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Hotel Alka Premier
Hotel Alka Premier
Hotel Alka Premier
Hotel Alka Premier

Hotel Alka Premier

20 Connaught Circus Block M Connaught Place New Delhi Delhi 110001 India, New Delhi, India

Looking for a straightforward base in New Delhi? Hotel Alka Premier in Old Delhi (Chandni Chowk) covers the essentials and sits near Humayun’s Tomb.

From here, New Delhi’s main attractions — including Humayun’s Tomb — are an easy walk or short ride away, so you spend less time in transit and more time exploring.

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
Old Delhi (Chandni Chowk)
Address
20 Connaught Circus Block M Connaught Place New Delhi Delhi 110001 India, New Delhi, India

What’s included

24 Hour Front Desk Air conditioning Balcony Car parking Car rental service Coffee Complimentary Currency exchange Dry cleaning service Family rooms Laundry Service Lifts

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.

Where to stay in New Delhi: the areas worth your week

For a first visit built around Delhi’s monuments, stay in central Delhi or the south. Connaught Place puts you on the Rajiv Chowk metro interchange, walking distance from Agrasen ki Baoli and Jantar Mantar, with mid-range doubles at roughly ₹3,500–7,000; Paharganj, ten minutes on foot from New Delhi Railway Station, is the cheap end at ₹700–2,000 and is loud, cramped and genuinely convenient for early trains to Agra. Karol Bagh (₹2,500–5,000) is a step up in comfort for a small step out, on the Blue Line and full of shopping on Ajmal Khan Road. Old Delhi around Chandni Chowk has very few hotels but several restored haveli guesthouses near Jama Masjid, usually ₹3,000–8,000, and puts Red Fort and Kinari Bazaar at the end of your lane. Chanakyapuri, the Diplomatic Enclave, is where the ₹14,000–30,000 rooms sit, quiet, green and five minutes from the National Museum end of Lutyens Delhi.

South Delhi is the sensible base if archaeology is the point, because the Qutub Minar, Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Tughlaqabad and Hauz Khas complex are all down here. Hauz Khas (₹3,000–6,000) sits beside Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s madrasa and the 1295 reservoir; Saket (₹4,000–8,000) is two metro stops from Qutub Minar station; Greater Kailash and Defence Colony run ₹3,500–7,000 in serviced apartments and B&Bs; Lajpat Nagar (₹1,800–3,500) and Nehru Place (₹3,000–6,000) are cheaper and both on the Violet Line. On the airport side, Aerocity is ₹8,000–18,000 and five minutes from Terminal 3, while Mahipalpur across NH-48 does the same location for ₹1,200–2,800 with far less comfort; Vasant Kunj and Dwarka fall between at ₹2,500–9,000. Rohini, Mayur Vihar, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad are commuter bases best left to people with business there, and Gurugram (₹6,000–14,000) makes sense only if your week is in Cyber City. Agra, Jaipur, Mathura and Vrindavan and Neemrana are overnight extensions, not Delhi bases.

Questions, answered

Where is Hotel Alka Premier located?
Hotel Alka Premier is in Old Delhi (Chandni Chowk), New Delhi (20 Connaught Circus Block M Connaught Place New Delhi Delhi 110001 India, New Delhi, India), close to Humayun’s Tomb.
How much does Hotel Alka Premier cost per night?
Prices are set live by the hotel — check the booking page for a real rate for your dates.
How many stars is Hotel Alka Premier?
Hotel Alka Premier is a 3-star hotel in New Delhi.
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.
How many nights do I need in Delhi?
Four nights is the minimum for the main monuments, because Shahjahanabad, Mehrauli and the Nizamuddin corridor are three separate clusters 15–20 km apart and each takes most of a day. Five nights adds the National Museum on Janpath, Feroz Shah Kotla and Agrasen ki Baoli without rushing. Six or seven lets you add Agra with an overnight there, which is the only way to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise and still reach Fatehpur Sikri. For the full Delhi–Agra–Jaipur circuit with a night at Neemrana, plan on ten.
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