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Digha

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Digha is the most famous and most visited sea beach in West Bengal. Thousand of tourist come here every year and it is one of the favorite honeymoon spot for many as well. Digha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies inEast Midnapore district and at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal. It has a low gradient with a shallow sand beach with gentle waves extending up to 7 km (4.3 mi) in length. It is the most popular sea resort in the West Bengal. Digha দীঘা Town / Tourist Attraction New Digha Beach Coordinates: 21°41′N 87°33′E Coordinates : 21°41′N 87°33′E Country India State West Bengal District Purba Medinipur Elevation 6 m (20 ft) Languages  • Official Bengali , English Time zone IST ( UTC+5:30 ) Geography : It is located at 21.68°N 87.55°E .It has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft). It is located 183 km (114 mi) from Kolkata / Howrah via Mecheda and 234 km (145 mi) via Kharagpu

Darjeeling

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Darjeeling is most often called the Switzerland of West Bengal. It may not be as beautiful as Switzerland but it has something that even Switzerland doesn’t have. Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya at an elevation of 6,700 ft (2,042.2 m). It is noted for its tea industry, the spectacular views of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and theDarjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is the headquarters of Darjeeling district which has a partially autonomous status within the state of West Bengal. Darjeeling দার্জিলিং दार्जिलिङ City / Tourist attractions A view of Darjeeling from the Happy Valley Tea Estate. Nickname(s): The Queen of Hills Coordinates: 27°3′N 88°16′E Coordinates : 27°3′N 88°16′E Country   India State West Bengal District Darjeeling Government  • Body Darjeeling Municip

Tourism in West Bengal

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West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. The state capital is Kolkata (formerly Calcutta ). The state encompasses two broad natural regions: the Gangetic Plain in the south and the sub-Himalayan and Himalayan area in the north. West Bengal, located on the eastern bottleneck of India stretching from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south, presents some of marvelous landscape features and natural scenic beauty. Some of India's most preferred travel destinations like; the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region in the northern extreme of the state, the highest peak of the state Sandakfu (3,636 m or 11,929 ft) and the Sundarbans mangrove forests in the extreme south. During the British colonial era from 1700–1912, Kolkata enjoyed the privilege of being the capital of British India and witnessed a spate of frenzied construction of buildings, largely influenced by the conscious intermingling of Neo-Gothic