Often called the cultural capital of the country, Kolkata has a lot to offer tourists who are open to new experiences.
The Victoria Memorial and Birla Planetarium are definite must-sees as are the famous Howrah Bridge and Tagore House (where the great poet was born).
Of course one of the highlights is the food. Drop by Chowringhee Lane for a taste of the street food and make sure you’re not on a diet when you come to Kolkata, because turning down the juicy Bengali sandesh would simply be a shame.
Getting there: Kolkata is well connected with most of the larger cities and a number for smaller ones. Tourists can fly in to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport, about 20 km out of the city.
The Howrah and Sealdah stations have trains coming in from across the country and national highways 2 and 6 connects the city by road to Mumbai and Delhi.
Image: Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
By Ibrahim Husain Meraj (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons