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INDIA GUIDE · 09 AIRPORTS

Arrival playbooks.

What to do in the 30 minutes between immigration and the city. Prepaid taxi fares, Uber pickup zones, SIM counter details, ATM guidance, and the one local scam each airport is known for.

Delhi

DEL · Delhi

Indira Gandhi International Airport

Mumbai

BOM · Maharashtra

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

Bangalore

BLR · Karnataka

Kempegowda International Airport

Chennai

MAA · Tamil Nadu

Chennai International Airport

Kolkata

CCU · West Bengal

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

Hyderabad

HYD · Telangana

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Kochi

COK · Kerala

Cochin International Airport

Goa (South)

GOI · Goa

Dabolim Airport (Goa Mopa airport is MOA, not GOI)

Ahmedabad

AMD · Gujarat

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

After you've landed

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Visa, scams, food, packing.

Everything the guidebook won't tell you — written for India in 2026.

Blog

Field notes from the road.

Long-form reads on regions, festivals, and the offbeat circuit.

Road trips

Curated multi-day routes.

Driving itineraries with day-by-day stops, distance, and difficulty.

Collections

Themed reading lists.

Wettest places. Sacred lakes. Solo-female-safe. Curated cuts.

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The 100 best destination-months.

India's highest-scoring places, ranked across all 12 months.

The Window

Our weekly newsletter, archived.

One honest spread, every Sunday. The full back catalogue.

Skip list

What we'd skip — and what we'd do instead.

Overhyped places with honest alternatives.

First trip

Planning your first time in India.

Safety, scams, what to wear, food survival, solo female travel.