• Full Day Tour Programme:

1) North Kolkata -

North kolkata is the oldest part of the city with all memoirs of indigenous & colonial heritage-A tour designed to portray colorful multicultural facets of the City of joy to be delighted, shocked & inspired... welcome to real Kolkata

• The Details:
Taking Circular train from Princep Ghat to Ahiritola (Kumartuli Ghat)
Places to visit
Kumartuli-the Potters' Colony (by walk)
By Typical North Kolkata Hand pulled Rickshaw
Shovabazar Rajbari/ Chitpur-Jatrapara, showing litho print, Dom Patti- Cane craftsmen
Jorasanko Takurbati (Tagore's birthplace)
Marble Palace-One of the grand private palace of North Kolkata
Nakhoda masque
Lunch
Mechhua / Phalapatti- Fruit market & Dyer's colony
College Street- Coffee house- Asutosh Museum-CU By car
Via Firingi Kalibari- Dalhousie-Quick viewing of all colonial offices-
Writers Building/High Court/GPO/Laldighi/Town hall/Metcalfe hall/ Rajbhaban / St. John's church/Great eastern Hotel/Via Esplanade - Back to Indian Museum.

• The Line:
Indian museum to Princep -15 mins (by car)
Primcep to Ahiritola/ Kumartuli Ghat- 30 mins (by circular train)
Walk via Kumartuli (Palace of Mitras / Dom Patti / Jatrapara/ Madan Mohan Jiu Temple)-lhr 30mins (by walk)
To Jorasanko - RBU down Chitpur road (by rickshaw) at Jorasanko- (2 hrs)
TO Marble Palace (by rickshaw) at Marble Palace - (1 hr)
To Nakhoda masque (by rickshaw) Nakhoda -15 mins
Lunch at Royal Indian Hotel-45 mins
To College Street (by rickshaw)-al Coffee House-15 mins At Asutosh Museum CU- 20 Mins
To Mahabodhi Society via College Square taking car (blue taxi/kolkata cab) to Indian museum via Firingi Kalibari at Bowbazar - Via Dalhousie Writers Building/High Court/GPO/Laldighi/Town hall/Metcalfe hall/ Rajbhaban / St. John's church/Great eastern Hotel - Via Esplanade Back to Indian Museum lhr 30 mins
Roughly 8.3 hours. To be done by 3.30 pm (if started at 7.00) taken half an hour for time losses in the way.

• Tour cost includes An Audio-Visual presentation on the heritage & culture of north Kolkata... An informative booklets or set of brochures, A souvenir or memento from Hutom Pyancha- which is a collectors' item, the guide charges (who are post graduate students or research scholars) All transportation, A traditional north kolkata lunch, coffee & small refreshment, a bottle of mineral water, & entry fees wherever applicable.
• Please wear your walking shoe/sandal/slipper. Its pleasant weather in end Feb at Kolkata- so travel light.
• All spots & venues are subject to impromptu changes if required.

For the guide/explorer-

• A basic research material will be provided on every spots that will be visited in soft or hard version.
• The guide/explorer is expected to edit to make that more interactive & present it with anecdotes to make the story telling part as much interesting as possible.
• Need to take one or more ride as per the tour plan of their own before taking any guest, a traveling & refreshment allowance & DA will be paid for that.
• Need to take necessary permissions for the places where its necessary- a request letter on behalf of Hutom Pyancha will be provided for the purpose.
• There will be a mock presentation of the tour has to be given before they takes any guests with them
• A letter of appointment will be issued on behalf of Hutom Pyancha to the guide/explorer mentioning all roles & responsibilities, payment terms, etc.

2) South Kolkata -

The celebration of the eventful colonial past is the charm of our south Kolkata trip...The route will unveil the magic of
intermingling of grandeur of the white town with the local folklore of kolkata...bon voyage...

• The Details:
Gurusaday museum to enjoy the rich Naxi kantha collection of Bengal
Sabarna sangrahashala - a private museum showcasing the invaluable memento & documents on the very early days of the making of the city.
State Archaeological museum at Behala
Through Alipore the residence of Warren Hastings- the second Governor General of India
Metia buruz- Imambara ofNawab WajidAli Shah (where Ray filmed his Satranj ka khilari- the chess player) -optional
Kalighat- Kali temple (probably from where City has got its name) & Patua para-Demonstration of making 'Pata'
National Library
Calcutta Race course
St Paul's' Cathedral
Tom-tom ride surrounding Maidan
Victoria Memorial
Fort William From outside (if possible the defense museum)
By tram to Esplanade
By car back to Indian Museum

• The Line:
Gurusaday museum to enjoy the rich Naxi kantha collection of Bengal
Sabarna sangrahashala - a private museum showcasing the invaluable memento & documents on the very early days of the making of the city.
State Archaeological museum at Behala
Through Alipore the residence of Warren Hastings- the second Governor General of India
Metia buruz- Imambara ofNawab WajidAli Shah (where Ray filmed his Satranj ka khilari- the chess player) -optional
Kalighat- Kali temple (probably from where City has got its name) & Patua para-Demonstration of making 'Pata'
National Library
Calcutta Race course
St Paul's' Cathedral
Tom-tom ride surrounding Maidan
Victoria Memorial
Fort William From outside (if possible the defense museum)
By tram to Esplanade
By car back to Indian Museum

