Kolkata
Kolkata Colonial Heritage & Old City Group Walking Tour
Kolkata Colonial Heritage & Old City Group Walking Tour
Kolkata's colonial monuments and old-city food lanes, as a pooled group walk.
About this experience
Highlights
- Victoria Memorial Hall - 26-hectare white marble monument, the largest built to any monarch
- Howrah Bridge - the world's busiest cantilever bridge, built without a single nut or bolt
- Tiretta Bazaar - India's last Chinatown breakfast market, fullest on Sunday mornings
- Sobhabazar Rajbari - the 1757 mansion behind one of Kolkata's oldest Durga Pujas
- College Street's Indian Coffee House - a century-old Kolkata intellectual institution
Inclusions & Exclusions
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Itinerary
Victoria Memorial, Howrah Bridge and the Park Street Crawl
A day through Kolkata's grandest colonial set pieces, closing with an evening food crawl through Park Street, walked as a pooled group.
Tiretta Bazaar, Sobhabazar Rajbari and the College Street Book Market
A dawn walk through India's last Chinatown market, then the old city's Durga Puja mansion and College Street, closing with sweet-making, as a pooled group.
Requirements
What you’ll need and key rules before you go.
- Comfortable walking shoes for narrow lanes and market crawls
- Valid government photo ID
- Modest, breathable clothing suited to Kolkata's humid weather
- Cash for local transport fares and market purchases
- A light jacket for early winter mornings, October to February
- A reusable water bottle for the walking circuits
- Camera for Victoria Memorial's galleries and Howrah Bridge views
- Writers' Building's interior is restricted - exterior viewing only
- Tiretta Bazaar's full stall spread runs on Sunday mornings only
- Photography inside some heritage interiors may need prior permission
Policies
Cancellation & Refunds Policy
Effective date: 15 Oct 2026
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Paying for your trip
Guided Experiences: full price at booking; Part Payment not available.
If you cancel
Cancellation charge on package price; cash refund from amount paid; never pay the difference if charge exceeds amount paid.
If you cancel within 24 hours of booking
Cancel within 24 hours when the experience starts at least 48 hours after booking. Cash: everything except platform fee. Travel Credit: everything paid.
Guided Experiences
Paid in full at booking.
- Within eligible 24-hour window: platform fee only
- After 24 hours to 7 days before start: 10% of package price
- 7 to 3 days before start: 50% of package price; Travel Credit 55% of the package price, or your cash refund plus Rs. 5,000, whichever is lower
- Under 72 hours, at least 24 hours before start: no cash; 10% of the package price, up to Rs. 10,000.
- Under 24 hours or no-show: no refund or credit
A quick example
Part Payment cancellation example and charge-exceeds-paid rules on evynx.com/cancellation-refund.
Travel Credit
Use on any eligible Evynx booking. Book within 3 months; travel within 12 months after that. One conversion per cancelled booking. Late-cancellation credit bands on evynx.com/cancellation-refund.
Changing your travel date
First date change free at least 7 days before travel (same operator and trip). Second change or change within 7 days: 10% of the package price plus unrecoverable costs where applicable. Cancellation bands do not restart on reschedule.
If you do not pay the balance
Private balance due 21 days before travel; Group 14 days. Unpaid after reminders: cancelled at 10% of the package price; no extra bill if charge exceeds amount paid.
Platform fee
Once per package; not refundable to cash except where operator cancels. Evynx absorbs payment-provider refund charges.
Costs that may not be refundable
Non-recoverable permits, tickets, passes and third-party reservations once committed in your name.
If some travellers withdraw
No fixed percentage; operator assessment within 3 working days; recovered amounts passed to you in full.
If you add travellers
Additional travellers at price when added; platform fee not charged again.
If your operator cancels
Full refund including platform fee, or reschedule at no additional cost.
If the trip cannot go ahead
Reschedule first where possible; otherwise refund rules in policy section 16.
Changing a traveller's name
Private/Group: up to 48 hours before departure. Guided Experiences: 24 hours before start.
How to cancel and when your refund arrives
My Bookings or contact from booking page. Confirmation within 1 working day; refund released within 24-48 hours; bank/UPI 3-10 business days.