The Palace Walk

Starting Point: Notun Bazar (8:00am)

End point: Marble Palace (12:00pm)

Includes: Breakfast, tea, bottled water, entrance fees and guide fees.

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The first modern city architecture that blended the Indian style of architectures with European architectures can be accredited to Calcutta. The cities stunning architecture speaks of its rich social, political and cultural history. Thus making it a haven for history and architecture enthusiasts.

Most of the affluent Bengali traders who were the earliest settlers of Calcutta were patrons of arts. They built mansions in Neo-Classical, Gothic and Palladian style. Some of the buildings had ornamentally designed domes with multi-dialed illuminated clocks attached, supported by aesthetically arranged Corinthian pillars. The interiors were decorated with rich collection of paintings and sculptures that are antiques today. Although unkept and mostly dilapidated now, each house has a cultural ambiance and a feeling of global grandeur.

Let us walk through the cultural neighborhoods of Jorashanko and Pathuriaghata, the cradle of the Bengal Renaissance. 

Apart from the distinguished Tagore family who lived here, It is also the home to great families like the Mullicks, the Rays, the Daws, the Gains and the Ghosh, whose contribution to the development of the city's culture was immense. The lanes here, reverberate the story of the first theater, bazaar, Library, private schools and the development of the Adi Bramho Samaj. 

A Clarion call to all city lovers to come and feel the real cultural history of Kolkata!