Along the Banks of the Hoogly - Downstream

Fly overnight from your chosen airport to Kolkata via Delhi or Dubai.

Arrive Kolkata. Visit the Jain temple, college street, book market and take a tram ride. Dinner and overnight at the 5-star Taj Bengal.
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Travel by train to Farakka (6 hrs). Embark on the elegant RV Rajmahal, your vessel for the seven-night cruise.
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Full-day excursion to the ‘lost city’ of Gaur. Hidden for centuries in jungle greenery, its ruins are now revealed with several mosques and Mughal monuments.
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Sail down the Hoogly proper to Baranagar. Continue to Murshidabad to visit the Nawab’s Hazardu-ari Palace, Katra Mosque and the 18th-century palaces of Nashipara and Katgola.
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Walk to Khushbagh, a Moghul-style garden. Cruise to the battlefield of Plassey, where in 1757 Clive of India defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah. Visit the obelisk and moor near Katwa.
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Visit the brass-working village of Matiari and the Krishna temple of Mayapur, a focal point for Hare Krishna devotees from around the world.
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Sail to Kalna and take a rickshaw ride to the impressive group of terracotta temples. Continue to visit the historic Islamic site of the Imambara, its walls adorned with verses from the Koran.
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Sail to Chandernagore, visit its museum and sail past the Dutch settlement of Chinsura. At Barrackpore, walk through the cantonment past the Semaphore Tower, Government House, the Temple of Fame and Flagstaff House.
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Sail under the Howrah Bridge to central Kolkata for overnight at the 5-star Taj Bengal. Drive around colonial Calcutta, visiting Victoria Memorial, Dalhousie Square and St. John’s Church.
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Return flight to your chosen airport via Delhi or Dubai.
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