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Top 7 cultural & heritage things to do in West Bengal

Heritage walks, museum days, temple complexes, and the kind of guides who explain why a place matters rather than reciting dates. The cultural side of West Bengal, paced for actual seeing.

  1. Magic Hour Tour1

    1. Magic Hour Tour

    5.0· 255 reviews· 4 hours

    An early morning adventure to watch Calcutta wake up. Experience Calcutta like Local and not just a tourist. Try different modes of transport, Local spots and blend into Calcutta's narrative just like a Local. This tour is not the usual Heritage walk but an Anthropological experience with the city and its people. The aim of the tour is not just for you to understand the city but to fall in Love with Calcutta and its Local fabric. The tour is conducted by Soham, the founder of Calcutta Capsule walking tours, who is considered by many as the best walking tour specialist in the world ( ref reviews). Among highlights on the tour we visit: Old Calcutta, Howrah Bridge, Flower Market, Ganges/Ganga, Kumartuli -Idol making village, Local traditional Breakfast. If you're wanting to feel the vibe of the city and develop a sense of belonging with Calcutta in just a few hours ,This tour is for you.

  2. Colonial Heritage Walking Tour in Darjeeling2

    2. Colonial Heritage Walking Tour in Darjeeling

    5.0· 61 reviews

    Darjeeling holds onto ancestries of rich Colonial, Lepcha, Tibetan, Bhutanese, tribal, and multi-cultural heritage, cultures. Its skilled ethnicities and geographical location served the British the Summer Capital, which they dreamt of living in during their rule in India. Today's Darjeeling, lying in the romantic valleys of the beautiful Eastern Himalayas presents you with a cosmopolitan mix like no other hill town in India. Its serene natural beauty combined with its lovely, welcoming, and warm people make you nostalgic every time you step in. Our tours will make you experience the saga of its heydays and the best of nature's wonders that once made the British call it the Queen of the Hills.

  3. Cultural Confluence of Kolkata - Culture Kaleidoscope Tour3

    3. Cultural Confluence of Kolkata - Culture Kaleidoscope Tour

    5.0· 712 reviews· 3 hours

    This tour works for both non-photographers and photographers alike. Even if you love photography you do not need fancy cameras to sign up for this tour. Anything that you are comfortable with photographing with works for you. If it makes you happy, we are happy! Calcutta is truly a melting pot of cultures and communities… truly a kaleidoscope of various shades, flavors and sights that make Calcutta what it is today! This tour will help you understand a little bit of India and how so many religions and faith form the very fabric which is India. So many cultures and so many communities co-existing side by side, reminds one of the famous 1982 number one by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder – Ebony and Ivory. PLEASE NOTE: Unless there is a scheduled tour, the minimum requirement for the tour is 2 pax. If you are single traveller, please message us. P.S. Drop us a message if the mentioned start times do not work for you. Maybe we can schedule according to your convenience.

  4. Tea Pluckers' Day4

    4. Tea Pluckers' Day

    4.9· 20 reviews

    Oral accounts and letters say that literally, the vagabonds from across the seas came to make a fortune here. Darjeeling Tea furnished them more than they could imagine. The intangible quality of craftsmanship and skilled labour behind the success of this drink will make you envious to live their life for a day. Experience behind the scenes of Darjeeling Tea like no other. Tea Pluckers' Day is an extensive activity starting in the morning from the guests' hotel. We would drive to a tea garden/tea estate far away from the town to explore the opportunity of spending a whole day, i.e., breakfast to evening tea like a tea plucker at the garden does. We have mentioned a list of our partner tea gardens and depending on the real-time availability, we take our travellers to one of them. We serve a packed breakfast with fresh fruits and organic Darjeeling Tea. A Tea Garden tour, Forest Hike, Tea Factory Visits, A Walk through the Estate, Tea Tasting, Lunch, etc. are highlights of the tour.

  5. British Raj Heritage walk in Kolkata with guide5

    5. British Raj Heritage walk in Kolkata with guide

    4.9· 56 reviews· 3 hours

    Relive British legacy- Trace back our steps to the colonial era and visit some prominent landmarks that defined Kolkata’s history. Learn about Job Charnock the founder of British Kolkata who bought the villages of Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata from Bengal subedar Azim Usman in 1690 and over time Kokata became the capital of East India Company. A cultural evangelist will take you back a few centuries to narrate the tale of Kolkata under the East India Company & the British Empire.

  6. Private tour of Murshidabad from Kolkata about the great betrayal6

    6. Private tour of Murshidabad from Kolkata about the great betrayal

    4.8· 8 reviews· 2 days

    In this 2days 1 night tour from Kolkata, we will visit Murshidabad, the old capital of Bengal. We will relive the history of Murshidabad where Mir Jaffar betrayed the Nawab of Bengal and The East India Company gained control of Bengal and eventually all of India. We will visit the site of the famous Battle of Plassey, Katra Masjid, the house of Siraj-ud-daula the Nawab, Mir Jaffar the traitor and Jagat Seth the most famous money lender of Murshidabad, the Imambara and the magnificent Palace of a thousand doors.

  7. Kolkata Heritage Tram Tour7

    7. Kolkata Heritage Tram Tour

    4.2· 399 reviews

    Note: If the number of Tourists is more than 12, then we do the tour in Reserved Tramcars. If the number of tourists is less, then we do the tour in Unreserved Tramcars. The tram system in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, operated by West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC), the erstwhile Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC). It is the only tram network operating in India. The oldest operating electric tram system in Asia, it has been running since 1902. It is a heritage of Kolkata (Calcutta), the City of Joy. Kolkata Heritage Tram Tour is a unique way of discovering Kolkata (Calcutta). This tour includes the visit to the St. Teresa's Home, her final resting place and passes through innumerable heritage buildings and places of Kolkata (Calcutta). The tour includes local food (snacks), and Kolkata Heritage Tram Tour Momento.

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