A week in India
Seven days across India: Agra, Delhi, Amritsar, Jaipur, Mumbai, Kamalāpuram and Thanjavur. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.
Day 1: Agra
- Taj MahalMonument · On the map
- Mehtab BaghGarden · 0.5 km on from Taj Mahal · On the map
- Humanyun MosqueMosque · 0.4 km on from Mehtab Bagh · On the map
- ChauburjiMonument · 1.2 km on from Humanyun Mosque · On the map
4 stops, 9.9 km on foot along the streets: about 2 h 8 min of walking.
Day 2: Delhi
- Tomb of Adham KhanMonument · On the map
- iron pillar of DelhiArchaeological site · 0.4 km on from Tomb of Adham Khan · On the map
- Qutb MinarTower · Next to iron pillar of Delhi · On the map
- Qutb complexArchaeological site · Next to Qutb Minar · On the map
- Tomb of BalbanMonument · 0.6 km on from Qutb complex · On the map
5 stops, 2.4 km on foot along the streets: about 30 min of walking.
Day 3: Amritsar
- Durgiana TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
- Akal TakhtTemple or shrine · 1 km on from Durgiana Temple · On the map
- Harmandir SahibTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Akal Takht · On the map
- Gurdwara Baba AtalTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Harmandir Sahib · On the map
- Jallianwala BaghMonument · 0.5 km on from Gurdwara Baba Atal · On the map
- Partition MuseumMuseum · 0.6 km on from Jallianwala Bagh · On the map
6 stops, 4.8 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 0 min of walking.
Day 4: Jaipur
- Govind Dev Ji TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
- City PalaceMuseum · 0.4 km on from Govind Dev Ji Temple · On the map
- Jantar MantarLandmark · 0.2 km on from City Palace · On the map
- Hawa MahalPalace · 0.2 km on from Jantar Mantar · On the map
- Ram Niwas GardenGarden · 1.3 km on from Hawa Mahal · On the map
- Jaipur ZooZoo or aquarium · 0.4 km on from Ram Niwas Garden · On the map
6 stops, 4.3 km on foot along the streets: about 53 min of walking.
Day 5: Mumbai
- Mumba Devi TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj TerminusLandmark · 1.3 km on from Mumba Devi Temple · On the map
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of MumbaiLandmark · 1.2 km on from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus · On the map
- Knesset EliyahooSynagogue · 0.3 km on from Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai · On the map
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu SangrahalayaMuseum · 0.2 km on from Knesset Eliyahoo · On the map
- Cathedral of the Holy NameCathedral · 0.4 km on from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya · On the map
6 stops, 4.8 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 3 min of walking.
Day 6: Kamalāpuram
- HampiArchaeological site · On the map
- VijayanagaraArchaeological site · 1.1 km on from Hampi · On the map
- Lotus Mahal PavilionPalace · 0.8 km on from Vijayanagara · On the map
3 stops, 3 km on foot along the streets: about 39 min of walking.
Day 7: Thanjavur
- Prahadisvarar TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
- Great Living Chola TemplesMonument · Next to Prahadisvarar Temple · On the map
- Thanjavur Maratha PalaceMuseum · 1 km on from Great Living Chola Temples · On the map
- Saraswathi Mahal LibraryMuseum · Next to Thanjavur Maratha Palace · On the map
4 stops, 1.4 km on foot along the streets: about 16 min of walking.
More for India
- Things to do in India · 40 places to see, led by Taj Mahal and Harmandir Sahib
Photo credits
- Taj Mahal: Taj_Mahal,_Agra,_India_edit2.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mehtab Bagh: :en:Aks khandelwal, Public domain
- Chauburji: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tomb of Adham Khan: Parth.rkt, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iron pillar of Delhi: pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Qutb Minar: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Qutb complex: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2
- Tomb of Balban: Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0
- Durgiana Temple: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Akal Takht: Amarpreet.singh.in, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Harmandir Sahib: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gurdwara Baba Atal: Amarpreet.singh.in, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jallianwala Bagh: Unknown author, Public domain
- Partition Museum: Amritpal Singh Mann, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Govind Dev Ji Temple: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0
- City Palace: A.Savin, FAL
- Jantar Mantar: Knowledge Seeker, Public domain
- Hawa Mahal: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jaipur Zoo: ANUBHABAMAL3009, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mumba Devi Temple: Magiceye, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai: A.Savin, FAL
- Knesset Eliyahoo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cathedral of the Holy Name: Ronakshah1990, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hampi: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
- Vijayanagara: Imc, Public domain
- Lotus Mahal Pavilion: Siyadahmed, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Prahadisvarar Temple: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0
- Great Living Chola Temples: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
- Thanjavur Maratha Palace: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0
- Saraswathi Mahal Library: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.