Insight Guides Pocket India (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides Pocket India

Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
The definitive pocket-sized travel guide.

Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is the ideal on-the-move travel guide for exploring India. From top tourist attractions like the Taj Mahal, Kerala's backwaters and the Golden Temple, to cultural gems, including a once in a lifetime trip to Ajmer, trekking the rugged terrain in Ladakh and exploring Ranthambore, home to the Rajbut ruins and wild tigers, plan your perfect trip with this practical, all-in-one travel guide. 

Features of this travel guide to India:
- Inspirational itineraries: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, highlighted with stunning photography
- Historical and cultural insights: delve into the country's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major attraction highlighted, the maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, we've got you covered
- Covers: Dehli; The North; Rajasthan; The West; The East; The South

Looking for a more detailed guide to India? Check out Insight Guides India for a comprehensive and entertaining look at all the country has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Hindi
• Nueva Delhi
• South Asia
• Bradt
• Travel
• Mumbai
• Standard Hindi
• 2020
• 2021
• Eyewitness
• Asia
• India
• Agra
• Marco Polo
• Jaipur
• Delhi
• Bombay
• New Delhi

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839052347
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to India, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of India, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in India are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of India. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
India’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Tour of India
Introduction
Landscape and heritage
People
Religions of India
A Brief History
The Hindus’ ancestors
The Mauryan Empire
Kushan rule
Gupta glory
Islam comes to India
A sultan for Delhi
The great Mughals
The British arrive
Installing the Raj
Rebellion and reform
Fighting for Self-Rule
Independence with Partition
Post-Independence India
Modern India: rich and poor
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Getting Around
Practical hints
Delhi
Delhi of the sultans
City of the Mughals
Red Fort
Mahatma’s memorial
New Delhi
Delhi’s museums
The North
Agra
Taj Mahal
Agra Fort
Fatehpur Sikri
Lucknow
Varanasi
The Ghats
The Town
Sarnath
Amritsar
Chandigarh
Simla
The Kullu Valley
Dharamsala
Kashmir
Srinagar
Ladakh
Garhwal
Pilgrimage Sites: the Char Dam
Corbett National Park
Rajasthan
Jaipur
Amber Fort
Jaipur city
Ajmer
Pushkar
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
Bikaner
Udaipur
Around Udaipur
Chittaurgarh
Mount Abu
The West
Mumbai
The Raj District
Uptown
Museums
Elephanta
Pune
Ajanta and Ellora
Ajanta
Ellora
Sanchi
Khajuraho
Gwalior and Orcha
Kanha
Ahmedabad
Tour of Gujarat
Goa
Panaji (Panjim)
Old Goa
Hindu temples
Goa’s beaches
The East
Kolkata (Calcutta)
The West Bank
The City
Darjeeling
Sikkim
Bhubaneshwar
Udaigiri
Konark
Puri
Patna
Bodh Gaya
Rajgir
Nalanda
The South
Chennai (Madras)
Mamallapuram
Kanchipuram
Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Thanjavur
Tiruchirapalli (Trichy)
Srirangam
Madurai
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) and Kovalam
Kochi (Cochin)
Western Ghats
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Mysore
Srirangapatnam
Somnathpur
Belur and Halebid
Sravanabelagola
Hampi
Visiting Hampi
Bijapur
Hyderabad and Golconda
Golconda Fort
What To Do
Sports
Outdoor Activities
Spectator Sports
Entertainment
Film
Music
Nightlife
Shopping
Festivals and fairs
Eating Out
Breakfast, coffee and tea
Lunch and dinner
‘Curry’
Non-vegetarian
Rice and chapatis
Vegetarian
Side dishes and snacks
Desserts
Drinks
Reading the Menu
To help you read the menu
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airports
Alcohol
B
Budgeting for your trip
C
Car hire
Climate
Crime and safety
Customs
E
Electricity
Embassies, high commissions and consulates
Etiquette
G
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
Language
LGBTQ travellers


M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening times
P
Photography
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religion
S
Smoking
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
V
Visas and permits
W
What to bring
Websites and internet cafés


India’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Hampi
The deserted Vijayanagar capital is perhaps India’s most evocative ruin. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Jaisalmer
The desert citadel has a golden sandstone fort and wonderful old town houses. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Ladakh
Where Buddhist monasteries hug the hills. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Madurai
Famed for the Meenakshi temple, with its brightly coloured and towering gopuras. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Agra
Location of the Taj Mahal and other Mughal wonders, including nearby Fatehpur Sikri. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #6
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Khajuraho
Hindu temples festooned with erotic sculpture. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #7
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Kerala’s backwaters
The palm-lined backwaters represent tropical India at its most intense. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Varanasi
The bathing ghats of this sacred city present an unforgettable spectacle. For more information click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Ajanta and Ellora
Superb frescoes and sculpture adorn these breathtaking cave temples. For more information click here and here .



Top Attraction #10
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The Golden Temple
The Sikhs’ holiest shrine in the city of Amritsar ranks alongside the Taj for its ethereal architecture. For more information click here .


A Perfect Tour of India



Day 1

Old Delhi
After breakfast on the verandah at the Imperial in New Delhi, head across town to Shah Jahan’s implacable Red Fort, former seat of the great Mughal emperors. Recover from sightseeing with lunch, then visit the Jama Masjid mosque for a matchless view over the rooftops. After supper, catch a Bollywood blockbuster at a multiplex on Connaught Circus.


Day 2

South Delhi
The crumbling 15th-century Afghan tombs in Lodi Gardens provide a superbly atmospheric spot for an early-morning limber up. Afterwards, browse the antique shops, hip clothes boutiques, art galleries and ethnic jewellery stalls jammed into the old alleyways of Hauz Khas village. Spend the afternoon exploring Humayun’s Tomb and the Qutb Minar complex.


Day 3

Agra
Arrive at the Taj Mahal in time to catch sunrise over the splendid white marble mausoleum, and return in the evening to see how striking it is at sunset. Spend the period inbetween taking in the nearby Agra Fort, the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah and Akbar’s fabulous mausoleum at Sikandra, where monkeys and gazelle graze in the grounds like a scene from a Persian