These are some of our favorite things to do in India. Discuss incorporating some of these ideas into your own travel itinerary.

Delhi
In Delhi, admire the Red Fort's palaces, dance halls, and meeting places…watch the 25,000 worshippers fill the Jami Masjid courtyard each Friday…learn about Mahatma Gandhi's life at the Raj Ghat… shop for souvenirs at Connaught Circus and Janpath and visit the markets at Paharganj and Chandni Chowk…compare the Humayan's Tomb with the similar Taj Mahal…stroll through Nizamuddin, a lively Muslim market area, as. Qawwalis are sung on Thursday evenings.

Bombay
Visit Elephanta Island with its remarkable Trimurti sculpture…admire the view from Malabar Hill…travel to Aurangabad to see the cave temples of Ajanta and Ellora…visit Daulatabad, with its vast fort rising out of the barren surrounding plains.

Calcutta
Visit the superb museum, the Victoria Memorial, one of the world's largest planetariums, and fantastic markets…travel to Darjeeling, the famed hill station with an unusually diverse history…visit Ghoom Monastery and other active Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.

Agra
See the sunrise and sunset on the Taj Mahal…visit Agra Fort and the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri.

Rajasthan
Explore the City Palace in Jaipur, a treasure trove of wildly painted reception halls and doors decorated with abstract designs…see the finely toold stonework at the Palace of Winds…wander the town of Amber, known for its massive fortress…in Udaipur, visit the City Palace, the Folk Museum, and take a boat ride on the lake…attend the Camel Fair in February…take a camel trek in the Thar Desert from Jaisalmer

Varanasi
Ride a boat in the morning on the Ganges…watch men do early-morning yoga and women fetch holy water from the river…shop for dazzling silks and saris.

Additional favorite activities
See the sculptures in Khajuraho…search for chital, panters, and storks at Ranthambore National Park…ride along the Kabini River to spy crocodiles…in Kerala, visit the Government Museum, Kapaleeshwara Temple, and see the pilgrims at Madurai…in Cochin, travel by boat along the backwaters.