Arts & Handicrafts Tour in Delhi

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Route planned around opening days: The Crafts Museum and the National Gallery of Modern Art close on Mondays while Dilli Haat opens every day, so we order the stops to suit the day you travel and begin with whichever opens first.

A guide who knows the crafts: An optional guide explains the difference between hand-block and screen printing, real and machine-made pashmina, and the regional schools of painting, which is useful when you are deciding what a piece is worth.

Artisans at work: The Crafts Museum keeps a rotating group of craftspeople in its village courtyard, and the potters at Kalakar Colony work in the open. Both let you watch a piece being made before you buy one.

Galleries and street art: Hauz Khas Village has small galleries and design shops around the ruins of Firoz Shah's madrasa, and the Lodhi Art District has more than fifty murals by Indian and international artists on the walls of a government housing colony, best seen on foot in a loop of about 45 minutes.

Hands-on sessions: Short block-printing and pottery sessions can be arranged at Sanskriti Kendra or at studios in Hauz Khas on request, subject to the day of the week. Tell us when you enquire and we will confirm what is running.

The vehicle for the day is a chauffeur-driven AC car; an Innova or a tempo traveller suits a family or a small group with purchases. The itinerary below is a template and can be trimmed to a half day or spread over two.

Travel Itinerary for same day Art & handicraft tour package in Delhi

Begin at the National Crafts Museum, which is quietest at opening time, and spend about ninety minutes between the galleries, the village courtyard and the museum shop. Drive to Dilli Haat at INA, about 15 minutes away, for the state stalls and a lunch of regional food from the kiosks along the back wall. After lunch, walk the murals of the Lodhi Art District for three-quarters of an hour, then continue to Hauz Khas Village for the galleries and the view over the tank from the madrasa. If it is not a Monday, finish at the National Gallery of Modern Art near India Gate; otherwise end at the state emporiums on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, which stay open into the evening and sell fixed-price crafts from every state.

Good to know: Delhi arts and handicrafts tour

• The Crafts Museum and the National Gallery of Modern Art are closed on Mondays; Dilli Haat opens every day; Sanskriti Kendra is on the southern edge of the city, about an hour's drive from the centre.
• Dilli Haat charges a small entry fee and the museums charge separately; all are paid on the spot and are not part of the tour price.
• Included: chauffeur-driven AC vehicle for the day, driver's charges, fuel and parking. Not included: entry tickets, guide fees, meals, workshop charges and your purchases.
• Parking is straightforward at the Crafts Museum, Dilli Haat and the NGMA; Hauz Khas Village has a paid car park at the entrance and the lanes are walked.
• Allow a full day of about 8 hours; a half day covers the Crafts Museum, Dilli Haat and one other stop.
• Suits collectors, interior buyers and visitors who want to shop for crafts with someone who can tell them what they are looking at.

Send us your date and what you are hoping to find, and we will confirm which of the stops above are open that day and book the Art & Handicrafts Tour in Delhi around them.