Like the Mutiny Memorial, the octagonal Flagstaff Tower was built as a memorial to the 1857 ‘mutiny’. It’s on the highest point of The Ridge and marks the spot where British civilians fleeing from the rebels down in the Delhi cantonment below gathered in the extreme heat before they escaped to a safe destination. It is also the same place where...

Qudsia Bagh is another one of those obscure quiet havens that dot the Delhi landscape, where you can escape the crowds, the heat, dust and the fumes, and wander in a well kept garden with a few interesting monuments. Qudsia Bagh is a garden designed in the traditional Persian charbagh style but most of it is now missing, its walls...

The Mehrauli Archaeological Park encompasses a number of monuments, tombs and historical places within a pleasant parkland. To get there exit Qutb Minar Metro station onto Anuvrat Marg and turn right. Walk about 500m and just after some plant nurseries opposite there’s a small lane marked by a large board displaying the park’s regulations. The pathways and directions are well...