Kolkata (Calcutta) Trip Overview
This is a very comprehensive tour of Kolkata which gives an interesting insight of the city’s history and culture. Explore major attractions of the ‘City of Joy’ in an 8 hours tour. Explore the history, culture, heritage of Kolkata with a knowledgeable guide. Understand Kolkata’s culture and day to day lives of the Bengalis who call Kolkata their home.
8 hours guided Kolkata tour on an airconditioned car.
Complimentary pick up & drop off at your location (within Kolkata).
Visit Mother Teresa’s house, Eden Gardens, visit India’s largest Flower Market.
Take a walk around Colonial city of British India which was known as “White Town”. Visit India’s oldest Museum.
Explore Potter’s town (Kumartuli) & old Kolkata which was known as “Black Town”
Stop at iconic Indian Coffee House & largest book market of India.
Complimentary authentic Bengali lunch during the course of the tour.
Note: If there is anything else you want to see or do, please let us know we will include that in itinerary.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India
This is a very comprehensive tour of Kolkata which gives an interesting insight of the city’s history and culture. Explore major attractions of the ‘City of Joy’ in an 8 hours tour. Explore the history, culture, heritage of Kolkata with a knowledgeable guide. Understand Kolkata’s culture and day to day lives of the Bengalis who call Kolkata their home.
8 hours guided Kolkata tour on an airconditioned car.
Complimentary pick up & drop off at your location (within Kolkata).
Visit Mother Teresa’s house, Eden Gardens, visit India’s largest Flower Market.
Take a walk around Colonial city of British India which was known as “White Town”. Visit India’s oldest Museum.
Explore Potter’s town (Kumartuli) & old Kolkata which was known as “Black Town”
Stop at iconic Indian Coffee House & largest book market of India.
Complimentary authentic Bengali lunch during the course of the tour.
Note: If there is anything else you want to see or do, please let us know we will include that in itinerary.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Mother House A J C Bose Road, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700016 India
Mother Teresa’s House. Learn about this incredible woman & her humanitarian effort. (Closed on Thursday)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
The Park Street Cemetery was one of the earliest non-church cemeteries in the world, and probably the largest Christian cemetery outside Europe and America in the 18th century.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar), 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700016 India
Built in 1814 The Indian Museum in Central Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in colonial-era texts, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum in India. (Museum Closed on Monday)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Job Charnock Cemetery, Church Ln, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India
Job Charnock was an employee and administrator of the East India Company, British regarded him as the founder of the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Black Hole Monument (Holwell Monument), 3, Church Ln, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India
Black hole of Calcutta
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. John’s Church, 2/2 Council House Street Opp Dewars Garage, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India
Take a tour to Colonial city that was developed by East India Company. You will be driven / walk pass the colonial buildings built during British reign – High Court, St. John’s Church, Black Hole Monuments, The Writer’s Building, Governor House, General Post Office & Eden Gardens, one of the largest Cricket stadium in the world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1A, Cathedral Road, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700071 India
St. Paul’s Cathedral is acknowledged as the first Episcopal Church in Asia.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Maidan, Just south of B.B.D. Bagh to just north of Alipore and from the Hooghly River to J. L. Nehru Rd. and the shops of Park St., Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Take a stroll on The Maidan (literally, open Park). Maidan is the largest urban park in Kolkata.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Howrah Bridge, Jagganath Ghat 1, Strand Road, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India
Howrah Bridge, the historic bridge is a engineering marvel & one of the busiest bridge in the world.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Victoria Memorial Hall, 1 Queen’s Way, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Kolkata’s Landmark and a magnificent architectural work – Victoria Memorial. (Museum Closed on Monday)
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Eden Gardens, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700021 India
Eden Gardens, one of the largest Cricket stadium in the world.
Stop At: Indian Coffee House, 15, Shyama Charan Dey St, near Sharda Book Stall, College Square West, Calcutta University, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700009, India
We will have Coffee & snacks at Kolkata’s famous Indian Coffee House.
Coffee House is a cafe. The history of the Coffee House at College Street can be traced to Albert Hall, which was founded in April 1876. Later, the Coffee Board decided to start a coffee joint from the Albert Hall in 1942. Notable citizens were frequent visitors to the place. The place became a renowned meeting place (Adda) for the intellectuals, students, poets, artistes, literati and people from the world of art and culture. It has played an important part in Calcutta’s (Kolkata) cultural history and known as the hub of intellectual debates. Kolkata’s Indian Coffee House is quite a nostalgic hot-spot in the city.
(Closed on Sunday)
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Malik Ghat Flower Market, Southeast end of Howrah Bridge, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Kolkata’s Mullick Ghat Flower Market, said to be India’s largest Flower Market and contain more than a century of history.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Prinsep Ghat, Strand Rd, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Prinsep Ghats is a ghat built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in India.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Kumartuli, Hatkhola, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Kumartoli, is a traditional potter’s quarter in Northern Kolkata. Clay idols are manufactured here for various festivals & also export them to other countries.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: College Street (Boi Para), Kolkata (Calcutta) India
College Street, also known as “Boi-Para” (Colony of Books), is a prominent center of Kolkata’s literary crowd. It is the largest second-hand book market in the world and largest book market in India. People from Kolkata and different parts of India gathers here for their books. The street is also dotted with countless very small book kiosks which sell new and old books.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Marble Palace Kolkata, 46 Muktaram Basu St off Chittaranjan Ave, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700040 India
Marble Palace is one of the most famous attractions of Kolkata. Built by the wealthiest merchant of his time, the palace is the most preserved mansions of the 19th century era. (Closed on Thursday)
(Closed on Monday & Thursday)
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Raj Bhavan, Near Sahid Minar, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in Kolkata. It was the official residence of the Viceroy of India, built in 1803, it was known as Government House before the Indian independence.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Writers’ Building, BBD Bagh N Dalhousie Square, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India
The Writers’ Buildings, often shortened to just Writers’, is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, Built in 1777, the Writers’ Building was meant to accommodate junior servants, or ‘writers’ as they were called, of the East India Company.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Fort William, Brigade Parade Ground & Race Course, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Fort William is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata). It was built in 1781 during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. Today it is the Headquarters of Eastern Command of the Indian Army.
Stop At: New Market, Lindsay Street at Free School Street, Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Explore Heritage S S Hogg Market, known as New Market. Built in 1874 for British residents of Kolkata.
Duration: 15 minutes
