Photo: Christian Witkin
Discover teeming markets, inspect stunning temples, and uncover rich history in this often overlooked Indian metropolis.
Read the articleDestinations: Calcutta
Themes: Arts + Culture
Inspired by: Discovering Calcutta Today — by Guy Trebay, Published Apr. 2009
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Boutique hotel that’s an easy walk to the Indian Museum and the Park Street Cemetery.
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Business-district hotel on landscaped grounds.
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The Grand has been a source of civic pride and a landmark of social arrival for more than a century. A vast block-long pile at the heart of the cit
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The second choice, after Kewpie’s, for Bengali food.
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Tuck into a plate of yellow lentils and the river fish called begti at this landmark restaurant in the southern part of town.
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A Tibetan antiquarian shop.
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entrance fee $2
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Visit this sophisticated textile gallery and wander around in a daze induced by the wealth of crafts traditions (among other things, India invented
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The tumbeldown manse was built during the 19th century by the trader Raja Rajendra Mullick to accommodate a strange hoard of Chinese urns and ornat
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This, the country’s largest museum, is a vast and stolid colonial edifice full of unheralded oddities and treasures hidden in plain sight.
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