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Take a walk at Connaught Place (CP), the heart of New Delhi. The British-designed colonial equivalent of a shopping mall, it's laid out in two concentric rings divided into blocks, all bursting with shops and lots of pampered pigeons waddling about. Long neglected, the area received an upsurge after the opening of the major Metro junction of Rajiv Chowk under it, and it's going more upmarket by the day. At the centre is a small but pleasant park, while on one edge is the notorious Palika Bazaar, an underground den of cheap wares, many pirated or smuggled from overseas. The area is surrounded by tall office buildings on nearly all sides. Train fans will want to check out the Metro Museum inside the Patel Chowk station, open Tu-Su 10AM-4PM (free with valid Metro ticket).
New Delhi is the place to go for parks; here are Delhi's Central Park, the Nehru Park which is a great place to hang out on a sunny afternoon in the winter, and the Kartavya Path which is the city's main parade route lined by grassy lawns and leading from the presidential residence Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate.
