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Top Hotels in Kolkata
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The Vaishnodevi Hotel Katra
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The Gateway Hotel Janardhanapuram Varkala
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Himmatgarh Palace Jaisalmer
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Hotel Vishnupriya Udaipur
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Usha Kiran Palace Hotel & Tower Agra
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Hotel Padmini Nivas Mussoorie
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Hotel Lohmod New Delhi
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Srivastava Hospitality Services New Delhi
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Hotel Bandra Residency Mumbai (Bombay)
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Pink Pearl Hotel & Fun City Jaipur
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Horizon Calangute
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Santana Beach Resort Candolim
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Airport Residency Ahmedabad
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Hotel Nakshatra Secunderabad
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Comfort Inn Vijay Residency Bangalore
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Telehaus International Hotel Bangalore
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Asia - The Oasis Resort Patnitop
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Arcadia Hotel Kottayam
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Hotel Shiva Continental Mussoorie
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Fortune Murali Park Vijayawada
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Hotel Solmar Panaji
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Hotel Apra Inn New Delhi
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Citizen Hotel Mumbai (Bombay)
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Comfort Inn Hawa Mahal Jaipur
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Hotel Mandakini Nirmal Jaipur
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Fortune Select Metropolitan Jaipur
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Hotel Victerrace Kolkata (Calcutta)
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Hotel Ankit Palace Manali
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Leo Continental Secunderabad
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Wildhaven Resort Bandhavgarh National Park
8 reviews
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BaskarOne Bangalore
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The Renai Cochin Kochi
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Hotel Shiraz Regency Amritsar
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La Cascade Hotel Amritsar
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J's Heritage Hotel & Resort Kodaikanal
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Hotel Sri Nanak Continental New Delhi
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Hotel Grand Shoba New Delhi
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Hotel Shiva Continental New Delhi
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President Hotel Mysore
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Hotel Singhs International Mumbai (Bombay)
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Kolkata
Travel Blogs from Kolkata, India
Kolkata, Art, love and Chai
I sit and write this entry on my favorite Kolkata rooftop at 1.42am on my penultimate night in this wonderful city- after 3 weeks of her wonderful company- in a nostalgic mood. Three weeks ago i arrived, overly exited and energized about being back ...
Jian Temple and Monasteries
Jain Bihara type caves were build as Temples for worshiping and Monasteries at the same time. They are the youngest among all three - Buddhist, hindu, Jain respectively. They posses much finer curving on stone and oppointed using of colors to enhance the ...
"The best worst smell in the world"
First, I would like to recommend the book I am currently engrossed in, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. Its excellent and the author has a beautiful way of creating a world in Bombay for you to bury yourself in. Read it! Besides reading when I ...
Walking on Kolkata Tarmac
... our flight to Kathmandu and our destined meeting with Air India. We walked from the domestic Terminal. Walking in Kolkata. In the international terminal we got to wait and spent the morning at a restaurant, waiting for the gate to open. In ...
12th Nov 2011
... of the memorial began to change as i imagine the Taj would. Sat in peace enjoying a late lunch gave me time to reflect on Kolkata. I had no interest at first to visit this city with what i heard and imagined the place would look, smell and feel ...
My India is great!
Kolkata! Ich habe keine Ahnung wo ich beginnen soll!! Ich bin erst ein paar Tage hier und habe schon so viel erlebt! :) I dont know where to beginn! There was so much happening in the last days! Ich liebe es! I love it! Ich habe gluecklicherweise Shoaib ...
KOLKATA
... played with the baby, some women came on the train clapped their hands and asked for money for no apparent reason??? Eunuchs again? Kolkata is a bit depressing. But, I had such a horrible picture of the city in my mind, that it's not so ...
Arrival in Kolkata
My British Airways 11 hour flight from London arrived early in the morning in Kolkata, India. The flight was rather uneventful. I sat next to some travelers from the Netherlands who only spoke a little English and there were a couple ...
see the beauty of the city in morning...
if you would like to have unforgetteble beauty , roam in the city around morning 7 to 8 approx and you will know how beautiful the city ...
Day 1 @ Sealdah
There were a lot of speculations and hindrances as the eve of our departure came closer. Initially it was rain lashing the Eastern and North-Eastern part of the country, when the weather started to look good few days before we were about to start ...
