Hello Calcutta - Walk and Experience the city of joy

Hello Calcutta - Walk and Experience the city of joy

Hello Calcutta! introduces you to local lives, culture and heritage of Kolkata (Calcutta) "the city of joy). During the 4 hours of Cultural Walk tour, you will walk past the colonial buildings made during the British reign, visit the iconic Howrah Bridge, and take a ferry ride in Ganges and much more...

Visit Mother Teresa's House & learn about this incredible woman and her humanitarian efforts.
Walk with us to visit the oldest market, was established for British residents in Kolkata. Experience the early morning chaos of locals Market.
Explore Vegetable, Fruits & Spice Market.
Visit India’s Largest Flower Market and walk on the world’s busiest iconic bridge “Howrah Bridge”.
Explore Kumartuli (potter’s town/colony), interact with local artiste and see them handcrafting clay idols.
Breakfast at a local restaurant.
Friendlier than India’s other metropolises, this is a city you ‘feel’ more than simply visit. Let's Walk, Explore & Experience Kolkata like a local folk.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Mother House A J C Bose Road, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700016 India

Visit Mother house and learn about her humanitarian effort.
Mother House or Missionaries of Charity is a religious congregation that was established by Mother Teresa in 1950. An area of the house is reserved for followers to pay their respect to Mother Teresa. Here, one can find Mother Teresa's Tomb and an exhibition that displays her work through photographs, awards and articles. Some of her belongings like her cloths, her sandals and her bag are also displayed. (Closed on Thursday)

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Victoria Memorial Hall, 1 Queen's Way, Kolkata (Calcutta) India

Take a stroll in the largest urban Park in Kolkata. Walk pass by Victoria Memorial, Fort William and Colonial Town.

Stop At: Howrah Bridge, Jagganath Ghat 1, Strand Road, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India

The Howrah Bridge is one of the most recognised landmarks in Kolkata. Connecting Kolkata with its neighbouring industrial city of Howrah over the Hooghly river. Constructed without nuts and bolts, the Howrah Bridge was formed by riveting the entire steel structure. The bridge officially opened in 1943.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Kumartuli, Hatkhola, Kolkata (Calcutta) India

Kumartoli, is a traditional potter's quarter in Northern Kolkata. Clay idols are manufactured here for various festival & also export them to other countries.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: General Post Office, B B D Bagh, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India

The site where the GPO is located was actually the site of the first Fort William. An alley beside the post office was the site of the guardhouse that housed the infamous 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta (1756). The General Post Office was designed in 1864 by Walter B. Grenville.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Malik Ghat Flower Market, Southeast end of Howrah Bridge, Kolkata (Calcutta) India

Kolkata's Mullick Ghat Flower Market, said to be India's largest Flower Market and contain more than a century of history.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. John's Church, 2/2 Council House Street Opp Dewars Garage, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India

Take a walk around Colonial city that was developed by East India Company. Walk pass the colonial buildings built during British reign - High Court, St. John's Church, Black Hole Monuments, The Writer's Building, Governor House, General Post Office & Eden Gardens, one of the largest Cricket stadium in the world.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Black Hole of Calcutta, Netaji Subhas Rd, Fairley Place, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small prison or dungeon in Fort William where troops of Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war for three days on 20 June 1756.
John Zephaniah Holwell, one of the British prisoners and an employee of the East India Company, said that, after the fall of Fort William, the surviving British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers, and Indian civilians were imprisoned overnight in conditions so cramped that many people died from suffocation and heat exhaustion, and that 123 of 146 prisoners of war imprisoned there died

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Town Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta) India

Kolkata Town Hall in Roman Doric style, was built in 1813 by the architect and engineer Maj.-Gen. John Garstin with a fund of 700,000 Rupees raised from a lottery to provide the Europeans with a place for social gatherings.

Pass By: Eden Gardens, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700021 India

Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. Eden Gardens is often regarded informally as India's home of cricket. The ground has been referred to as "cricket's answer to the Colosseum," and is widely acknowledged to be one of the most iconic cricket stadiums in the world

Stop At: Writers' Building, BBD Bagh N Dalhousie Square, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India

The Writers' Building is the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal in Kolkata. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi pond in the downtown area of Dalhousie square. It originally served as the principal administrative office for writers (junior clerks) of the British East India Company. Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777.

Duration: 10 minutes