Bicycle Tours Mode Walk Car/Coach Bicycle Motorbike River Boat Public Transport Theme Colonial Bengali Architecture Multicultural Hooghly Wetlands Bazaars Photography Food Timings: 0600 hrs to 900 hrs. Meeting Point: Indian Airlines Building Price: INR 3000 per person. Pedalling through the Old City / Bicycle Tour  White Town | Black Town | Grey Town | Riverside | […]
Pedalling through the Old City / Bicycle Tour White Town | Black Town | Grey Town | Riverside | Wetlands Bengali Bicycle Colonial Hooghly Multicultural Popular Wetlands We set out early morning, much before the rules against bicycles kick in, on an exploration of the old city of Calcutta –
It is something that has been known for a while and a belief we at Calcutta Walks strongly stand by, that food is one of the strongest connects you can have with any city. Any cuisine with its varied flavours, common ingredients and distinct taste adds a unique identity to the character of a place.
You get to experience some of the best food in the world at a fraction of the cost that you’d pay anywhere else. While some food items developed indigenously most have been brought it by the many settlers who came in attracted by the prosperity of this colonial city. Without further ado let’s plunge in and find out the best available
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The British had sought to build ‘the second city of the Empire’ right here and it is this ‘building’ that we’ll show you in the course of our walk through the ‘European’ areas of what was once the capital of the British Empire in India. There are major plans on to beautify and restore this
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Our city has witnessed many more cultures in its past than most others would even in this globalised present. Here we will trace for you the origins and remains of the varied communities that hung their boots and called Calcutta home. Lets check out why Chinese breakfast still rules Tiretta Bazar, where the Parsis are
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In case you want to see much more in far lesser time then we have car and coach based Kolkata city tours for you. In about 4 hours from pickup to drop we can offer you glimpses of our city along the following themes: Colonial Calcutta Flit around the city taking in the legacy left
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The ever-vital hub of traditional Bengali culture, ‘the natives’ area’, Sovabazar is all this and much more. This area contains a fascinatingly cosmopolitan blend of the seemingly incongruous architectural forms (from Islamic to Baroque, from Victorian to Bengali) which made up the old world dwellings of the city’s wealthier Bengalis. No one who wishes to
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The city from a Royal-Enfield-rider’s perspective. Simply because maneuvering through the old town is easier and faster this way, and we love these beasts that have been in production in our country every since WWII. Join us on a discovery of the city through the lens of the riders of the cult bike, Royal Enfield.
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One of the best connected cities of the world, Calcutta has a plethora of options to take you from place to place. The International Association of Public Transport ranks this city among the top 40 cities in urban mobility. Trams were introduced in the 1860s. Horse-drawn at first, they were electrified early in the 20th
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