Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
8 places · showing 1–8
1
A white marble memorial hall of 1921 set in 64 acres of gardens, now a museum of the colonial city and the best building in Kolkata.
2
A 705-metre cantilever bridge built without a single nut or bolt, carrying over 100,000 vehicles a day — best seen from the ferry…
3
The old restaurant strip — kathi rolls at Nizam's, Anglo-Indian food at Mocambo, live music at Trincas — plus the sweet shops the city…
4
An 1855 temple on the Hooghly with twelve Shiva shrines along the riverfront, closely associated with Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
5
A kilometre of secondhand book stalls around Presidency and Calcutta University, with the Indian Coffee House upstairs at the middle of…
6
The potters' quarter where the clay idols for Durga Puja are built by hand, visible in every stage from straw frame to painted eyes.
7
A restored 1841 Palladian portico on the riverfront with boat rides, the Vidyasagar Setu behind and the best sunset in central Kolkata.
8
Founded in 1814 and the oldest and largest museum in India, with the Bharhut stupa railings, an Egyptian mummy and a fossil gallery.