Thaliban
... even earlier. I eventually decided to come to and peered out the window. We were still on the outskirts of Calcutta, India's third or second largest city depending on who you talk to, at 14 million (officially) and already there were plenty of ...
Grumpy and Green in Kolkata
... to discussions of this nature. Mark has also been invaluable in cutting good foreign currency exchange deals . Subsequently landed at Kolkata airport and involved in 3 altercations between the time of landing and exiting airport in ...
Headin' for the hills
... in style. The first thing to note (probably because it's in the name) is that AC cars come with air conditioning. Kolkata was surprisingly hot and humid so the addition of air conditioning was a blessing. It is also a cleaner and more comfortable car, we ...
The trip to ancient India 2008-2009
... , India. As I already told you the purpose of my trip was social work. I was going to join the team of international workers located in Kolkata, India. The whole route looks like this ...
A picture says a thousand words...
We had our first class on Wednesday as I think I mentioned in an earlier post. It went really well. I enjoyed being able to hear some of what the students had to say and what they were feeling/struggling with. A really good conversation was started by ...
LES RANIS SONT FOLLES DE MON CORPS
Jeudi 26 janvier Bonjouratous, En préambule un truc qui m'a bien fait marrer… Lors de mon dernier voyage en Malaisie avec Jo, j’ai posté un message dont le titre était « Je me suis fait sucer ». J’étais bien entendu ...
Off season in Sikkim
We did five days and four nights mid February in Sikkim that with 7.096 square kilometres is the smallest state in India. It used to be a separate kingdom in the past and this is sill noticeable in the proudness of the Sikkimese we spoke to ...
cave number 29 & 30
Cave number 29 - called Sita-ki-Nahani or Dhumarlena & Cave number 30 - called as Chhota Kailasa are the one deserve a mention here. Both are Hindu Caves build to honor Lord Shiva. Cave 29 depicts the furious forms of Shiva - Maheshwara, Nataraj, ...
Kolkata 15 dec Jour 2
Hier nous avons finalement rencontre Mik a l'hotel Fairlawn vers 14:30. Son voyage de train a dure pres de 28:15 hres. Tout est bien avec lui.. La raison qu'il avait laisse Clouth est qu"il se sentait de trop avec la presence ...
First day in the land of India !
AirIndia Express, flight IX 921 price one way: paid 3950 baths in Bangkok with bus to the airport BKK 15:00 Kolkata 16:00 ...
India, final post and comments about India
... . Nakonec ale, s trochou trpelivosti, si kazdy najde svou cestu a najde vse co potrebuje (hotely, listky, skutecne ceny apod.) India je obrovskou zemi a procestovat ji celou je zapotrebi mnohem vice casu nez jsme meli my. A nejspis az pote si clovek muze ...
People that i've met are the wonders of my world
... really appreciate it. Now for the happy updates! Another friend, Ashish, who I have mentioned before, has friends with a house outside Kolkata. The friends offered to host anyone who wanted to make the 4 hour drive for a visit. Three of us decided to go ...
Bobs uselsss continued....
... on. I offer her my seat, it's accepted and I am stared at by the others (all men). Chivalry is alive and living in Kolkata. Back at Park Street I head back to the hotel through Chowringhee market. I spot a face I recognise and call John, Bristol John (see ...
How did Mother Teresa stick this humidity??
... was so humid they wouldn't dry. The room stank of damp clothes for the whole time we were there. Ah well ya live ya learn. Kolkata was different from the other big Indian cities we saw. It was still as crowded and dirty but there didn’t seem to be ...
Kolkata: Celebrations and a great city
Welcome to Kolkata: it is October. Monsoon is just over. Sky is clear blue and dotted with floating specs of white cloud. As you arrive at Calcutta airport, a whiff of celebration season enters your nostril. It is celebration season for Bengalis: drums ...
Internet und erste Erkältung
Schon wieder ist Freitag und ich bin schon fast 2 1/2 Wochen hier. Die Zeit vergeht einfach so unglaublich schnell! Leider zeigt der ständige Wechsel zwischen an die 35 Grad draußen und 20 Grad in den klimatisierten Shops und offiziellen Gebäuden ...
Its my brother's birthday today!
... news.php?newstype=local&newsid=245622 http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-pictures-rain-relieves-delhi-pounds-kolkata-2196549.html?HT4= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Monsoon-arrives-in-Kolkata-finally/articleshow/8869189.cms We ...