Explore the City of Joy: Kolkata

Kolkata is a perpetually ongoing festival of human contradictions: luxurious and humble, refined and frantic, pointedly futuristic, while beautifully revering the past. A vibrant 350-year-old metropolis located on India’s Eastern Coast, the capital of West Bengal weaves a powerful spell on travellers Experience the City of Joy with us to delve into the artistic, cultural and intellectual capital of the country...

Explore the colonial-era charm of Fort William, Victoria Memorial and more, alongside the ever-present alternative culture of live music and coffee shops. Visit Kumartuli, a colony of potters beside the River Ganga famed for creating some of the most awe-inspiring idols of goddesses for Pujo - an annual celebration of Goddess Shakti. A whole army of sculptors, potters, frame decorators and dressers work in harmony with heaps of straw, clay, gold foils, bamboo, beads and mundane things to create art pieces so vivid, stylised and grand that they evoke a lifetime of awe.

Sail along the river Hooghly and witness a spectacular sunset, and marvel at Belur Math, a fascinating fusion of Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu art motifs.