Established in 1690 as the trading post for the English East India Company by Job Charnock, Kolkata, or Calcutta as it was formerly called, is the present capital of the eastern state of West Bengal and one of the largest cities in India. The city that once served as the showpiece capital of the British power in India is noteworthy for its colonial architecture including the Victoria Memorial.
Other important sights include the Howrah Bridge, an engineering marvel that links the city and Howrah Station, the Indian Museum. Gateway to eastern India,and home to prominent intellectuals, the city is fiercely loved by Kolkatans.
Fast Facts
Temperature
Summer 41.7 - 38.1 C
Winter 29.3 - 9.6 C
Best Season
Throughout the year.
Getting to Kolkata
AIR
Kolkata is connected with all the major cities in India and abroad. Almost all prominent airlines of Indian and the world operate theirs flights from the city.
RAIL
Howrah and Sealdah, the two main railway stations in Kolkata, are connected by rail to all of the important places in India.
ROAD
Good motorable roads connect Kolkata to all the major cities in India.
Kolkata is
560 km from Puri
498 km from Bhubaneswar
606 km from Siliguri
678 km from Darjeeling
547 km from Patna
1586 km from Haridwar
681 km from Varanasi
2060 km from Mumbai
1490 km from Delhi
Currency: Rupees - INR Pincode of Kolkata: 700001 Language : Bengali,Hindi,English Weather: Summer 35 To 43°C to °C Winter 5 To 15°C to °C
U can travel alone or with some of your friends and family members. But it is adviced to travel in groups
And there is need of taking package tours like 'Hello Travel' or 'MMT' . You can travel to the key Tourist spots and locations at your own ease & comfortablility and that would be more cost effective
Prasad from Jamshedpur, India3 ★
good
Saagar from Varanasi, india4 ★
.sevral time visited to kolkata. Long back i was staying at golf green area jadhawpur
Supriya from Mumbai, India5 ★
Excellent
Soumya from Varanasi, India1 ★
very nice place
Soumya from Varanasi, India3 ★
very nice
Rahul 5 ★
. hotel at kolkata, royal garden is good hotel. rooms are very cute. complimentary breakfast was very good.
Sakshi Tuneja 5 ★
i have pleasure to inform that northeast tour was my second trip with aum infra. we are in a group of 26 people including my family. as transporting, management provided us two tempo travellers of 17 seats, one tata sumo for their manager,cooks,staffs etc. & one personal car for my family. i am thankful to the management who arranged special transport for us as my wife was travelling with her broken feet with plaster. thanks to mr. biplab das, tour manager who is very cooperative and mai
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