Story Walk: Kolkata's Colonial Legacy

Discover Kolkata’s Raj era through captivating stories. Join our popular heritage walk and explore colonial history, trade, and politics.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Admire the front facade of this historic heritage building and enjoy the fascinating stories linked to it.
Points of Interest

  • Writers’ Building
  • General Post Office
  • Kolkata Collector Office
  • Calcutta High Court
  • Town Hall
  • Raj Bhavan
  • Treasury Building (AG Bengal)
  • 8, Red Cross CTO Building
  • लाल दीघि
  • Royal Insurance Building
  • Metcalfe Hall…
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-board WiFi
  • Gratuities, expenses of a personal nature, etc.
Additional Information

This is a Story Walk & one of our most popular tours, certified by so many travelers through the years! If you like listening to stories about the Raj days and Kolkata then this is your tour! It is a very interesting story of how the British started trading in this part of the world rivalling earlier European entrants. Many a booming cannon later, they…

Location
11a, Esplanade East, near Tipu Sultan Masjid Kolkata
Esplanade East
KC Das Confectionery is iconic, right in the heart of the city location known as Esplanade to English Speakers while others call it Dharamtalla. It has a Red Shop sign. Across the street are the Tram lines,Lenin's Statute and on the left you will find Tipu Sultan Mosque with it's domes and minarets
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Travel33368076429
Jul 9, 2025
Raj heritage walk - I had a great experience.thanks to mr koushik chatterjee for a lovely and informative walk.eagarly waiting for next walk.
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Resort819234
Jul 6, 2025
A walk to remember - This was mesmerising with in detail explanation of each and every place with inside stories. Experience the living history today.. planning for next soon.
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Richard_s
Mar 23, 2025
Outstanding tour, Kaushik... - Outstanding tour, Kaushik really knows his history and told the story in a fascinating way. Really enjoyable early morning walk when the city is quiet.
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Z4234uqelsac
Mar 18, 2025
Phenomenal tour - As a solo female traveler in India for the first time, I joined two tours with Kaushik across Kolkata (also the Mesmerising Kolkata tour) and wow -- what a phenomenal experience! By far one of the absolute highlights of my time in India! Kaushik is brilliantly knowledgeable, a fantastic storyteller, immensely kind and patient, flexible in how the visit is organised, always making sure that I felt safe, had enough to eat and drink and that my questions were answered. It felt like he knew the history and had stories for every single building, street and square we passed. Some of the highlights for me included drinking chai and sitting in Lal Dighi/Tank Square while Kaushik told us the history of Kolkata. But even with all the extraordinary sights, the true highlight of the tour was getting to experience the intensity of the daily rush and flow of busy Kolkata streets. Kaushik made me feel safe and taken care of throughout. Kaushik, I can't thank you enough for this experience. I will recommend your tours to anyone going to India and hope to be able to join another in the future. All the best!!
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823devyanip
Mar 9, 2025
Best way to immerse in colonial Calcutta - Fantastic tour! Kaushik is so knowledgeable and can pull in stories and nuggets from various sources and contexts. He does this as a labour of love, and was extremely giving with his time, and flexible to meet our interests. As a solo woman, I felt absolutely safe and would recommend this walk to anyone looking for a genuine experience of the city - and country's - colonial history.
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Eleazerj0elt
Feb 27, 2025
Great experience! - I have done many walking tours and this one is really special. Walking around old Kolkata was truly a walk down history lane. My tour guide Kaushik Chatterjee of Kolkata Story Tours was brilliant and took me around the old historical town and really brought to life the old glory of the place. Old Kolkata needs a bit of sprucing up but Kaushik knew his history very well and took pride in his heritage which really made all the difference. He even offered me the traditional chai from two of the local vendors. It was money well-spent.
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Annehf5963nt
Feb 11, 2025
Excellent. Recommended. - Thank you for such an interesting walk. We really appreciated your knowledge and clear communications. And the extra advice about an Indian SIM card!
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Passport42426681946
Feb 4, 2025
Kolkata, the British influence and so much more - Informative, interesting, generous and enjoyable. This tour really bought the city to life for me. Highly recommended.
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Drapere
Feb 1, 2025
An amazing morning which taught me more than a lifetime of interest in Kolkata has done. - Kaushik brought the Raj heritage to life. We set off very early but this made total sense when we reached our starting point...once the day's business begins it would be hard to move freely between sites or hear his fascinating accounts of the history of the places we saw. He explained the iconography of hidden buildings, why places were where they were and how they evolved. His raccontering skills are immense and his knowledge base outstanding. If you think you ' Know' Raj Kolkata, I can assure you, you don't. All this and the best chai! As a solo woman, I pick tours carefully. Go for it!
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Traveler28695394401
Jan 29, 2025
Heritage Walk with Kaushik sir - Lovely Heritage Walk and a quick easy explanations/stories of various places, within the span of few hours. Very good experience as an architecture student.
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From $25
up to 9 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).