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FabHotel Staywell

16 Arjun Marg Block F Dlf Phase 1 Sector 26A 122002 Gurugram, Gurgaon, India
from ₹2949

FabHotel Staywell is a 3-star hotel in Gurugram, New Delhi, a sensible choice for sightseeing around Jama Masjid without overspending.

Guests typically choose Gurugram for its balance of location and price; FabHotel Staywell is a good fit if you want to be near the action in New Delhi.

Rates shift with the season and with demand, so the live price on the booking page is always the one to trust — tap through for tonight’s or your dates' real availability.

Key facts

Class
3-star
Area
Gurugram
Guest rating
4.2 (84)
from
₹2949
Address
16 Arjun Marg Block F Dlf Phase 1 Sector 26A 122002 Gurugram, Gurgaon, India

What’s included

How many nights in New Delhi, and a first-timer itinerary that works

Four nights is the working minimum if the monuments are why you came, because Delhi’s archaeology is spread across three separate clusters 15–20 km apart. Day one is Shahjahanabad: Red Fort, Jama Masjid and the lanes off Chandni Chowk, remembering the Red Fort is closed on Mondays and the main bazaar street is pedestrianised through the day. Day two is Mehrauli, the oldest layer: Qutub Minar and the Iron Pillar, then Mehrauli Archaeological Park for Balban’s tomb, Jamali Kamali and Rajon ki Baoli, with Tughlaqabad’s 1321 ramparts if you still have legs. Day three is the Nizamuddin corridor: Humayun’s Tomb, Sunder Nursery’s 15 monuments across 90 acres, Purana Qila, then Lodhi Gardens and Safdarjung’s Tomb in the late afternoon light.

Add a fifth night for the National Museum on Janpath, Feroz Shah Kotla with its Ashokan pillar, and Agrasen ki Baoli off Hailey Road near Connaught Place. Six or seven nights lets you fold in Agra properly, ideally sleeping there one night so you get the Taj Mahal at sunrise and Fatehpur Sikri without rushing, or Jaipur for Amber Fort and Jantar Mantar. Ten nights covers the full Delhi–Agra–Jaipur triangle with a night at Neemrana, 122 km down NH-48, on the way back. Keep your Delhi hotel booked through the day trips if you can; a second check-in in Karol Bagh or Hauz Khas costs more in time than the two nights of room rate you save.

What hotels actually cost in New Delhi, by standard

Budget in Delhi means ₹700–1,800 a night, which in Paharganj or Mahipalpur buys a small double with an air conditioner of uncertain vintage, a bucket-shower bathroom and a lift that may or may not run. Mid-range is ₹2,500–6,000 and is where Delhi is genuinely good value: at ₹4,000 in Karol Bagh, Defence Colony, Greater Kailash or Hauz Khas you get a proper double, reliable hot water, working air conditioning and usually breakfast. Upper-tier business hotels in Aerocity, Nehru Place, Dwarka and Gurugram sit at ₹8,000–15,000 with pools and airport shuttles. The top end is Chanakyapuri and Lutyens Delhi, ₹18,000–40,000 for the palace hotels, and out at the extreme a Taj-view room in Agra can pass ₹45,000.

Two things move those numbers. GST is added on top and is not always shown in the headline rate: rooms up to ₹7,500 a night sit in a lower slab, anything above ₹7,500 is taxed at 18 per cent, so a ₹7,400 quote and a ₹7,900 quote are closer than they look at the till. The spikes are predictable and worth avoiding: the last week of December, the trade fair fortnight of 14–27 November at Pragati Maidan, the days around Republic Day on 26 January, and the November-to-February wedding season, when banquet-heavy areas like Karol Bagh, Rohini and Greater Kailash sell out and charge for it. Conversely, May, June and August are 30–40 per cent cheaper across every category, including the Chanakyapuri properties that never discount in winter.

The Delhi booking traps nobody warns you about

The oldest one still runs outside New Delhi Railway Station and in Paharganj: a driver or a helpful stranger tells you your hotel has closed, burned down or been booked out, and offers to take you to an alternative or to a 'government tourist office' near Connaught Place that is nothing of the sort. Have the hotel’s phone number, call it, and refuse the detour. Two smaller ones catch people out: many Indian hotels run a 24-hour clock rather than a noon checkout, so a 21:00 check-in means a 21:00 checkout, which is either a gift or a nasty surprise depending on your flight. And foreign nationals must be registered on Form C, which a fair number of the cheapest Paharganj and Karol Bagh guesthouses simply are not set up to do, so confirm before you pay.

