Tel: 0124 233 2571
Timings: 11 am to 11 pm
Entry: Rs 100 for 6 laps
Web: www.32ndmilestone.com
Golf
Aravalli Golf Club
A 9-hole course located about 30 km from the Delhi border.
>Near Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
Tel: 0129 241 4810
Timings: 5:30 am until evening daily
Fees: Daily Indians Rs 100/foreigners Rs 200
Classic Golf Resort
18-hole, par 72 course
>Delhi–Jaipur Highway, Naurangpur Tauru Road, Gurgaon
Tel: 0124 237 8841
Timings: Daily 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Entry: Mon to Fri Rs 1,700, Rs 2,900 weekends. Non-member fees are the same for Indians and foreigners.
DDA Lado Sarai Driving Range (Qutab Golf Course)
Driving range is open to members and non-members. For children 5 and older.
>Press Enclave Road
Tel: 011 2696 9086
Timings: Tue to Sun 5:45 am to 6 pm
Entry: Indians Rs 30 / foreigners Rs 150
DDA Siri Fort Sports Complex
There’s a driving range that is open to members and non-members. There’s a 9-hole course that takes a little over an hour to complete. Children 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Only the putter and wedge are allowed on the course. For children 8 and older.
>Siri Fort
Tel: 011 2649 7482
Timings: Tue to Sun 6 am to 8:30 pm
Entry: Day memberships usually begin at Rs 40 for Indians, Rs 100 for foreigners
Delhi Golf Club
One of the finest, if not the finest 18-hole courses in town. For ages 5 and above.
>Dr Zakir Hussain Marg
Tel: 011 2436 0002; 011 2436 2235
Timings: Daily 5:30 am to 6 pm; 18-hole course closed Mon, but driving range is open
Entry: Mon to Fri Indians Rs 570 / foreigners Rs 2,000; Rs 850 / Rs 2,250 weekends
Noida Golf Club
The driving range is open to non-members.
>Sector 38, Noida
Tel: 0120 243 1467
Timings: Tue to Sun 5 am to 8 pm
Entry: Mon to Fri Rs 340, weekends and holidays Rs 560
Mall Play Areas
The mall crawl is easier when the kids have a place to bounce and jump and yell to their heart’s content. Many malls have sections dedicated for kids ages 2 and up that have toy cars, slides and soft toys. But some malls, like Ambience Mall and The Great India Place up the fun quotient by 10,000 percent.
Ambience Mall
Fun city offers video games; bumping cars, a rocking boat, merry-go-round, table tennis, bike racing and other sports that help Ambience Mall outshine its competitors. The gaming centre has everything and a card can be purchased to play games that can be returned once the games are over. There’s plenty of food to give the sugar high to keep the adrenaline pumping for all the activities available. And of course there is the 24-lane bowling alley Blu-O. A visit to Ambience mall can definitely turn into a day-long trip.
>Ambience Mall, NH-8, Gurgaon
Timings: 10 am to 11 pm
Tel: 0124 466 5555
Web: www.ambiencemalls.com
Amoeba
Video games, trampoline and children’s play area, electronics zone and bowling for Rs 125 a game. The best part about the Amoeba chain is the variety of video games that kids can enjoy.
>MGF Mall, Mehrauli–Gurgaon Road, Gurgaon
Tel: 0124 501 4606/07
Timings: Daily 9 am to midnight
>Pacific Mall, Plot No. 1, Site 4, Sahibabad Industrial Area, Ghaziabad
Tel: 0120 3012301
Timings: Daily 11 am to 8 pm
>Spice Mall, I-2, Sector 25A, Noida
4D movies are shown here for Rs 100 a ticket
Tel: 0120 436 6400
Timings: Mon to Sat 9:30 am to 11 pm; Sun noon to 11 pm
Ansal Plaza
The play station at Funkie Orbits in Ansal Plaza is a 2-storey area of big plastic pipes that a child can crawl through eventually sliding down into a pit filled with Styrofoam coloured balls. It is advertised as an area for children from 2–14 years of age. However, this play area could be dangerous for children below 6 years. To start with, a 2–3 year old cannot crawl up this structure on his own and if he gets stuck anywhere, he will not only be extremely scared, but may also tend to suffer from claustrophobia in later life. Further, though the station advertises the presence of ‘park rangers’ in case of difficulties, only 2 were present, both of whom were more concerned about whether we had paid the entry fee of Rs 150 rather than the safety of the children. Take your kids there only if they are 8 and above or if there are older children in the family to look after the younger ones.
