Banquet and Conference Facilities :
Amongst the meeting and conference facilities offered at the Claridges hotel:
- Audiovisual facilities
- Conference checklist
- Function checklist
- Sample agreement form
- Floor Plans in various set-ups
Recreation and Health Facilities:
Golf
¤ The Air Force Golf Club, within 5 minutes drive, is set in Delhi's Race Course, next to the Polo Grounds and the Flying Club. Unfortunately, Foreigners are not permitted as is a working Air Force station.
¤ The Delhi Golf Club, also within a short 5 minute drive, has a most picturesque setting and is dotted with small historical monuments. The course is tight enough to challenge most golfers, but the caddies are good at retrieving the balls from the underbrush. Green fees are Rs…on weekdays and Rs…on weekends. Foreigners are charged Rs…and Rs… respectively.
" Riding
¤ Delhi Riding Club -
" Walking/ Jogging
¤ Lodi Gardens is a favourite place to walk/ jog around the Lodi Tombs. It is within walking distance of the hotel.
¤ Nehru Park offers a larger circuit and is only 5 minutes away.
" Museums
¤ National Museum. Splendidly displayed collection from pre-historic times to modern day. The permanent collection of jewelry is a must see as is the manuscript gallery.
¤ National Gallery of Modern Art. The collection spans work from the turn of the century. The museum shop has a good selection of prints.
¤ National Crafts Museum has working craftsmen and a good shop. Conceived as a collection of villages, the museum showcases the vast variety of Indian handicrafts.
¤ Rail Museum. This has a collection of old locomotives and carriages, many that once belonged to Maharajas. The oldest working steam locomotive in the world - The Fairy Queen - is on display when it is not on runs to the Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary. An interesting exhibit is a working monorail. The museum shop has good buys.
" Children Activities within a 10 minute drive
¤ Boating. This is in small rowboats, next to the National Zoo and in the shadow of the old fort - the Purana Qila.
¤ National Zoo. This has a good range of Indian Fauna including the white tiger.
¤ Appu Ghar an amusement park
" Sound & Light Shows
¤ At the Red Fort. This covers the history of Delhi from early Mughal times - 17.. till independence in 1947. Timings for the English show are 8pm in Summer (April to September) and 7pm in winter (October to March)
¤ At the Purana Qila |