Places to visit in Kolkata

Ask a localite on the best places to visit in any renowned place?  You are bound to receive an answer which you will not be expecting. Ideally someone living in a place is so accustomed to the place that they would not find a specific place interesting even though it might be an attraction to someone who has the eye of an explorer.

Me, being someone who is very close to Kolkata fall in the same category. Nevertheless putting myself at least once in the eye of an explorer have tried to collect all the areas of interest of Kolkata.

Kolkata formerly known as Calcutta was initially a colonial city developed by East India Company and was also the capital of British India. As a result Kolkata has lot of historical structures from the British era which still stand strong.

Vidyasagar Setu, - Second Hooghly Bridge

Some of the prominent are as below:

1. Victoria memorial
2. Cathedral Church
3. Fort William - Entry restricted but there's an incredible view from the ghats of the Hooghly
4. Prinsep Ghat
5. Birla Planetarium
6. Birla Mandir

Kolkata is known for its Art and Culture. There are several places which attracts the culture lovers.
Few of them are below:

1. Academy of Fine Arts
2. The Asiatic Society
3. Indian Museum
4. Nandan - Rabindra Sadan
5. Jorasanko Thakur Bari - Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home Sobhabazar Rajbari
6. Marble Palace Kolkata

Kolkata also has a lot of renowned places for worships:

1. Kalighat Temple
2. Thanthania Kalibari
3. Dakhshineshwar Kali Temple
4. Belur Math
5. ISKCON Kolkata, Sri Sri Radha Govind Temple

Other places of attractions include:

1. Mother House
2. Alipore Zoo
3. Eden Gardens
4. Mother Wax Museum

Like any other metro city, Kolkata also has a number of Amusement Parks like:

1. Science City
2. Nicco Park
3. Aquatica
4. Eco Park - Specially the Seven Wonders of the World

If you have some time to spare and if you are book addict, do visit College street or Boi Para. It is the largest second hand book market in the world where you can purchase rare collections at a very cheap price.

There are lot of other places which I might have forgotten but truly it is the City of Joy as it is being termed.

Howrah - The twin city of Kolkata also has places which are worth mentioning and if you are at Kolkata, make sure to visit the below.

1. Howrah Bridge
2. Howrah Station
3. Botanical Garden, Howrah

Howrah Bridge

Trust me, I have not visited all of them till date, but will definitely try to visit them along with my wife and kid once I get some time out of the regular schedule.