Day trips from Kolkata
Towns and sights close enough to see in a day and be back in Kolkata by night, most of them by local train.
- Serampore (Srirampur): Danish Bengal and the birthplace of modern Bengali printing. (about 30 km from Kolkata, nearest station Shrirampur)
- Chandannagar: A former French colony on the Hooghly. (about 40 km from Kolkata, nearest station Chandannagar)
- Chandraketugarh: A buried city more than two thousand years old. (about 40 km from Kolkata, nearest station Harua Road)
- Bandel & Chinsurah: A Portuguese church, a grand imambara and a Dutch town. (about 50 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bandel Junction)
- Antpur: Terracotta, and the vow of Vivekananda. (about 50 km from Kolkata, nearest station Haripal)
- Bansberia: A temple with thirteen lotus-bud towers. (about 55 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bansberia)
- Deulti & Samtaber: Sarat Chandra’s house by the Rupnarayan. (about 60 km from Kolkata, nearest station Deulti)
- Guptipara: Where Bengal’s community puja began. (about 80 km from Kolkata, nearest station Guptipara)
- Ambika Kalna: The temple city of the Bardhaman kings. (about 85 km from Kolkata, nearest station Ambika Kalna)
- Gadiara: Where the Rupnarayan meets the Hooghly. (about 85 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bagnan, then by bus)
- Shantipur & Phulia: The handloom towns of the tant sari. (about 95 km from Kolkata, nearest station Phulia or Shantipur)
- Parmadan Forest: A riverside deer forest named for Bibhutibhushan. (about 100 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bongaon Junction)
- Tamluk & Mahishadal: An ancient port and a rajbari with a museum. (about 100 km from Kolkata, nearest station Tamluk or Mahishadal)
- Bardhaman: A royal town famous for two sweets. (about 100 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bardhaman Junction)
- Krishnanagar: Clay dolls, a royal town and sarpuria. (about 110 km from Kolkata, nearest station Krishnanagar City Junction)
- Naya, Pingla: The village of singing scroll painters. (about 130 km from Kolkata, nearest station Balichak)
- Purbasthali (Chupi Char): An oxbow lake full of winter birds. (about 130 km from Kolkata, nearest station Purbasthali)
- Bethuadahari Forest: A small deer forest beside the highway. (about 135 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bethuadahari)
Distances are approximate road figures from central Kolkata.