Highlights of India: Top 10 things to do

Much of the best food in India is found outside of the city’s hotels and restaurants. Head to the streets of Mumbai to try delicious pav bhajis, a popular vegetable curry served with a bread roll. Or enjoy fresh parathas (Indian flatbreads) in Delhi’s Chandi Chowk.

When it comes to cuisine, you'll try different Indian curries depending on the region you’re visiting. Biryani in Hyderabad; hot meat curries in Rajasthan or thukpa (a noodle soup) in Ladakh. In southern India, mildly-spiced vegetarian and fish curries come fresh and wrapped in banana leaves.

For a trip with a focus on the region's cuisine, with cookery demonstrations, street food tours and visits to spice gardens, check out our Indian Food Adventure.

India's busy calendar of events and festivals means that you’ll find colour and celebration whenever you visit. On the edge of the Thar Desert the Pushkar camel fair sees hundreds of thousands of people gather every November to trade camels, cattle and horses.
 

Or spend two full days at the Hornbill Festival in Nagaland. Tribes come together to perform traditional dances and folk songs, wearing ornate clothing and jewellery. They wear head dresses that reflect the colourful feathers of the hornbill, the state bird that the tribes admire for the grandeur of its plumage.