Calcutta

How to reach: Well connected by air with all major cities. Calcutta is well connected on Eastern Railways and even by road with all major cities.

Where to stay: Hotel Airport Ashok, Hotel Hindustan International , Hotel Oberoi Grand, The Park Hotel, The Kenilworth. The Peerless Inn, Lytton Motel (3-star), The Samilton, Fairlawn Hotel, Hotel Shalimar, Great Eastern Hotel, Hotel Taj Bengal and others.

What to see: Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Raj Bhawan, Shahid Minar, Eden Gardens, Birla Planetarium, Zoological Gardens, Indian Museum, Ashutosh Museum, the Birla Academy of Art & Culture, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Nehru Children's Museum, the Armenian Church, Nakhoda Mosque, Belur Math, Kali Temple, Jain Pareshnath Temple, the Parsi Fire Temple, the Hebrew synagogue and Botanical Gardens, Dakhineshwar Temple, Science City, Vidyasagar Setu, Gurusaday Museum.

Excursions: Chandernagore (39 kms), Digha (185 kms), Darjeeling, JaIdapara, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Mayapur (134 kms), Murshidabad (221 kms), Mirk Santiniketan (213 kms), Sajnekhali, Sunderbans (139 kms), Vishnupur (152 kms).

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