Try Cycling Tours India Through Delhi Streets For A Change

Summary: Dutchman Jack Leenaars established the cycling tours in Delhi, India, in 2009. Cycling is getting close to the people and the culture and the magical capital of India with a living history gets deep into your soul.

You have to be physically fit all right and be adept at cycling. In any case, you won’t be alone either. The guides would be around to companion the small groups of maybe nine through the streets usually in the early morning to beat the heat. Even if you haven’t cycled for decades, the childhood skills remain and can be quickly revived.

The cycling tours India operate each morning on orange bicycles and are reasonably priced. There is little to worry about in terms of health or fatigue as long as you are sturdy enough for all that hectic cycling! The guides speak English too and speakers of other languages could be arranged if necessary and if the group is large enough. Children are accommodated on smaller bicycles and even little ones may find a baby seat at the back free of charge. July, August and September constitute the rainy season when raincoats would be necessary and warm clothing in the winter months. Summers get terribly hot and thus the early morning rides.

Among the several routes chalked out by Jack Leenaars through his own experiences, the Shah Jahan tour easily takes the cake. The name is famous worldwide as the builder of the Taj Mahal, a testament of love in glorious marble. He built a capital that is today known as Old Delhi that represents the glory of the Mughal Empire. Shahjahanabad covers 1500 acres and is a blend of the remote past and the vibrant present. Embark on the Royal tour to enter the corridors of another age and time, of splendor and romance. Listen to the echoes of the past at the Red Fort and Jama Masjid.

You want to see the heart of modern Delhi too of course and that is called the Raj tour. You do start in the little streets of Old Delhi but soon end up amidst the grand Presidential Palace and India Gate. This time you are witnessing a touch of modern history where the international political drama is played out each day. The places you touch include Connaught Place, Turkman Gate, Parliament House, Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj.

If you wish to get back into the recesses of history, the Haveli tour would bring you more passions of the past. Relive the 17th century dreams of the mighty empire. The Emirs or nobles of the Shah Jahan court built lavish mansions to represent what they imagined to be heavenly structures. Artists and architects, poets and courtiers of another age form the stuff of dreams.

Some other bike tours India do exist but they may turn out to be intensely tiring. Meanwhile you have enough to ponder over and dream about as you go about with the rest of the agenda like visiting the Taj Mahal perhaps?