Heritage towns of West Bengal
Terracotta temple towns, nawabi capitals and the old European settlements along the Hooghly.
- 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)
- 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)
- Shantipur & Phulia: The handloom towns of the tant sari. (about 95 km from Kolkata, nearest station Phulia or Shantipur)
- 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)
- Bishnupur: Terracotta temples of the Malla kings. (about 140 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bishnupur)
- Shantiniketan: Rabindranath Tagore's university town. (about 160 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bolpur Shantiniketan)
- Mughalmari & Kurumbera: A sixth-century monastery and a fifteenth-century fort. (about 180 km from Kolkata, nearest station Dantan or Kharagpur)
- Jaydev Kenduli: The Baul fair on the Ajay. (about 180 km from Kolkata, nearest station Bolpur Shantiniketan or Durgapur)
- Murshidabad: The last independent Nawabi capital of Bengal. (about 210 km from Kolkata, nearest station Murshidabad or Berhampore Court)
- Susunia & Bikna: A forested hill, an ancient inscription and a dokra village. (about 220 km from Kolkata, nearest station Chhatna or Bankura)
- Azimganj & Jiaganj: Twin river towns of merchant mansions and Jain temples. (about 230 km from Kolkata, nearest station Azimganj Junction or Jiaganj)
- Garh Panchkot & Joychandi: A ruined fort under a hill, and Ray’s rocky skyline. (about 250 km from Kolkata, nearest station Asansol, Adra or Joychandi Pahar)
- Malda: Gaur & Pandua: Ruined medieval capitals of Bengal. (about 330 km from Kolkata, nearest station Malda Town)
- Kurseong: The quieter hill town below Darjeeling. (about 590 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Jalpaiguri)
- Darjeeling: Tea, toy train and Kangchenjunga at sunrise. (about 620 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Jalpaiguri)
- Chilapata Forest: Dense forest with a ruined fort inside it. (about 690 km from Kolkata, nearest station Hasimara)
- Buxa Tiger Reserve & Jayanti: Forest, a hill-top fort and a river on the Bhutan border. (about 700 km from Kolkata, nearest station Alipurduar Junction)
- Cooch Behar: A princely state and its European-style palace. (about 700 km from Kolkata, nearest station New Cooch Behar)
- Kolkata: The City of Joy: colonial grandeur, adda, books and food.
Distances are approximate road figures from central Kolkata.