Discovering Kolkata Latin America & Asia Holidays

Enjoy a day with our expert local guide exploring this fascinating city, depending on your interests.

Kolkata is the cultural capital of India and home to the Bengal Renaissance, poets, writers and film directors. As the former capital of British Raj, Kolkata retains a feast of dramatic colonial architecture. 

On a guided tour you will visit some of the attractions below, depending on your interests.

The Kolkata Botanical Gardens is the largest and oldest of this kind in South East Asia founded in 1786, with a cactus house, palm collection, giant Amazon lily pads and a 250-year-old banyan tree.

Eden Gardens is one of India's finest cricket grounds and part of a huge garden which was established in 1840. Located at the banks of the Hooghly River with beautiful trees, shrubs, a huge lake and ancient pagoda. 

The Gurusaday Museum offers a rich collection of art including Dhokra crafts, terracotta works, paintings by renowned Kalighat School of Paintings, ancient art forms of Patachitras and Bengali saris like Tangails and Jamdani.

The Jain Temple, built in 1867, is a masterpiece of Indian art with intricate hand painted panels depicting scenes from Jain mythology. 

The Indian Museum has 60 galleries with a dazzling collection of geographical, archaeological, textile and botanical objects.

Kolkata Panorama Show is India’s first high-tech story-telling museum on the history of the city of Kolkata. The stories are told with the help of a state-of-the-art communication technology so as to involve the visitors with recreated events of the past.

Considered one of the most amazing collection of art, the Marble palace an art gallery, depicting history in arts, photographs, oil paintings and beautiful sculptures. The star attractions of the Marble Palace are undoubtedly the collection of masterpieces by Reuben and the paintings by various renowned international artists such as Reynolds, Van Gogh and Rembrandt. 

For a very humbling experience, visit Mother Teresa’s room and also pay homage to her. Her tomb has become a place of pilgrimage and quiet meditation to people of all creeds.

St. Paul's Cathedral was the first 'Episcopal Cathedral Church' in an oriental country in 1847. The main cathedral hall is large, with beautifully carved wooden pews and chairs along with the stained glass window to the west, the intricate coloured artwork covering the eastern walls, the two marvellous Florentine frescoes.