Places here
DarjeelingTea gardens, a small heritage railway and long Himalayan views when the cloud clears, at about 2,045 m.Gangtok and SikkimSikkim's tidy hill capital: monasteries, prayer flags and high lakes, but only with an online permit sorted first.KolkataColonial buildings, bookstalls, street food and festivals in a big, old, argumentative city on the Hooghly river.Puri, Konark, BhubaneswarA pilgrimage beach town, Konark's stone chariot temple and the old temples of Bhubaneswar, close together in Odisha.ShantiniketanRabindranath Tagore's university town in rural Bengal, with open-air classes, a UNESCO listing and almost no nightlife.SundarbansTidal creeks and mangrove forest in the Ganges delta, seen from a small boat. Bring patience and a permit.