Expect to get the most price-worthy
hotels and resorts. India offers the best accommodation
facilities to the travelers coming from all over the world.
The distinctive features of best India hotels and resorts
are high standard and quality accommodation catering to the
needs of clients at the most reasonable rates. We deals in
several Chains of Hotels in India offering excellent
hospitality services to the tourists of all categories. The
resorts and hotels in India ensure a memorable trip.
Kolkata is an ancient city which
is located just above the Bay of Bengal, where India and Bangladesh meet
at the many mouths of the holy Ganges on India's east coast. Kolkata is
capital city of West Bengal and was the former capital of British India.
Today Kolkata forms the commercial and industrial hub of eastern India. A
major port, Kolkata is situated on the right bank of the river Hooghly
(about 150 kms upstream from the Bay of Bengal).The city is remembered in
association with the largest bridge in India, Howrah Bridge; the first
metro train in India and the hometown of Mother Teresa in India.
Hotel Hyatt Regency
Rating: 5 *
Deluxe
Accommodation :
235 Rooms
Address :
JA-I, Sector-3, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700098, West Bengal
Location :
15 kms from Airport, 4 kms from Railway Station, 0.5 kms from
Downtown Area.
▪
Belur Math : The place was founded in
1899 and houses a structure that was designed to be a church,
temple, and mosque all in one. This is the head quarter of the world
famous Ramakrishna Mission.
▪
Victoria Memorial : Victoria Memorial.
It is a huge white-marble structure and the most enduring of remains
of the British Raj in India.It has been now converted in a museum
that houses the most impressive collection of memorabilia's from the
days of Raj.
▪ Howrah Bridge : It is
excellent example of engineering techniques of the early 20th
century. The whole bridge is 450 m long without any pylon in the
river.It is the third largest bridge in the world, has around 2
million people crossing over it daily
▪
Eden Garden : The gardens are located
in the northwest corner of the Kolkata, is a small and pleasantly
laid-out garden. The place also houses the renowned cricket ground
by the same name.The bridge is also called Rabindra Setu.
▪
Indian Museum : It was built in 1874. ,The museum is a place
to see for its beautiful structure. The oldest museum in India, it
has one of the rare collections of archeological. It houses rare
antiques, ornaments, armour, fossils, stones, paintings of the
Mughal era, regal outfits/uniforms, skeletons of rare animal and
mummies, among other exhibits. It is situated on J L Nehru Road.
Excursion Of Kolkata :
▪
Botanical Gardens (8 km)
: Located 8 kms from Calcutta ,an impressive oasis of green trees
and plantsThe highlight of the Gardens is the 200 year old banyan
tree, said to be the largest in the world.The tree is 26 metres igh
with a circumference of approximately 900 feet.
▪ Sunderbans Tiger Reserve :
House for the famous Royal Bengal Tigers, Sunderbans are part of the
world’s largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and
Meghna. It is spread over 10,000 sq kms and is home for many
exquisite animals and birds and is a declared national park.
▪ Digha : Digha is the most
popular sea resort located around 187 kms from Calcutta attracting
tourists throughout the year with its hard beach where one can drive
on the beach during low tide. Bathing is advisable only during the
low tide.
▪ Krishnagar ( 100 km ) : Krishnagar can be reached by road or rail from Kolkata ( 100 km ).
The town on the banks of the Jalani river, is famous for its toy and
clay models. The Krishnanagr Palace and the Roman Catholic Church
are worth seeing.
▪ Gandhi Ghat ( 25 km ) :
About 25 km from kolkata.It is a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi on the
banks of the Hoogly river.
How
To Reach Kolkata
Air : Kolkata is
connected to most of the cities in India, by air. Kolkata is also
the also the international and a number of international airlines
like British Airways, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, Malaysian
Airlines and Air India operate direct flights to and fro Kolkata.
Rail : Howrah and Sealdah, two main railway stations are
there in Kolkata. Kolkata is connected by rail to most of the
important places in India.
Road: Good motorable roads connect Kolkata to all the
major cities in India. Some of these are: Puri, Bhubaneshwar,
Shiliguri, Darjiling Krishnanagar, Baharampur, Patna, Ranchi,
Alahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Haridwar, Varanasi, Bombay, Delhi,
Madras
Shopping in Kolkata
Kolkata is a shopper's
delight. This is one city where you can get just
about anything you desire.The new market offers
leather goods, plastic toys, fancy silverware,
jewelry, garments, fabric, confectionery, clothing,
dry fruits, poultry products, fish, meat, flowers,
etc. Shakespeare market, on
the other hand specializes in clothes nad
artificial plants. Bowbazar at B. B. Ganguly Street
can be searched for wooden furniture and musical
instruments while College Street is the best place
to bargain for books. Other other popular shopping
outlets within the city are :Bagri Market, Chandni
Market, China Bazaar, College Street, Dakshinapan
Market and Lake Market.
Cuisine of Kolkata
Kolkata
is the finest place for choosing the most
delectable range of cuisine. It offers practically
all the cuisines of India, continental cuisine, Far
Eastern, Tibetan, French, Thai dishes and the
inimitable Bengali delicacies that must not be
missed.A typical Bengali meal consists of several
courses, following a sequence of tastes, starting
with something bitter like neem leaves or karela,
moving through the main meal of rice along with
vegetables or dal or fish, and ending with
something sweet. Fish is a very important part of
their diet, and a piece of fish is not unwelcome
even at breakfast. Sweets hold a position of pride
for the Bengali. Cottage cheese based sweets like
sandesh, rosogolla and chanar payesh are very
popular all over India. Mishti doi (sweetened curd)
and Patali gur confectionery (date palm jaggery)
are must-try delicacies.