Kolkata-tur i privat bil med guide og frokost til fordybende kulturel oplevelse
Beskrivelse
City of Joy Experience er en dagstur, hvor gæster vil opdage, hvorfor Kolkata faktisk er glædens by. Oplevelsen starter ved Job Charnocks mausoleum, grundlæggeren af British Kolkata, og dækker St Johns Church, den ikoniske Writers Building, det storslåede guvernørhus, Shahid Minar, Indiens ældste museum og det legendariske Victoria Memorial. Oplevelsen slutter efter en naturskøn 30 minutters bådtur over floden Ganges. Denne tur er organiseret af Five Senses Tours, et privat aktieselskab anerkendt af turistministeriet og medlem af den indiske sammenslutning af turoperatører (IATO). Turen er designet til at støtte lokale levebrød ved hjælp af ansættelse af lokale guider og støtte lokale virksomheder i overensstemmelse med virksomhedens mission om at sikre, at rejsekroner bliver, hvor de bliver brugt.
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8 AM- Hotel Pick up Vi vil starte ved Mausoleet Job Charnock grundlæggeren af moderne Kolkata. I 1690 købte Charnock landsbyerne Sutanuti, Gobindapur og Kalikata fra Bengal Subedar Azim Usman, og med tiden blev Kokata hovedstaden i East India Company. En nylig højesteretskendelse har diskrediteret ham som grundlæggeren af Kolkata efter at have kigget på beviser for byens eksistens i tidligere tider!
Vi besøger St. John's Church, som blev bygget i 1787 af arkitekt James Agg. Denne majestætiske sten- og murstenskonstruktion blev den vigtigste katedral i Calcutta i 1815. En højdepunkt i hans kirke er maleriet "nadver" på sine vægge.
Vores næste destination er den ikoniske forfatterbygning, der havde en meget ydmyg begyndelse. Bygget i 1777, var det beregnet til det nederste bureaukrati i East India Company. I dag er dette græsk-romerske mesterværk sæden for den vestbengalske statsregering. Vores guide vil fortælle dig alle de mærkede begivenheder, der fandt sted i Indiens frihedskamp med Writers Building som baggrund. Vi vil se denne bygning udefra.
Governor's House er en bemærkelsesværdig bygning, der blev bygget til Marquess of Wellesley, der kom til Kolkata som guvernør-general for East India Company i 1798 og fandt sin lejede bolig uegnet! Bygget i 1803 af den berømte engelske arkitekt Charles Wyatt følger guvernørens hus en neoklassisk stil med særskilte barokke overtoner. Bygningen blev Indiens Viceroy, efter at kronen overtog indianerne fra Indien fra East India Company. I dag tjener det som kontor og bolig for guvernør for staten West Bengal, og derfor vil vi se det udefra.
Shaheed Minar blev bygget i 1848 med en blanding af egyptiske, syriske og tyrkiske design stilarter. Oprindeligt blev det kaldt Ochterlony-monumentet og blev bygget til ære for generaldirektør Sir David Ochterlonys triumf over Gurkhas i Anglo-Nepalsk krigen fra 1825. I dag erindrer dette monument indianernes frihedsbolds offer.
Vi besøger Indiens største og ældste museum. Indisk Museum blev bygget af det asiatiske Society of Bengal i 1814 med Nathaniel Wallich, en dansk botaniker som grundlægger curator. Det har en storslået samling af relikvier, ornamenter, fossiler, skeletter, antikviteter, rustninger og malerier af forskellige epoker.
Efter frokost besøger vi det legendariske Victoria Memorial bygget af George Curzon, 1. Marquess Curzon of Kedleston og Viceroy of India. Dedikeret til dronning Victoria, er denne arkitektoniske perle bygget i marmor et fantastisk sted at opleve essensen af den victorianske æra, der ligger midt i det travle moderne Kolkata.
Vi tager en bådtur over den hellige flod Ganges og i løbet af de næste 30 minutter udforsker vi Glædens by fra dens farvande. Vi passerer gennem den ikoniske Howrah-bro, før denne storslåede oplevelse af Kolkata slutter. 20:00 - Drop tilbage til hotellet
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Hvad er inkluderet
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Rejsendes vurderinger
Vigtig information
- Der er adgang til offentlig transport i nærheden
- Velegnet til alle fitnessniveauer
- Vegetar valgmulighed er tilgængelig, venligst rådgive på tidspunktet for booking, hvis det kræves
Anmeldelser(18)
Experience was very good specially considering we had very less time we were able to cover most places.
