Ghaziabad is one of fast growing Industrial town of North India. Ghaziabad is situated about 1.5 km from the Hindon River. Ghaziabad is bound by Meerut in North and on the south by Bulandshahar. Situated in Western Uttar Pradesh close to Delhi, Ghaziabad has more than 14000 small, medium and large industrial units scattered all over the city. The city is also home to upcoming posh localities that have completely changed its face from a sleepy industrial town to a modern swanky looking suburb of Delhi. In fact, the city has been featured in Newsweek Top 10 most dynamic cities in the world in the year 2006.

The place is relatively new in the chronicles of History. Ghaziabad was founded in the year 1740 by emperor Ghazi-ud-din. He is supposed to have built an architectural marvel for himself. It was a spacious palace that consisted of 120 rooms of masonry with pointed arches. Only the gate, a few portions of the boundary wall and a massive pillar about fourteen feet in height remain now. Ghaziabad has appeared prominently during the mutiny of 1857. River Hindon that flows through Ghaziabad was the site for the battle between Mutineers and British Forces in which, the former were crushed convincingly.

Ghaziabad is primarily an industrial city with manufacturers in railway coaches, diesel engines, electroplating, bicycles, picture tubes, tapestries, glassware, pottery, vegetable oil, paint and varnish, heavy chains, automobile pistons & rings, steel pharmaceuticals, liquor, etc. It is one of the most industrialized cities in Uttar Pradesh.

Ghaziabad by Air:It is possible via the nearest airport from Ghaziabad, the Indira Gandhi International Airport at New Delhi. The city of Ghaziabad is an important industrial city of India, which is included in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Ghaziabad by Rail:It is the one of the most comfortable means of transport to the city. As such, other means of conveyance to Ghaziabad include airways and roadways. Ghaziabad is located to the East of New Delhi.The two nearest railways from Ghaziabad include the Nizamuddin railway station and the New Delhi railway station.

Ghaziabad by road:Ghaziabad is well networked by road to other neighboring cities. There are regular bus services ferrying passengers to and from Ghaziabad. The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation is about to start the City Bus Service, which will connect Ghaziabad to Noida and Greater Noida.

Timing:July to September : 0930 am- 5 p.m.

October to June : 0930 a.m. to 0600 p.m.

Daily Closed : Monday and National Holidays.

Attractions: Indian Crafts, Wooden Carvings, Metalware, Paintings.

The Crafts Museum is situated at Pragati Maidan and forms one of the main places to be visited on your Delhi tour. This museum has galleries displaying India's rich tradition of handicrafts. An added attraction is the presence of craftsmen, which are brought here from different parts of the country to demonstrate their skills. The Crafts museum boasts of having the most rare and exquisite pieces of art and craft selectively collected from all over the country. The museum is distinct for its architectural display of various villages. Authentically constructed mud huts are beautifully decorated with folk art and exhibits include woodcarvings, paintings, paper-mache, embroidery and a full-sized wooden haveli from Gujarat. The complex also houses the Crafts Museum Shop. There are separate galleries for displaying tribal and rural craft, courtly crafts, textile, popular culture and others. Here you can see live demonstrations by the artisans offering close glimpses of the folk arts of India. From here you can buy ritual objects, ornaments, rugs, shawls and books from the craftsmen as well as from the museum.

National Museum on Janpath is the premier repository of antiquities. Built in 1960, it has an extraordinary collection representing the entire span of Indian civilizations from pre-historic times. It's galleries' inclusive finds from the Indus Valley Civilization ; superb sculptures in stone and bronzes from the Chola period; the largest collection of miniature paintings of the world; manuscripts; a Buddhist Gallery, including relics of Buddha from Piprahwa; the exquisite Jewellery Gallery; the Anthropological Gallery of tribal art; galleries devoted to decorative and applied arts, Maritime Heritage and Pre-Columbian art; and the Central Asian Antiquities Gallery of Auriel Stein's finds along the ancient Silk Route.

National Museum,New Delhi, today , has in its possession over 2,00,000 works of exquisite art,both of Indian and Foreign origin covering more than 5,000 years of our cultural heritage. Its rich holdings of various creative traditions and disciplines which represents a unity amidst diversity, an unmatched blend of the past with the present and strong perspective for the future, brings history to life.

Apart from the collections of Pre-historic Archaeology, Archaeology, Jewellery,Paintings, Decorative arts, Manuscripts, Central Asian Antiquities, Arms and Armour, etc. ,the Museum today has a separate branches of publication, Hindi, Public Relations, Education, Library, Exhibition cell, Display, Modelling, Photography, Security and Administration.

Timing: 0800 to 1800 hours( summer),0900 to 1700 hours (winter) except Friday.

Best Time to visit: Throughout the year

Main Attraction: 22,000 varieties of Animals and Birds

National Zoological Park or the zoo of Delhi is one of the finest zoos in Asia and is situated close to Purana Qila or Old Fort.

National Zoological Park is one of the finest and largest zoos in Asia and efforts have been made to provide an almost natural habitat to the animals and birds herein New Delhi.

Established in 1959 and is spread over a massive area of 214 acres. Delhi Zoo is home to more than 2000 species of animals and birds from Africa, America, Australia and Asia. The Zoo was set up in 1959. It is regarded as one of the finest zoos in Asia and efforts have been made to provide an almost natural habitat to the animals and the birds. It is a good spot for picnics. It has an early 17th century Kos Minar, which was one of the many, put up by Jehangir, son of the emperor, Akbar. As you climb up the red sandstone gate, you get a chance to admire the vast expanse of the Zoological Park. The winding pathways here are laid with the red Badarpur gravel, and the green shrubs demarcate the red with the undulating brown-green vast stretches of grass.

An idyllic picnic spot in winters, the serenity of the greens here is pleasing and offers a delightful respite from the humdrum of the city. The winding pathways lead to the administrative building with a library on the right side where you can get all the information on animals, birds and plants of both and rare zoological species in India.

This place is particularly popular among the children, they love to see Chimpanzee, Hippopotamus, Spider monkey, African Wild Buffalo, the Gir Lion and Zebras, thee water animals and birds such as Macaque, Banteng, Emu, Hyenas, Axis deer, Fallow deer, Peafowl, Hog Dear and the Jaguar. The underground Reptile Home complex displays a wide array of snakes such as King Cobra and Pythons. Besides these, there are more than 200 varieties of trees here including the hanging deep yellow Alamtas hedges, the drought resistant Lahura trees and the native Delhi bistendu.