The Imperial New Delhi

... . From there, we walked down to the  Imperial hotel, which we were told was a beautiful building. Having drinks at the Imperial in Delhi is  the equivalent of having Singapore Slings at the Raffles  - you gotta do it when you are in ...

May 2, 2007 New Delhi, India The longest day of my life, because it was 2 days! Up at 5:30 to get ready to get off train by 8:00 am. Quick goodbyes to people we met during the trip, then off with our saviors, Preba and Niven. Since our flight didn't ...

... ,    So Jonathan, Shayna and I (Andrew) arrived in New Delhi safely after quite an experience in Banares, India. New Delhi is drastically different than Banares and Kolkata and we could feel it right away. From the train station we took a small ...

... one was all round the best choice. Our first day was spent familiarising ourselves with where we were staying - Connaught Circus in New Delhi, followed by a couple of beers on the terrace at the 5 star Imperial Hotel, which was thoroughly charming. It ...

While New Delhi, a planned city of wide tree lined boulevards and palatial buildings designed as the capital of British India to showcase Britain's might and wealth (and which was created by imperial decree following the great Delhi Durbar of 1911 at ...

... eccentric but it's one of the best ideas I've had. Me and my cheap underwear are now in the 5 Star hotel called the Imperial. Yatri house had dodgy electrics, WiFi that undermined the point of Wireless technology as you had to be within three feet of the ...

... :30 so we had loads of time to kill. Jodie, being the wheeler and dealer of us both, managed to talk the Imperial Hotel (yes, the nicest one in Delhi) to watch our dirty backpacks for the the day. Of course, we were then forced to go and order lunch from ...

... straightforward enough on the map but ended up on the wrong side of the tracks, literally. things on map appearing 200yds away in Delhi are actually nearer 2 miles away.   Get completely lost and end up in Delhi slum. Giant rubbish tip with kids and ...

I came here after leaving the imperial but I did my research this time! The staff were really friendly and made me feel at home straight away. I even watched the cricket with them while I booked my plane ticket to kathmandu. I decided that India wasn't ...

... ;chauffeured us through endless traffic, near misses of rickshaws, people and cars, and unsealed muddy road to our hotel, in an old Imperial Ambassador (seems to look like a Morris Minor). The seats, however, had been taken straight from a sofa, and had ...

... im Hotel Madonna in Delhi und haben fuer Abend in einem der besten Restaurants der Welt reserviert: Spice Route Restaurant im Imperial - genau das Richtige fuer uns!     Zuerst haben sie gerade im Fernsehen von der Lawine berichtet, die ...

... a chicken Big Mac with some sort of delicious spicy sauce on it. The afternoon was spent enjoying the colonial delights of the Imperial hotel. We went for high tea at four o'clock before enjoying an ice cold gin and tonic on the lawn. Delightful. ...

... one of the roads off of Connaught Place, it was about a 10 minute walk, we walked past a row of stalls & shops, The Imperial Hotel was a fantastic apparently one of the best in Asia it was straight out of the Raj, we sat on the terrace and had coffee ...

... to really take my tours up a notch or two in service, and he took me to see the Marriott and also one called the Imperial -- a luxury level hotel just near where we are now. I understand that my market base does have clients who can afford such hotels as ...

... hotel, the Imperial, was magnificent and the food wonderful.  Next morning we were up early to visit a fair on the outskirts of New Delhi.  It took us ages to wend our way through the traffic, the people, and the carts to reach our destination. ...

... faded into history and with it the dream of Nehru and Indira Gandhi of turning India into some sort of socialist paradise. Today, New Delhi is a chaotic, modern city with tree-lined wide avenues, modern and art deco-style buildings side-by-side, the ...