Riverfront Trail

গঙ্গার ধারে

Prinsep Ghat to Howrah Bridge along the Hooghly

The city’s river edge from south to north: a colonial pavilion, bathing ghats, a riverside park and the flower market under the bridge.

Difficulty

Moderate

When to start

Start around 3 PM to finish at the bridge by dusk, or reverse it at dawn to begin with the flower market.

Getting to the start

Prinsep Ghat station on the Circular Railway, or a taxi from Maidan metro.

The route

1. Prinsep Ghat The Palladian pavilion and the lawns under Vidyasagar Setu.
2. Babughat Walk the promenade north to Rani Rashmoni’s colonnaded ghat of 1830.
3. Eden Gardens A detour into the old garden with its Burmese pagoda.
4. Millennium Park Sit by the water opposite the old office district.
5. Armenian Ghat An Armenian merchant’s ghat of 1734, with the bridge close ahead.
6. Mullick Ghat Flower Market Marigolds by the sackful under the bridge.
7. Howrah Bridge Finish by walking out on the footpath over the river.

Other walks

• Old North Kolkata Walk
• College Street Book Trail
• Kumartuli Art Trail
• Colonial Kolkata Walk
• Bengal Renaissance Trail
• Many Faiths Walk
• Food Heritage Trail
• Old Chinatown Exploration
• South Kolkata Cultural Trail
• Behala Heritage Trail
• Baranagar Riverside Trail
• Barrackpore Heritage Trail