>CG-5/A, Ansal Plaza (near South Extension)
Tel: 011 2626 1365
Timings: 11 am to 10:30 pm
Parking: Underground and outside parking; Rs 10 to Rs 30
Centrestage Mall
Play area in the basement, including an air hockey table
> L-1, Sector 18, Noida
Tel: 0120 251 2260
Timings: Mon to Sat 9:30 am to 11 pm; Sun noon to 11 pm
East Delhi Mall
The Entertainment Zone at the mall is huge. It is about 50,000 square feet and has a play area that includes video game stations, a bouncy castle and the multi-cuisine food court is nearby.
>1 Kaushambi, Ghaziabad
Tel: 0120 277 6649 / 277 6667
The Great India Place
There’s a muzzle puzzle on the third floor where kids can explore and adults will be wishing they can too.
>Sector 38A, Near Atta Market, Opposite City Centre Mall, Noida
Tel: 91 120 465 0300
Timings: Daily 11 am to 11 pm
North Square Mall
>F-1, 2, 3 Netaji Subhash Place,
Tel: 011 4704 9061
Select Citywalk Mall, 3rd Flr
Small play area with Tyco toys and balls and blocks
>Saket
Tel: 011 4211 4211
Entry: Rs 150 an hour
Timings: Daily 11 am to 8 pm
Shipra Mall
U Kids is a family entertainment zone with activities aimed at children from ages to 2 to 16. The zone covers 17,000 square feet and includes 4D theatres.
>9 Vaibhav, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad
Tel: 0120 268 9650
Movie Theatres
Catch the latest flicks in both Hindi and English at these theatres around town. The big chains offer home delivery of the tickets.
Habitat World, India Habitat Centre
Though not a movie theatre in the traditional sense, international films are regularly showcased at the India Habitat Centre and movie buffs get to see a variety of movies that aren’t shown elsewhere around town.
>Lodhi Road
Tel: 011 4366 3333
Web: www.habitatworld.com
IMAX (Adlabs 3D)
Online booking: www.adlabscinemas.com
Central Delhi
Chanakya
>Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri
Tel: 011 2467 4009
Delite
>4/1 Asaf Ali road, Daryaganj
Tel: 011 2327 2903; 011 2327 1067
PVR Plaza
>H Block, Connaught Place
Nearest Metro: Rajiv Chowk
Tel: 011 2794 4194
Online booking: www.pvrcinemas.com
PVR Rivoli
>Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught Place
Nearest Metro: Rajiv Chowk
Tel: 011 2794 4194 / 011-4760 4100
Regal
>Regal Building, Connaught Place
Tel: 011 2336 1583; 011 2336 2245
Shakuntalam
>Gate No. 5, Pragati Maidan
Nearest Metro: Pragati Maidan
Tel: 011 2337 1849
Sheila
>Deshbandhu Gupta Ro
ad, Paharganj
Tel: 011 2367 2100
East Delhi
Fun Cinemas Shahadara
>Plot No. 9C, 9D CVD Ground, CBD Shahdara, Karkardooma District Centre, near Karkardooma court
Metro: Shahdara
Tel: 0120 404 0404
Fun Cinemas Vikas Marg
>East Centre, Plot No. 10, Main Vikas Marg, Laxminagar District Centre
Nearest Metro: Shahdara
Tel: 95120 404 0404
Movie Palace
>Dilshad Garden, opposite Delhi Transport Corp bus depot
Nearest Metro: Shahdara
Tel: 0120 262 5502
North Delhi
Amba
>GT Karnal Road, Old Sabzi Mandi, Kamal Nagar
Nearest Metro: Vishwa Vidyalaya
Tel: 011 2382 6000/5000
Batra
>Mukherji Nagar
Nearest Metro: Vishwa Vidyalaya
Tel: 011 2765 4202
Fun Cinemas
