 | The Old Delhi Charm, North India |  |  The site Travel With Us to India offers you travel tour booking information and travel tour packages to the numerous tourist attractions in Old Delhi, India. During your travel tours to Old Delhi you cannot escape the intoxicating Old Delhi Charm.
Old Delhi Charm meaning thereby the slow paced life, the rustic marketplaces, the very old sweetmeat shops, monuments belonging to the Mughal period and outlets that serve perfectly cooked mouth watering Mughlai cuisine. Old Delhi forms an amazing and striking contrast to the life and ways of those who live in New Delhi, India.
During your travel tours to Old Delhi in India you must definitely visit the Red Fort that is perhaps one of the most important tourist attractions in Old Delhi besides the Jama Masjid that is situated right opposite the Red Fort.
Two architects at the Mughal Court, Ustad Ahmed and Ustad Hamid designed the Red Fort in Old Delhi, India. It took nine years to complete the construction this massive fort. During your travel tours to the Red Fort in Old Delhi you experience the Old Delhi charm in all its splendor. The mosques and mansions located inside the Red Fort are absolutely fascinating such as the Khas Mahal, Rang Mahal, Diwan-e-Khas, Moti Masjid and the Naqqar Khana. There is an elaborated tunnel system at the Red Fort that connects all the mansions within the fort walls and emerges on the banks of the River Yamuna.
The Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, India is an inseparable part of the Old Delhi charm. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built this giant mausoleum that is located right across the road, opposite the Red fort.
Jama Masjid has the distinction of being described as one of the most beautiful mausoleums in India. More than 20,000 people can pray at a time in the main courtyard of this mosque. The architectural grandeur of this Muslim place of worship is par excellence. An interesting feature of the Jama Masjid is the fact that the main Imam or the head of prayers belongs to the family of the first Imam who was appointed by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. In fact over the years all the Imams at the Jama Masjid have been from this family and the tradition has never been broken.
While on travel tours to Old Delhi, India you must pay a visit to the Chandni Chowk that is a living specimen of the grandeur of Shahjahanabad, the capital of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The Chandni Chowk market was especially designed for emperor Shah Jahan's daughter.
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