Audio Guided Tour Through Dalhousie or BBD Bagh Area, Kolkata
A walk through HopOn India app around Dalhousie Square or BBD Bag as they call it today. It is the central district of Kolkata and was once the administrative and commercial hub of British India.
The most special features of this experience are : 1. The App opens up new places and new stories for you in the same old cities 2. Each walk is crafted like a masterpiece to offer an immersive experience to the traveller with the correct mix of history, culture, myth, food , through professional narration, with background scores of music, qawalli or sound affects, here and there 3. There is no need for you to depend on a guide - the traveller can take the walk anytime as per will, at his/ her own pace 4. The content is developed by domain experts and curated with utmost care, leaving no room for dependence on the guide's knowhow 5.You pay once for three months and need not pay the guide repeatedly.
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Audio Guided Tour Through Dalhousie or BBD Bagh Area, Kolkata
What's included in Audio Guided Tour Through Dalhousie or BBD Bagh Area, Kolkata
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
The entrance of the Curzon Park with the Governor’s House to your back. It commands a good view of both the stately Raj Bhavan and the splendid Esplanade Mansion. It is difficult to believe that the rundown park used to be covered with flower beds till the 1940’s. Earlier, it was all water. Dharamtalla Tank, the water body that used to exist here, was on its north-east corner and it covered one-fourth of what is now the park
It belongs to the Life Insurance Corporation of India or LIC now, but it was constructed in 1910 by the Jewish tycoon, David Ezra. A giant neon sign LIC logo of the folded hands protecting a flame is installed on the terrace. The LIC is one of India’s richest landlords. According to a large signboard on the building’s ground floor wall, its address is 14/16 Government Place (East). The ground floor is occupied by the Eastern Railways. It has three blocks with eight flats in each. The flats command a great view of the Maidan. All the 999 windows catch the south breeze. South facing flats are at a premium in Kolkata.
Raj Bhavan
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in the capital city Kolkata.. The 27 acres enclosed by an ornamental wall are screened by tall trees and bamboo groves. But in the 19th century up to 1870, no trees were in sight. Its vastness can be guessed from the remark of one of its residents, Lady Dufferin. When asked where meals were cooked in Government House, she remarked: “Somewhere in Calcutta”. It was the first palace of the “City of Palaces” as Calcutta was known then. Several buildings had to be demolished before there was adequate space for the construction of Raj Bhavan or as the British called it, Government House.
Inclusions
- The tour can be accessed multiple times up to a certain validity period
- Audio Guided Walking Tour Through HopOn India App
- Headphones/Earphones (We request please carry your Headphones/Earphones)
- Hand Sanitizer (We suggest please carry Hand sanitizer)
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- Curzon Park Gate near Rash Behari Bose Statue on Marx Engeles Beethi Road
End Points
- The walk will end at the Currency Building on B.B.D. Bagh E