• The rate includes An Audio-Visual presentation on the heritage & culture of south Kolkata... An informative booklets or set of brochures, A souvenir or memento from Hutom Pyancha- which is a collectors" item, the guide charges (who are post graduate students or research scholars) All transportation. A traditional north kolkata lunch, coffee & small refreshment, a bottle of mineral water, & entry fees wherever applicable.
• Please wear your walking shoe/sandal/slipper.
• Its pleasant weather in end Feb at Kolkata- so travel light.
• All spots & venues are subject to impromptu change in case of any safety problem.

For the guide/explorer-

• A basic research material will be provided on every spots that will be visited in soft or hard version.
• The guide/explorer is expected to edit to make that more interactive & present it with anecdotes to make the story telling part as much interesting as possible.
• Need to take one or more ride as per the tour plan of their own before taking any guest, a traveling & refreshment allowance & DA will be paid for that.
• Need to take necessary permissions for the places where its necessary- a request letter on behalf of Hutom Pyancha will be provided for the purpose.
• There will be a mock presentation of the tour has to be given before they takes any guests with them
• A letter of appointment will be issued on behalf of Hutom Pyancha to the guide/explorer mentioning all roles & responsibilities, payment terms, etc.

3) City Walks:

• Dalhousie- from where the British colony in India started.
Town hall (Kolkata museum)/GPO (old fort William), Writers Building /High Court/Laldighi/Ethnographic museum at old court house street/Metcalfe Hall/ Rajbhaban /St John's church
Duration: 3 hrs.
Meet in front of Great Eastern Hotel As it’s a walk- please wear comfortable sandals or light shoe. Tour cost will include guide charge/an informative brochure/a bottle of mineral water.

• Esplanade- The City Centre
New market the first super market of the country,
Tipu Sultan mosque,
Maidan,
Fort William
Princep Ghat
Victoria memorial
Duration: 4 hrs.
Meet in front of Victoria House- CESC building

Tour cost will include guide charge/an informative brochure/A bottle of mineral water

• Kumartuli- The potter's  
Shovabazar Rajbari
Chitpur-Jatrapara- the Folk Theatre troupes
Dom Patti- Cane craftsmen
Jorasanko Takurbati (Tagore's birthplace)
Marble Palace-One of the grand private palace of North Kolkata
Nakhoda masque
Banamali sarkar & Govindaram Mitra' palace,
Some of the ghats- Ahiritola/Shovabazar/Baghbazar/Armenian,
Duration: 4 hrs.

Meet in front Shovabazar metro station As it's a walk- please wear comfortable sandals or light shoe. Tour cost will include guide charge/an informative brochure/a bottle of mineral water.

• College Street Offered:
Coffee house-Calcutta intellectual's favorite historic building having lot of interesting stories to tell.
Medical college,
Motilal seal college
Presidency College-the pinnacle of nation's academic arena
Sanskrit college- manuscript museum
Mahabodhi society
Calcutta University- Asutosh Museum
Book market & printing/binding Industry at Baithak khana
Duration: 3hrs 30 mins
Meet out Side Mahatma Gandhi metro station

4) Special theme based tours:

• Religious harmony (full day)-
The city preaches & practices a unique the religious syncretism, it's truly a celebration of tolerance in this age of impatience &
aggression ...
Pareshnath Jain Temple (Manikatala)/Chinese Church-(Territte bazaar)/Jewish Synagogue (Ezra Street)
Fire temple (Metcalfe lane)/Mahabodhi Society (College Street)/Armenian Church (BBD Bag)
Tipu Sultan's masque (Esplanade)/St. Paul's Cathedral (JLNeheru road)/Bhawanipur Gurdwara (Bhawanipur)/
Kalighat Temple (Kalighat)
Duration: 5 hrs.
Meet outside Indian Museum       

• Swami Vivekananda commemoration-
Residence of Swamiji at Vivekananda road
Baranagar Math /Belur/Dakhineswar
Duration 5 hours
Meet outside Girish park metro station (by yellow cab) to Vivekananda road -College Street crossing,
To Baranagar math (by car) to Dakhineswar leave car- from dakhineswar to Belur (by ferry) back to Dakhineswar then back to
park street by car.

5 ) Cultural embassies & Art Gallery trip- The city is truly the cultural capital of present day India:

Academy of fine arts/CIMA/Birla Academy of arts & Crafts /Chitrakut/Akarprokar/Maxmuller /Alliance Francases /Gorky/British council/American Centre

There can be many other tailor made tours only limited by your thoughts & enquiry Like-

1. Grave yard tour/
2. Little Europe river cruise (Barrackpore to Chandanagore)
3. Sunset river cruise,
4. The wakeup call- kolkata by early morning (Tram ride at Maidan/to Babaughat/to flower market -Howrah /to Chinese breakfast at Territte bazaar)