VOLUME · EAST INDIA
West Bengal
THE BASICS
West Bengal
From Kolkata's colonial-era grandeur and adda culture down to the mangrove creeks of the Sundarbans and up to Darjeeling's tea-covered hills, a state that runs the length of Bengal's cultural geography.
BEST TIME TO VISIT
October to March.
KEY REGIONS
KolkataDarjeelingSundarbansSiliguri
KNOWN FOR
Darjeeling's tea gardens and toy trainSundarbans mangrove tiger reserveKolkata's Victoria Memorial and Durga PujaHowrah Bridge and the Hooghly ghats
CLIMATE
Humid subtropical on the plains, alpine in the Darjeeling hills, heavy monsoon June–September.
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