>North Square Mall, Netaji Subhash Place, District Centre, Wazirpur, Pitampura
Nearest Metro: Netaji Subhash Place
Tel: 95120 404 0404
Gagan
>Community Centre, Nandnagari, Shahdara
Nearest Metro: Shahdara
Tel: 011 2258 1989
M2K Pitampura
Road No. 44, Community Centre, Pitampura
Nearest Metro: Kohat
Tel: 011 2794 2944
M2K Rohini
>16 Mangalam Place, District Centre, Sector 3, Rohini
Nearest Metro: Pitampura
Tel: 011 2794 2944
Movietime Multiplex
North Pacific Mall, KP block Complex, Near City Park Hotel, Pitampura
Nearest Metro: Pitampura
Tel: 011 4268 3160
South Delhi
Batra Glitz Cinemas
>1 Community Centre, New Friends Colony (near Surya Hotel)
Tel: 011 6613 3333
Paras
>1 Paras Cinema Building, Nehru Place (near Bank of India)
Tel: 011 2648 4401
PVR Anupam
>1 Community Centre, Saket Local Shopping Complex
Tel: 011 4167 1787
PVR Citywalk Gold Premiere
>Select Citywalk Mall
Tel: 011 4060 1710
PVR Premiere
>Select Citywalk Mall, 1st Flr
Tel: 9871113804
PVR Priya
>61 Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar
Tel: 011 4166 3787
PVR Saket
>1 Local Shopping Complex
Tel: 011 2794 4194
Sapna Cinema (near Amar Colony)
>54 Community Centre, Suraj Parbat, East of Kailash
Tel: 011 2643 1787
Satyam Cineplex Nehru Place
>Plot No. 45 Nehru Place, near Hotel InterContinental
Tel: 011 2589 3322
Web: www.satyamcineplexes.com
3 C’s
>15 Feroze Gandhi Marg, Lajpat Nagar III (near central market)
Tel: 011 2984 7846
West Delhi
Fun Cinemas
>TDI Fun Republic,
Moti Nagar
Nearest Metro: Moti Nagar
Tel: 95120 404 0404
Janak Cinemas
>C Block, Janakpuri
Nearest Metro: Janakpuri East
Tel: 011 2555 1115
Liberty
>19B New Rohtak Road, Karol Bagh
Nearest Metro: Shastri Nagar
Tel: 011 2871 1800
PVR Naraina
>1 Community Centre, Naraina Industrial Area
Nearest Metro: Shadipur
Tel: 011 2794 4194
PVR Vikaspuri
>G-1 Community Centre, Vikaspuri
Nearest Metro: Janakpuri West
Tel: 011 4158 6143
Satyam Cineplex Janakpuri
>Plot No. 19, District Centre, Janakpuri
Nearest Metro: Janakpuri West
Tel: 011 2589 3322
Satyam Cineplex West Patel Nagar
>Patel Nagar, near metro station
Nearest Metro: Shadipur
Tel: 011 2589 3322
Online booking: www.satyamcineplexes.com
Old Delhi
Excelsior
>Cinema Sirkee Walan, Hauz Qazi
Nearest Metro: Hauz Qazi
Tel: 011 2321 3377
Golcha
>No. 3630 Netaji Subhash Marg, Daryaganj, near Dilli Gate
Nearest Metro: ITO
Tel: 011 2325 0945
Moti
>Chandni Chowk, near Red Fort
Nearest Metro: Chandni Chowk
Tel: 011 2386 0383
Ritz
>Kashmere Gate, near Inter State Bus Terminal
Nearest Metro: Kashmere Gate
Tel: 011 2386 4229
Faridabad
Cinemax Cinema
>Sector 20
Tel: 91 129 2220752/4
Inox Cinema
>Crown Interiorz Mall, Delhi Mathura Highway, Sector 35
Tel: 91 129 4161000/40
PVR Crown Plaza
>15/A Milestone Road, Crown Plaza, Sector A
Tel: 0129 428 0000
PVR SRS Faridabad
>SRS Mall, 2nd Flr, Sector 12, near Town Park
Tel: 0129 400 9898
Ghaziabad
Adlabs Kaushambi
>Pacific Mall, Kaushambi
Tel: 0129 3989 4040
Adlabs Vaishali
>Ansal Plaza, Vaishali
Tel: 0129 3989 4040
Big Cinemas Ansal Plaza
>Sahibabad
Tel: 91 120 3012222
Fun Cinemas
>TDI AEZ Carnival Country Mall, Plot No. W1-W2, Sector 1, Vaishali
