Places for this
BengaluruLeafy parks, old breakfast houses and India's easiest nightlife, in a mild, modern city with its own relaxed pace.DelhiMughal forts and tombs, Sufi and Sikh sites, a lot of food, and late nights next door in Gurugram.MumbaiBig and loud: colonial stone, street food, late nights, and a boat to Hindu carvings at Elephanta.North GoaSurf schools, sunset parties and clubs, with a calmer stretch of sand at the northern end.PuneMaratha history, a hill fort, good cafes and bars, in a calm city that works as a stop on the way to Ajanta.JaipurHill forts, bazaars and rooftop evenings in Rajasthan's pink-walled royal capital.KolkataColonial buildings, bookstalls, street food and festivals in a big, old, argumentative city on the Hooghly river.