The tour was very informative and comfortable. The tour guide made sure we got to know the history of Kolkata very well. We saw all the iconic british era buildings as well as explored the Victoria memorial, Indian Museum and St. Paul's Cathedral
The entire trip and arrangements are good. Could have covered northern calcutta as well. Appreciate the restaurant arranged to taste authentic bengali meal.
Very good recommended tour. Tour guide with lots of interesting information. a private tour is worth it. Hotel pickup was good and at the agreed time. I have travelled a lot with Viator and will continue to do so in the future.
This is an excellent tour visiting many of the major sites in Kolkata. I combined it with 5 Senses Mother Teresa and Churches tour to provide me with a very interesting and enjoyable 2 day introduction to the city. I was very fortunate that my guide for both tours was Prasenjit who is very knowledgeable, friendly and kind. He told wonderful stories about the history of the various locations. Thoroughly recommend this tour.
Our tour guide Dev was excellent. He was well informed and explained all of the history of Kolkata in detail. He was great company for the day
This visit was part of our third private tour with 5 Senses (first tour, So. India for a month; second No. India for 5.5 weeks; third East and South India, one month). You might have guessed that we are very happy with the company. All three tours were fantastic, this one no exception. Kolkata is a vibrant city and worth a visit. In addition to the normal tourist sites, local guide Dev also helped us find ayurvedic massage studios. Like all major Indian cities, air pollution is a real problem--consider wearing a good mask when outdoors. Bishnupur is an interesting site with terra cotta temples, and is often paired with a visit to Kolkata. It took 3.5 hours to drive there, but 5.5 hours to return because we got back to the outskirts of Kolkata after 19:30, when they let the trucks in and traffic becomes miserable Try to get home before that happens. The Sundarbans--the largest mangrove forest in the world--are a couple of hours outside the city. We spent two nights there. It was a nice break from the urban environment. There is wildlife, but don't count on seeing tigers. The primary strength of 5 Senses is its people. The owner, Mr. Narayanan, is a great travel planning partner (he’ll work with you to craft exactly the trip you want) and he is super-responsive during trips if any problems arise. I am confident that Narayanan will fix it if it needs fixing—he has helped us several times in that way, and he has done it quickly. The state-based “cultural ambassadors” he has recruited (the guides who accompany you for days, across multiple sites) are excellent and soon become friends. For this month-long tour, I’d particularly like to call out Kannan (Tamil Nadu) and Mohan, and Chandra Shekar (Karnataka). If you are touring other parts of the country, we highly recommend Balwinder (Punjab and Rajasthan) and Vivek and Ram Sewak (Varanasi, Khajuraho and environs). It is basically a fool’s errand to try to price shop local tour operators—there are too many variables, including the type of accommodation, the quality of guides and the quality of transport (both of which can’t be assessed ahead of time). That said, over the course of the three tours, we feel that 5 Senses has been very good value for money. And I can say for certain that you would pay three times as much for the same Smithsonian or Nat Geo or other corporate tour, plus you’d be on a bus with many other folks and stuck with the group schedule. With 5 Senses you’re in your own car deciding where and when you want to go, where you want to eat, and when you want to take it easy. My advice to friends looking for a private tour in India is “don’t bother contacting other companies, just talk to 5 Senses. You won’t regret it.”
On arrival warmly welcomed, the guide and the driver first brought me to my hotel to refresh. Then the 4-day Kolkata city tour started. The old cemetery was the first of the series of sights I visited. Personal highlight is Mothers House, every attraction however big remains in the shadow of the simple Mothers House. Have had several guides, all equally enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. In short, visiting Kolkata with a guide is highly recommended.
Had a great guide ( Mr. Parmananda )with historic knowledge of city Kolkata. A senior citizens who knows history in and out @ the back of his mind.
A full day might be long however the city is big and places of interest are plenty. Small walks in between refreshing and boat tour lovely but short. I recommend 45 min. Delicious lunch. Professional and friendly guide.
