, which was so pungent that we all kept sneezing and coughing. We climbed 4 flights of stairs to the rooftop for a bird's eye view of Old Delhi. Next we went to a spice merchant where we were taught about chilis, turmeric, ginger, cardamom, cloves, cinammon, star anise, nutmeg, peppercorns, cumin and corriander. What outrageous fun !! Next we were taken to the Red Fort, built in the 1600s by Aurangzeb. The plethora of buildings included a 16th century fort built on an island in the Yamuna River, a pearl mosque with domes and spires which were once covered in copper, The Diwan-I-Kas, a terrifically ornate chamber and pavillion constructed of white marble with inlaid cornellian and other stones, the screens overlooking the river were filled with colored glass. The Khas Mahal was the private apartments of the Emperor. The Diwan -I-Am was the hall of public audiences. We only spent about 40 minutes here, but Gordon and I will be in Delhi again at the end of our trip. I would like to come back in the evening and see the sound and light show. We'll see. We had a delicious, but expensive lunch at the Masala House, before being taken to Humayun's tomb. Called the mini Taj because it predates it by 60 years, the Taj Mahal was modeled after it, and it was beautifully proportioned, as is the Taj. It was constructed for the Moghul emperor in the mid 16th century by his Persian wife. It was built of red sandstone with bands of white marble, blending Persian and Mughal styes, yet following the rules of Islamic geometry. Once again, the whole experience of wandering around the gardens and the mauseleum was very peaceful and spoke of other times and other cultures. Our last, but not least, exploration was in the beautifully tended gardens and two 15th century tombs of the Lodi Gardens. The gardens were installed by the wife of the British Resident in 1936 in an area of 2 villages and the mosque and tombs. The juxtaposition of old and new was somehow disconcerting, yet soothing. We toured Delhi from 9 am until 6 pm.

The tour itself, the pace, the use... - <p>The tour itself, the pace, the use of the day, the lunch venue etc. were all good. The guide was knowledgeable and the driver's main focus was on getting me around safely and timely. A particular call-out was the riksha ride in the narrow streets of Old Delhi, this was really something else and I would highly recommend everyone to consider this. The only downside to this tour, like I experienced on several others, is that the itinerary doesn't meantion the fact that several commercial visits spices, carpet weaving are being incorporated in this tour. As I had no intention to purchase a carpet this was a waste of time and also not the nicest of experiences as the guys were quite pushy. I would suggest letting the guide know when they pick you up at the hotel whether you are interested or not in any of these visits. This to manage both yours and their expectations.</p>