If you only have a few hours in Calcutta put yourself in the hands of an Explorer from Calcutta Walks and experience more of the city in a few hours than a month’s wandering would provide. I took three walks with Explorer Anirban, each more fascinating than the last, each a conversation of history, culture, politics and above all food. We drank delicious chai from terracotta cups, snacked on rum balls from the old Jewish bakery Nahoum, grabbed Christmas cake from a shop in Grey Town and he can arrange an amazing Bengali meal in a traditional Calcutta home, urging you to “eat as you’ve never eaten before”… and you will!
Calcutta Walks offer much more than a tour of the well-known monuments and sights, but a behind-the-scenes look at an extraordinary city: through apparently locked gates to discover beautiful Bengali courtyards, Chinese churches, ancient synagogues. Down bustling back alleys of market traders and quiet lanes to stumble across the Calcutta home of the Aga Khan. At twilight we climbed darkened staircases for a bird’s eye view of heaving Burrabazar. This only scrapes the surface of my Calcutta experience… Thank you so much Anirban!