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Travel Tips for Kolkata

Kolkata is one of the safest metropolitan areas in India, and the people are friendly and helpful, unlike in most of India's other large cities. Violent crime in Kolkata is more

Overview

Kolkata is one of the safest metropolitan areas in India, and the people are friendly and helpful, unlike in most of India's other large cities. Violent crime in Kolkata is more or less like any other large Indian city.

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Staying safe

•Kolkata is one of the safest metropolitan areas in India, and the people are friendly and helpful, unlike in most of India's other large cities.
•Violent crime in Kolkata is more or less like any other large Indian city.
•There has been some incidents of chain, bag and mobile snatching in railway stations and empty roads.

Staying safe

Visitors outside the city are often magnets for beggars, frauds and touts. In South Kolkata, beggars often knock at the glass windows of cars.

•Visitors outside the city are often magnets for beggars, frauds and touts.
•In South Kolkata, beggars often knock at the glass windows of cars.
•It does little good to get angry or to say "No" loudly.

When to go

Kolkata has three main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. Summer, from March–May, is hot and humid with temperatures touching 38-42°C.

When to go

Kolkata has three main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. Summer, from March–May, is hot and humid with temperatures touching 38-42°C.

•Kolkata has three main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter.
•Summer, from March–May, is hot and humid with temperatures touching 38-42°C.
•Monsoon starts in June and lasts till September or October.

Getting around

Kolkata has an extensive public transport network, from the modern rapid transit system to the century-old heritage tram system. Taxis and cabs are a popular mode of transport in Kolkata.

Getting around

Kolkata has an extensive public transport network, from the modern rapid transit system to the century-old heritage tram system.

•Kolkata has an extensive public transport network, from the modern rapid transit system to the century-old heritage tram system.

Getting around

Taxis and cabs are a popular mode of transport in Kolkata. Both are easily available, relatively cheap, and will use their meters, at least in theory.

•Taxis and cabs are a popular mode of transport in Kolkata.
•Both are easily available, relatively cheap, and will use their meters, at least in theory.
•The usual way to call such vehicles is to hail one on the street.