Tour & Symposium Shared Built Heritage in Bengal Dates: 1st December 2017- 8th December 2017 Practical Guide for Participants 1 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal HOTEL Stay at Kolkata : Chowdhury Guest House 55 Chowringhee Road, Kolkata - 700 071 (Walk north from Exide Crossing/Rabindra Sadan Metro Station) Phone: +91 33 228218172, +91 33 22828554 / 5, (M) +91 9831769155, 9231580965 mail: [email protected] Website: www.cguesthouse.com Daily breakfastand selected dinner buffets, as per given schedule: Maharaja Restaurant Adjoining Chowdhury Guest House Stay at Berhampore : Fame Hotel 24/A/7 Kalikapur Road, Shilpo Taluk (beside Berhampore Railway station and Meen Bhawan) Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal www.thefamehotel.com Berhampore Hotel to Azimganj travel time : 1 hour 2 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal SYMPOSIUM VENUE Rabindranath Tagore Centre, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), 9A, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata - 700 071 Tel: 033-22822895, 22823431, 22872680 Fax: 033-22870028 / 4890 E-mail:[email protected] Website: www.tagorecentreiccr.org 3 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal WELCOME DINNER Calcutta Swimming Club 1, Strand Road, Kolkata – 700001 http://www.calcuttaswimmingclub.com/ Bus Pick and Drop Timings: 6:30 PM: From Chowdhury Guest House for Calcutta Swimming Club 10:30 PM: From Calcutta Swimming Club for Chowdhury Guest House 4 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal TRANSPORT ARRIVAL AT : Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Terminal Taxi to Chowdhury Guest House: Pre-Paid from International Terminal Rs 350/- ( Time 1hr 10 min) App Based Cab Service (Uber/ Ola) Rs 300/- ( Time 1hr 10 min) 5 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal Day Time Detail Venue 1.12.2017 Arrive at Calcutta ( All Day) Welcome Drinks & Networking Calcutta Friday 7:oo PM Dinner Swimming Club Chowdhury Guest 6:30 PM Bus Departure from Hotel House Bus Departure from The 10:30 PM Calcutta Swimming Club 2.12.2017 Walking Tours of Kolkata Chowdhury Guest 7:00 AM Bus Departure from Hotel House Saturday 7:30 AM- 9:30 AM Dalhousie SquareWalk 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM Local Breakfast 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM China Town Walk 12:30 PM Bus Departure for Park Street Venue to be 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch at Park Street decided 2:30 PM-3:30 PM Scottish Cemetery Walk 4:00 PM Bus Departure for Hotel Maharaja Restaurant -Buffet Dinner (7-10 PM) Day Trip to Srerampore, 3.12.2017 Chandernagore, Chinsurah Bus Departure from Chowdhury Sunday 7:00 AM Guest House 9:00AM- 9:30 AM Breakfast at Chinsurah Banerjee Cabin 9:30 AM- 11:30 AM Walk around Chinsurah 11:30 AM Bus Departs from Chinsurah Ghorir More 12:oo PM- 2:00 PM Walk around Chandernagore 6 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal Day Time Detail Venue Shalimar/ Red 2:00 PM Lunch at Chandernagore Chillies Restaurant Bus Departure from 3:ooPM Chandernagore 3:30 PM- 5:00 PM Walk around Serampore 5:00 PM Tea in Serampore 5:30 PM Bus Departure for Kolkata Arrival in Chowdhury Guest 7:00 PM House Maharaja Restaurant-Buffet Dinner (7-10 PM) 4.12.2017 8:30 AM-9:30 AM Complimentary Breakfast Maharaja Buffet Indian Council for Cultural Monday 9:30 AM- 1:00 PM Symposium: Session 1 Relations (ICCR) 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Lunch ICCR 2:00 PM- 5:00 PM Symposium: Session 2 Maharaja Buffet Free Evening (7-10 PM) 5.12.2017 Walking Tours of Kolkata Bus Departure from Chowdhury Tuesday 7:00 AM Guest House 7:30 AM- 9:30 AM Tour of Art Deco Calcutta Tour of Indian Botanical 10:30AM-12:30 PM Gardens 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM Lunch at Flurys 2:30 PM-5:00 PM North CalcuttaWalk Sovabazar 5:OO PM – 7.00 PM Cultural Programme Natmandir Chowdhury Guest 7:30 PM Bus Departure for Hotel House Maharaja Buffet Dinner (7-10 PM) 7 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal Day Time Detail Venue 6.12.2017 Trip to Murshidabad Wednesda Chowdhury Guest y 6:00 AM Bus Departure from Hotel House Jain Kothi, 1PM Arrival & Lunch Azimganj 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM Azimganj Heritage Walk Seminar on Place-making as part of “Silk River Project 2017” Bari Kothi, 3.30PM-6.30PM by Kinetika UK Azimganj Cultural Programme – Presenting Bauls and Fakirs of 6.30PM-7.30PM Bari Kothi Ghat Bengal Bari Kothi, 7.30PM-9PM Dinner Reception Azimganj 9PM Departure for Hotel, The Fame Berharampore Tour of Murshidabad and 7.12.2017 surrounds 8AM-9AM Breakfast at Hotel Berharampore 9AM Departure for Hotel Berharampore Visits to Wasif Manzil,Hazarduari Palace, Katra Thursday Masjid, Katgola Palace Tour of &Lunch at 2PM-4PM Cossimbazaar Rajbari(Roys) Bus Departure from 4:00 PM Murshidabad For Kolkata Maharaja 10:00 PM Return to Hotel and Dinner Restaurant 8.12.2017 Free Day 8 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal Departure from Chowdhury Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Guest House for Airport CONTACT PERSONS 1. Sayantani Raychaudhuri +91 9831218706 Email : [email protected] 2. Ravinder Rawat +919650605609 Email: [email protected] 9 Tour & Symposium for Shared Built Heritage in Bengal .