City guides long enough to actually plan a trip from.
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Published 8. Sept. 2026
Two lakes, one enormous palace and a city that punishes rushing — a 48-hour plan built around sunsets, courtyards and a very long lunch.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Published 7. Sept. 2026
One maidan with Victorian Gothic on one side and 1930s Art Deco on the other — a UNESCO-listed walk through the two Bombays, in about three hours.
Published 4. Sept. 2026
Where to stand for the City Palace reflection, which ghat gets the blue hour, and the sunrise hills above Lake Pichola. A photographer's route through Udaipur.
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Published 1. Sept. 2026
Sanganer versus Bagru printing, why blue pottery has no clay in it, and the gemstone rules that keep visitors out of trouble in Johari Bazaar.
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Published 28. Aug. 2026
Morning kachori-sabzi, tomato chaat found nowhere else, clay-cup lassi and a winter-only milk foam set by dew. How to eat your way through Banaras.
Published 25. Aug. 2026
Vada pav at a bus stop, berry pulao in an Irani café, dosa in Matunga and Koli seafood near the docks — a day of eating organised by neighbourhood.
Amber, Jaigarh and Nahargarh sit on one ridge and share one ticket. Here is the order to do them in, the timings that matter, and where lunch fits.
Goa
Published 22. Aug. 2026
South Goa's turtle beaches, the island villages reached by free ferry, and the stretches of coast where nobody has built a nightclub yet.
Delhi
Published 19. Aug. 2026
Spices in Khari Baoli, silver in Dariba Kalan, export surplus in Sarojini Nagar. Which of Delhi's markets sells what, and what each one costs you in time.
Published 14. Aug. 2026
Vindaloo is not a heat rating and xacuti is not curry powder. A guide to Goa's two distinct kitchens, the dishes worth ordering, and where to find them.
Published 11. Aug. 2026
Old Delhi and Lutyens' Delhi are two different cities with one name. A first-timer's two-day plan that treats them that way, and uses the metro between.
Published 8. Aug. 2026
Two days that make sense of a city of twenty million: the island fort, the ferry to Elephanta, the local trains, and the hour Marine Drive turns gold.
Published 4. Aug. 2026
A first-timer's three-day plan for the Pink City — the walled town on foot, the forts before the heat, and where to sit down when it wins anyway.
Published 21. Juli 2026
Ferries, spice farms, Portuguese churches and a Latin Quarter you can walk in an hour — the Goa that starts about fifteen minutes inland.
Published 30. Juni 2026
How to do the dawn boat properly, what to do with the rest of the day, and how to behave at the two ghats where people are being cremated.
