two nights in

Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly and still fondly called Calcutta, is the largest city in eastern India and the capital of the state of West Bengal. Once the capital of the British Raj till 1911, Kolkata is said to have been built on three villages along the Hooghly River, a distributary of the mighty Ganges. Wikivoyage

Population 4,496,694 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in India

Visas and entry What your passport needs for India

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. 2nd French Film Festival Kolkata

    February

    The 2nd French Film Festival Kolkata is an annual film festival held in Kolkata.The event was held at Nandan Cinema hall in Kolkata for eight days during two weeks in the month of February and March 2025, from February 22 to March 1, 2025.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Kole Market

    No hours mapped

    840 m from the centre

  • Kolkata New market

    New Market

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

  • Maidan Market

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

  • Flower Market

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

  • V.I.P. Market

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.7 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 2 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Sealdah 910 m, BBD Bagh 1.8 km, Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt 2.2 km, Barra Bazar 2.3 km, Howrah Junction 2.4 km, Eden Gardens 2.8 km, Sovabazar Ahiritola 2.9 km, Bidhannagar Road 3.5 km, Howrah Goods 3.6 km, Bagbazar 3.7 km, Park Circus 3.7 km, Prinsep Ghat 3.8 km, Kolkata 3.8 km, Tala 4.0 km, Patipukur 5.0 km, Tikiapara 5.0 km, Shalimar 5.3 km, Liluah 5.9 km, Ballygunge Junction 6.0 km, Padmapukur 6.0 km

Want picks in Kolkata that suit you? Ask your travel assistant, free with an account. Something wrong or missing on this page? Tell me

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.