This place is a veritable treasure trove for tourists, abound with everything related to tourism. The entire area with colonnaded buildings growing houses many shops, restaurants, banks and airline offices is situated very near to New Delhi Railway station. This complex is a big traffic circle. Named after the Duke of Connaught, a member of the British royal family, the Connaught Place market was designed by Robert Tor Russell in collaboration with WH Nicholls. A sprawling circular market, it was once, the largest of its kind in India. One of Delhi's most popular shopping centres built as early as 1931 there is nothing that one cannot buy here and it also has several eating-houses. The complex popularly referred to as CP is an important meeting point for all sections of people. It is a place, which no tourist should miss if for nothing else then for its architecture and the humdrum of everyday life. The British believed that a market in the shape of a horseshoe would prove lucky for both shoppers and shopkeepers. Definitely, there may be something in that as Connaught Place continues to be Delhi's premier shopping destination even today. Of special interest are the rows of small shops along Janpath, especially those of Tibetan refugees selling all kinds of curios and oriental objects. The official emporiums dealings in regional handicrafts are on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, running off Connaught Place

Apart from being the commercial and business hub of Delhi, Connaught place has countless restaurants, watering holes, shops and emporia and cinema halls too. One can find outlets of almost all international brands available in India in the Inner Circle: Benetton, Allen Solly, Reebok, Nike, Levi's, Lee Cooper - to name a few. There are some excellent bookshops.