Tel: 0120 322 7274
Galaxie Multiplex
>Near Dabur Factory, Vaishali
Tel: 011 5166 2246
Jam Multiplex
>Shipra Mall, National Highway 24, Indirapuram
Tel: 0120 295 7610
Manohar
>Ghanta Ghar, GT Road
Tel: 95120 273 2780
Movie World
>Meerut Chungi, Ghaziabad–Meerut Road, near the police station
Tel: 92135 10290
PVR EDM
>East Delhi Mall, 3rd Flr, Plot No. 1, Kaushambi
Tel: 0120 301 2787
Silvercity
>South Side Industrial Area, near Lal Kuan
Tel: 0120 324 4720
Wave Cinemas
>East End Mall, Multiplex Plot
Tel: 0120 295 0796
Online booking: www.wavecinemas.com
Gurgaon
Big Cinemas Palam Vihar (in Ansal Plaza)
>4th Flr, G block, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon
Tel: 0124 398 9404
Web: www.bigcinemas.com
DT Cinemas City Centre
>DLF City Centre, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road (opposite MGF Mall)
Tel: 0124 401 4092
Web: http://dtcinemas.com/
DT Cinemas Mega Mall
>Mega Mall, Block A, DLF Phase I
Tel: 0124 401 4096/7
Web: http://dtcinemas.com/
Payal
>Sector 14, Old Delhi Road
Tel: 0124 232 3336
PVR Ambience Gold
>Ambience Mall, Gurgaon Road
Tel: 011 4100 0462
Web: www.pvrcinemas.com
PVR MGF (Europa)
>Metropolitan Mall, Mehrauli–Gurgaon Road
Tel: 0124 401 8880
Noida
Big Cinemas
>The Great India Place, Sector 38A
Tel: 0120 3984 813
PVR Spice Noida
>I-2 Sector 25A
Tel: 0120 438 9000
Wave Cinemas
>Centrestage Mall, L-1 Sector 18, Noida
Tel: 0120 436 4666
Playgrounds / Play Areas<
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Children’s Park
Located near India Gate, the Children’s Park has a lot of well-maintained swings and other playground equipment that will allow kids to be just kids as you drag them from the museums to forts. Only adults with kids are allowed into the park and there is a guard at the gate, though it is not strictly enforced. It is best to go during the day as it gets very crowded in the evenings and on weekends.
>Children’s Park Near India Gate
Timings: Dawn till dusk
Garden of Five Senses
More than just a park, the Garden of Five Senses was set up to stimulate all senses. In addition to being a great picnic spot, kids can take a solar car/train and other interesting rides all powered by solar energy. Elephant and camel rides are also offered here. (Also see Beauty and The Beast, pp.18–19.)
>Garden of Five Senses
Said-ul-Ajaib (south of Saket)
Timings: From dawn till dusk
India Habitat Centre
There is a good free play area for little kids at the India Habitat Centre that has slides, swings, cars and a bridge to climb.
>Lodhi Road, located near the All American Diner.
Indira Gandhi International Airport
The children’s play area in domestic terminal 1A of Indira Gandhi International Airport will help pass the time during a flight delay. With climbing structures, swings, a variety of games, balls and other play equipment, kids will be reluctant to get on the plane. Travel related themes are on the flooring and rugs. The play area also has soft toys, baby cots and high chairs and even a diaper changing area.
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