The area people wrongly skip is south Delhi. Visitors book Connaught Place or Paharganj because that is where the guidebook maps centre, then spend two hours a day in traffic getting to the Qutub Minar, Mehrauli Archaeological Park and Hauz Khas, all of which are 15–20 km south. A room in Saket, Hauz Khas or Greater Kailash at ₹3,500–6,000 puts you inside the oldest archaeological belt in the city and still 25 minutes from Rajiv Chowk on the Yellow Line. The season nobody expects is late January and early February fog, which can hold visibility below 100 metres until mid-morning and quietly wrecks a sunrise plan at Humayun’s Tomb or a 06:00 departure for Agra; build a spare morning into any four-night winter trip.

Questions, answered

Where is FabHotel Staywell located?
FabHotel Staywell is in Gurugram, New Delhi (16 Arjun Marg Block F Dlf Phase 1 Sector 26A 122002 Gurugram, Gurgaon, India), close to Jama Masjid.
How much does FabHotel Staywell cost per night?
Recent rates started around ₹2949 per night, but prices are set live — check the booking page for your exact dates.
How many stars is FabHotel Staywell?
FabHotel Staywell is a 3-star hotel in New Delhi.
Is FabHotel Staywell a good hotel?
Guests rate it 4.2 across 84 reviews. It’s a midscale choice for New Delhi.
What is a typical nightly hotel rate in New Delhi?
A decent mid-range double runs ₹2,500–6,000 a night in Karol Bagh, Defence Colony, Greater Kailash or Hauz Khas, and that is the sweet spot for comfort per rupee. Budget rooms in Paharganj and Mahipalpur go for ₹700–1,800, business hotels in Aerocity, Nehru Place and Gurugram for ₹8,000–15,000, and the Chanakyapuri palace hotels for ₹18,000–40,000. Add GST on top: rooms up to ₹7,500 sit in a lower slab, anything above ₹7,500 is taxed at 18 per cent. Rates across all bands drop 30–40 per cent in May, June and August.
Is New Delhi walkable?
In pockets, yes; overall, no. Chandni Chowk between Red Fort and Fatehpuri Masjid is pedestrianised and best on foot, the Lodhi Gardens to Safdarjung’s Tomb stretch is an easy walk, and Connaught Place’s inner and outer circles are designed for it. But the distances between clusters defeat walking: Connaught Place to Qutub Minar is 15 km, and to Humayun’s Tomb about 7 km. Use the metro for the long hops and autos for the last kilometre, and in May and June do all your walking before 10am.
Where should I stay to see Delhi’s archaeological sites and the Qutub Minar?
Stay in Saket, Hauz Khas or Greater Kailash. The Qutub Minar, the Iron Pillar, Mehrauli Archaeological Park with Balban’s tomb, Jamali Kamali and Rajon ki Baoli, Sultan Ghari and the 1321 walls of Tughlaqabad are all in the southern belt, and a ₹3,500–6,000 room here saves you two hours a day in traffic from Connaught Place. Hauz Khas has the added advantage of Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s 1352 madrasa and Alauddin Khalji’s reservoir at the end of the street. ASI monuments open sunrise to sunset with tickets at ₹35 for Indian nationals and ₹550 for foreign nationals at Qutub Minar and Humayun’s Tomb. Yellow Line trains put you back at Rajiv Chowk in about 25 minutes when you want central Delhi.
Which is the best area to stay in New Delhi for sightseeing?
Connaught Place is the best all-round base, because Rajiv Chowk is the interchange between the Yellow and Blue lines and puts Chandni Chowk five stops north and Hauz Khas seven stops south. If your trip is built around the Qutub Minar, Mehrauli Archaeological Park and Tughlaqabad, stay in Saket or Hauz Khas instead and save the daily 15 km commute. For quiet and space, Chanakyapuri and Defence Colony work well, though Chanakyapuri starts around ₹14,000. Paharganj is only worth it for the ₹700–2,000 price and the ten-minute walk to New Delhi Railway Station.
What is the cheapest month to visit Delhi?
June and August are the cheapest, with rates 30–40 per cent below December across every category. June is the reason: daytime temperatures of 42–46 °C make Tughlaqabad Fort or the open lawns at Humayun’s Tomb unpleasant after about 10am, so hotels in Aerocity and Chanakyapuri that never discount in winter start doing so. August is monsoon, humid and prone to waterlogging on the Ring Road, but mornings are workable and Sunder Nursery is at its greenest. If you want low prices without the extremes, the first three weeks of September or the second half of March are the compromise.
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