Off the Beaten Path in Kolkata

Free Off the Beaten Path in Kolkata with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided off-the-beaten-path walking tour route in Kolkata. The audio walking tour can include stops such as Victoria Memorial — a white marble museum built between 1906 and 1921 in memory of Queen Victoria, blending Mughal and British Renaissance architecture in vast gardens, Howrah Bridge — a 705-meter cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River carrying 100,000 vehicles daily, built in 1943 without nuts or bolts using riveted steel, Indian Museum — the oldest and largest multipurpose museum in Asia, founded in 1814, with fossil galleries, Mughal miniatures, and an Egyptian mummy, plus hidden gems like Kumartuli — the traditional potters' quarter where enormous clay idols of Hindu deities are handcrafted for festivals and South Park Street Cemetery — a hauntingly beautiful colonial cemetery from the 1760s with pyramid tombs and Gothic monuments overgrown with tropical vegetation.

Use this page as a starting point for a Kolkata walking tour, a free self-guided route, or the Roamee app for Kolkata. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •Victoria Memorial — a white marble museum built between 1906 and 1921 in memory of Queen Victoria, blending Mughal and British Renaissance architecture in vast gardens
• •Howrah Bridge — a 705-meter cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River carrying 100,000 vehicles daily, built in 1943 without nuts or bolts using riveted steel
• •Indian Museum — the oldest and largest multipurpose museum in Asia, founded in 1814, with fossil galleries, Mughal miniatures, and an Egyptian mummy
• •College Street and Book Market — the largest secondhand book market in the world, stretching a half-mile along Kolkata's university district with millions of titles
• •Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity — the headquarters and tomb of Mother Teresa in a modest three-story building where she lived and worked from 1953 until her death

• •Kumartuli — the traditional potters' quarter where enormous clay idols of Hindu deities are handcrafted for festivals
• •South Park Street Cemetery — a hauntingly beautiful colonial cemetery from the 1760s with pyramid tombs and Gothic monuments overgrown with tropical vegetation