Esplanade → North and South highlights

Both halves of the city in one day: eight North Kolkata favourites, a Blue Line ride from Girish Park to Kalighat, then eight in the south. Expect more travelling than on a single-area route.

Nearest stations:

Shyambazar and Kalighat metro

Getting there:

From Esplanade, take the Blue Line to Shyambazar.

Start:

Shyambazar metro

Finish:

Kalighat metro, a short ride from Chetla.

Leave early:

Girish Park metro after stop 8, Kalighat after stop 12.

16

Stops

16.3 km

Between stops

Metro + walk

Getting around

1. North Kolkata
2. 1Bagbazar Sarbojanin
3. 2Kumortuli Sarbojanin
4. 3Kumartuli Park
5. 4Ahiritola Sarbojanin
6. 5Sovabazar Rajbari (Boro Taraf)
7. 6Hatibagan Sarbojanin
8. 7Kashi Bose Lane Durga Puja
9. 8Chhatu Babu Latu Babu Dutta Bari
10. Walk to Girish Park metro, then the Blue Line to Kalighat
11. South Kolkata
12. 9Deshapriya Park
13. 10Tridhara Sammilani
14. 11Ballygunge Cultural Association
15. 12Samaj Sebi Sangha
16. Kalighat and Chetla
17. 13Badamtala Ashar Sangha
18. 1466 Pally Durgapuja Pandal
19. 15Kalighat Nepal Bhattacharjee St Club
20. 16Chetla Agrani Club