Places for sunset

Ghats, riverside walks and open spaces that are at their best as the sun goes down.

Kumartuli

• Kumartuli Ghat: The potters’ own ghat on the Hooghly.

Bagbazar

• Bagbazar Ghat: A wide northern ghat with a long view down the river.

Sovabazar

• Ahiritola Ghat: A neighbourhood ferry ghat with boats across to Howrah.

Maidan & Chowringhee

• Victoria Memorial: The white-marble memorial museum and its gardens.

Lake Gardens & Southern Avenue

• Rabindra Sarobar: A 73-acre lake ringed by trees: South Kolkata’s morning walk.

Beliaghata

• Subhas Sarobar: East Kolkata’s big lake and park.

Tangra (Chinatown)

• East Kolkata Wetlands: A Ramsar wetland of fish ponds that cleans the city’s waste water.

Salt Lake (Bidhannagar)

• Nalban Boating Complex: A wide lake for boating at the edge of Sector V.

New Town

• Eco Park: A 480-acre park round a lake, with gardens, cycling and replicas of the world’s wonders.
• Biswa Bangla Gate: A steel arch over the main road with a viewing gallery in a hanging ring.

Dakshineswar

• Dakshineswar Kali Temple: Rani Rashmoni’s nine-spired temple on the Hooghly, where Sri Ramakrishna lived.

Baranagar & Cossipore

• Kuthi Ghat: Baranagar’s old riverside ghat, named for the Dutch factory that stood here.

Panihati

• Mahotsavtala Ghat, Panihati: The riverside banyan where the Chida-Dahi festival has been held for five centuries.

Titagarh

• Annapurna Temple, Chanak: Dakshineswar’s near-twin, built in 1875 by Rani Rashmoni’s daughter.

Barrackpore

• Gandhi Ghat: A riverside memorial where Gandhi’s ashes were immersed.
• Mangal Pandey Park: A riverside garden in memory of the sepoy of 1857.

Strand Road & the Ghats

• Howrah Bridge: The cantilever bridge that is the city’s emblem.
• Hooghly Ferry Crossing: The commuter ferry between Howrah station and the city’s ghats.
• Armenian Ghat: A ghat built by an Armenian merchant in 1734.
• Millennium Park: A landscaped riverside park along Strand Road.
• Babughat: A colonnaded ghat of 1830, built by Rani Rashmoni in her husband’s memory.
• Prinsep Ghat: A Palladian pavilion by the river, under the Vidyasagar Setu.

Howrah & the West Bank

• Belur Math: The headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, on the west bank.

More ways to explore Kolkata

• Heritage places in Kolkata
• Museums and galleries in Kolkata
• Ghats on the Hooghly
• Markets and shopping streets
• Places of worship to visit
• Hidden gems of Kolkata
• Free places to visit in Kolkata
• Family-friendly places
• Places to photograph in Kolkata
• Classic food stops and sweet shops
• Parks, lakes and green spaces
• Things to do on a rainy day
• Places near a metro station

Last checked on 2026-10-02. Each place was checked to exist and its position confirmed. Timings, closing days and ticket prices are shown only where known and can change: confirm before you travel.