02 Days Private Kolkata Tour with Lunch

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Full-Day Tour of Victoria Memorial, Mother House, Colonial Calcutta & many more..
13 stops
1
Mother House
You guide will meet you at your hotel or any other preferred location in Kolkata and you will proceed to Full day tour of Kolkata with a knowledgeable tour guide. (MOTHER'S ROOM & MUSEUM CLOSED ON THURSDAY)
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
South Park Street Cemetery
South Park Street Cemetery
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
3
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul Cathedral
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Victoria Memorial Hall
Victoria Memorial was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, the Empress of India from 1876 to 1901. (MUSEUM CLOSED ON MONDAYS)
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
5
Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar)
The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta) is a grand museum in Kolkata. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection. It has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist. (CLOSED ON MONDAYS)
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
St. John's Church
St. John's Church, originally a cathedral, was among the first public buildings erected by the East India Company after Kolkata (Calcutta) became the effective capital of British India. (CLOSED ON SUNDAYS)
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Metcalfe Hall is a heritage building situated in Kolkata, India. The architecture is reflective of the British imperial architecture at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar to ancient Greek temples. It was built between 1840 and 1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named after Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, the Governor-General of India, in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces the Hooghly river on the West.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
8
Eden Gardens
An iconic Cricket Stadium and one of largest in the world.
Admission ticket free
9
Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court building's design is somewhat based on the Lakenhal (Cloth Hall) in Ypres in Flanders, Belgium. The Calcutta High Court is one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, and is the oldest High Court in India. It was brought into existence as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William by the Letters Patent dated 14 May 1862, issued under the High Courts Act, 1861, which was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William. The court was formally opened on 1 July 1862. The building structure was designed by Walter Long Bozzi Granville.
Admission ticket free
10
Kolkata Town Hall in Roman Doric style, was built in 1813 by the architect and engineer Major General John Henry Garstin to provide the Europeans with a place for social gatherings.
Admission ticket free
11
Raj Bhavan
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Built in 1803, it was known as Government House during the Company rule in India and subsequently the British Raj. After the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown in 1858, it became the official residence of the Viceroy of India. With the shifting of the Indian capital from then-Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911, it became the official residence of the Governor of Bengal.
Admission ticket free
12
General Post Office
The General Post Office, Kolkata is the central post office of the city of Kolkata, India, and the biggest post office of West Bengal. This post office was the first post office of India since 1727. The imposing structure of the GPO is one of the landmarks in the city. The General Post Office was designed in 1864 by Walter B. Grenville (1819-1874), who acted as consulting architect to the government of India.
Admission ticket free
13
Writers' Building
The Writers' Buildings was the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. It originally served as the principal administrative office for writers (junior clerks) of the British East India Company (EIC). Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Full Day Private Guided Tour of Kolkata (9 AM - 5 PM)
9 stops
14
Howrah Bridge
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the both sides of cities of Kolkata (Calcutta). Burrabazar is connected with Howrah rail terminal because of this bridge. On 14 June 1965, it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
15
Malik Ghat Flower Market
Largest Flower Market in India
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
16
Kumartuli
Kumartuli is a traditional potters' quarter in North Kolkata. The city is renowned for its sculpting prowess. It not only manufactures clay idols for various festivals but also regularly exports them.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
17
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name. The house was built in 1835 by Raja Rajendra Mullick, a wealthy Bengali merchant with a passion for collecting works of art. The house continues to be a residence for his descendants, and the current occupants are the family of Raja Rajendra Mullick Bahadur. (CLOSED ON MONDAY & THURSDAY)
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
18
Jain Swetamber Dadajika Temple
Kolkata Jain Temple (also known as Parshwanath Temple) is a Śvetāmbara Jain temple in Kolkata. It is a major tourist attraction of Kolkata. The temple construction in 1867 was paid for by philanthropist Rai Badridas Bahadoor Mookim.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
19
College Street (Boi Para)
College Street is the largest book market in India as well as Asia and the largest secondhand book market in the whole world. The College Street is famous for its small and big book stores, which gives it the nickname Boi Para (Colony of Books). People from the whole city and different parts of the state flock the innumerable book stores along the side-walk for books. (CLOSED ON SUNDAY)
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
20
Indian Coffee House
Indian Coffee House is a cafe located in College Street, the most famous of Indian Coffee House branches in Kolkata. It has been for a long time a regular hang out and a renowned meeting place (adda) for intellectuals and students (and ex-students) of the Presidency College, University of Calcutta, and other institutions in College Street. It has played an important part in Calcutta's (Kolkata) cultural history and known as the hub of intellectual debates.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
21
Prinsep Ghat
Prinsep Ghat is a beautiful riverside promenade in Kolkata. It is a popular spot for picnics, boat rides, and relaxing walks along the Hooghly River. Enjoy a 30 minutes boat ride on Hooghly River.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
22
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is a Haveli in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of noble Laureate poet (Literature, 1913) Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus. Build in Traditional Bengali Architecture of Dalan genre, it is considered to be a heritage, historic icon and center of socio-cultural evolution of Kolkata.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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