Tours and activities
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (toy train)
Darjeeling, West Bengal
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 zigzags, a…
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Natural features
Tiger Hill sunrise, Darjeeling
Darjeeling, West Bengal
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 world's t…
Food and drink
Afternoon tea at the Windamere, Darjeeling
Darjeeling, West Bengal
Stay in any of Darjeeling's cheap guesthouses, but treat yourself to tea in one of the old colonial hotels.
Attractions
Happy Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling
Darjeeling, West Bengal
One of Darjeeling's oldest tea gardens, founded in 1854, on the hillside just below the town.
Buildings
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Kolkata, West Bengal
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 Kolkata.