Tarakeswar

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Travel tips for West Bengal (5)

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  Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (toy train)

  A narrow-gauge mountain railway, opened in 1881, that winds up from the plains to Darjeeling on tracks only 2 feet wide, through loops and …

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  Tiger Hill sunrise, Darjeeling

  A hilltop 11 km from Darjeeling, at 2,590 m, famous for the view at sunrise as the first light turns the snowy summit of Kangchenjunga, the…

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  Afternoon tea at the Windamere, Darjeeling

  Stay in any of Darjeeling's cheap guesthouses, but treat yourself to tea in one of the old colonial hotels.

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  Happy Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling

  One of Darjeeling's oldest tea gardens, founded in 1854, on the hillside just below the town.

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  Victoria Memorial, Kolkata

  A grand white marble building of 1921 in memory of Queen Victoria, set in gardens, with a museum of the British period and the history of K…