Includes FREE planning and background information. Medieval mayhem, opulent metropolis, stately maiden aunt: give it a chance, and this unruly capital will capture your heart. Yes, it-s crowded, aggravating, polluted, extreme, and hectic, but hey - nobody-s perfect. Look past Delhi-s less-loveable elements, and you-ll find it littered with glittering jewels. Like a subcontinental Rome, India-s capital is punctuated by ruins and monuments, vestiges of lost empires. There are magnificent museums, temples and mosques, and a cultural life to satisfy the hungriest vulture. Plus, shopaholics - you are home: all the riches of India twinkle in Delhi-s emporiums, from exquisite Kashmiri shawls to jootis from Jaipur.