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Calcutta Contrast Tour
Based on Satyajit Ray’s Masterpiece “The Middleman”, the Calcutta Contrast tour tries to bring forth the contrast in the life of local city dwellers.Come feel and experience the Difference between Finance and Romance. We start off by visiting a native Bengali Area at college street ,browsing through alleys of books and old book stalls, A coffee break at the famous coffee house, initiation to becoming a Bengali and finding peace amidst the chaos at a hidden space.The whole sale markets are a place where a non Bengali culture has been in place for decades,a city within the heart of the city which is not native. A walk through India’s largest wholesale bazaars and diving deep into the maze of wholesale markets that constitute the heart of Calcutta is experienced through local food and people.To finish off the tour we end up on a secret roof top with a panoramic view of old Calcutta sipping on beer/tea/lassi and basking in the Sunset.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Kolkata, India
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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Calcutta Contrast Tour
Based on Satyajit Ray’s Masterpiece “The Middleman”, the Calcutta Contrast tour tries to bring forth the contrast in the life of local city dwellers.Come feel and experience the Difference between Finance and Romance. We start off by visiting a native Bengali Area at college street ,browsing through alleys of books and old book stalls, A coffee break at the famous coffee house, initiation to becoming a Bengali and finding peace amidst the chaos at a hidden space.The whole sale markets are a place where a non Bengali culture has been in place for decades,a city within the heart of the city which is not native. A walk through India’s largest wholesale bazaars and diving deep into the maze of wholesale markets that constitute the heart of Calcutta is experienced through local food and people.To finish off the tour we end up on a secret roof top with a panoramic view of old Calcutta sipping on beer/tea/lassi and basking in the Sunset.
Itinerary
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Stop At: College Street (Boi Para), Kolkata (Calcutta) India
Asia’s Largest Book street.
To bring out the contrast a very Bengali area is visited next, college Street. A coffee break at the famous coffee house, initiation to becoming a Bengali.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Indian Coffee House, No.15, Bankim Chatterjee St, near Sharda Book Stall, College Square West, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073, India
Experience the aura of Calcutta’s intellectual Hub
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Bara Bazar, Barabazar Market, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Asia’s Largest organized wholesale Market.
The Calcutta Contrast Tour aims in showing you the contrasting cultures Calcutta thrives in. It starts off by visiting India’s largest open fruit market and a leisurely break at a secret rooftop to catch the sunset with a never seen before view. The whole sale markets (burrabazar ) are a place where a non Bengali culture has been in place for decades. a city within the heart of the city which is not native. The area is experienced through local food, people and shops.
Duration: 1 hour
