Our Itinerary of Digha with detailed Information
Digha's Detailed Information with Our Itinerary :
Check the following 1-7 points and you are all set to go.
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1. Where is this Place ?
Digha, the most popular tourist spot of West Bengal is a beach town situated at East Midnapore District and at the northern end of Bay of Bengal. It is almost 184 km from Kolkata. Previously old Digha beach was famous among tourists but heavy soil erosion damaged this beach. Now, New Digha beach is developed which is 2km away from old digha. New digha is covered with casuarina trees.
2. How to reach there?
Reaching Digha
- By Bus : It’s hardly a five hour Drive from Dharmatala/Esplanade to Digha. Prefer taking morning schedule of Bus when temperate is tolerable and highway traffic is less. AC/non AC buses are available. Book from redbus.in
Babughat to Digha buses are also available. Check in goibibo.com
By Road : Best way is to Go by road. If you have your own car / Bike you must try this ride via NH16 and NH 116B.
Watch this video for bike trip experience and route map info. Link in it's description box.
Kolkata to Digha travel cabs are also available at affordable price. Try gozocabs.com/ cabbazar.com
- Transport in Digha.
§ Local bus network for Digha to Mandarmani and other places
§ Autorickshaws, Toto(Battery Car) , Motor-vans(Bhatbhati), Magic-van all local transports are available near the bus stand and railway station to reach Jheu Sagar Udaypur, Talsari and Shankarpur at cheap price.
- Rental bikes also available here.
- Rental cars are also available for tourists.
3. Where to Stay ?
There are plenty of Hotels easily available in Digha. There are a many sea-facing hotels near new digha sea beach. Budget friendly hotels Rs. 400/- per night or luxury hotels Rs. 2000/- / 3000/- per night both are available.
You can easily book hotels from makemytrip.com, booking.com.
Our choice :
Hotel Green Gate – In front of Amarabati Park , Ph no. – 7479023358
Chhabighar Guest House – Near Helipad , Ph no. – 8927862495 / 7431885070
4. When to visit there ?
Actually Digha is an all time tourist destination. It is almost crowed throughout the year. But September to April is the best time to visit this place specially for road trips. During summer road trip become uncomfortable. Monsoon is also risky for road trips.
- 5. What to eat ?
Food is cheap in this town. There are plenty of restaurants and street food stalls available for breakfast , lunch & Dinner. Pure Bengali dish, any kind of fast food, chinese food, momos, Biriyani are sold at reasonable price. As seafood Pomfret, Bhetki, Prawns, Rohu, Parshe, Crabs etc. are found at beachside stalls. Don’t forget to sip into the fresh coconut water which is available at low price.
- Shopping tips
There are a lot of beach side stalls. You can buy cashew nuts, sea shells jewellery & showpiece, Handicraft & wooden showpiece from beachside stalls or town markets. Buy gift for your near & dear ones but don’t forget to bargain before buying to get best price for items.
- 6. Our Itinerary and experience
Actually Digha is a place
where most of us have travelled many times. We are not exception. But this trip
was a road trip by bike of duration 1night & 2days. Our trip plan was
something different. We didn’t headed for crowed New Digha beach and planned
our journey in a unique way. It was totally adventurous.
- Detail plan as follows :
|
Day 1 |
Started at 6.00a.m. from Kolkata, reached 11.30a.m. at Digha. (Snack
break included at roadside stalls) |
Enjoyed at Jhaw beach (i.e. on the way to the hotel) For half an hour. |
Hotel check in at 12.30 noon. (Rest & Lunch break) |
Headed for Udaypur beach at 3.30p.m. Then towards Talsari at 5.00p.m. |
Back to Digha at 6.30p.m. and entered Dheu Sagar beachside park at
7.00p.m. |
Came back at 9.00p.m. , had our dinner and went back to hotel |
|
Day 2 |
Started at 5.15 a.m. in the morning towards Shankarpur |
Reached Shankarpur Beach at 5.50 a.m. and there was no tourist at
that time. We found a solitary beach exclusively for us. |
Returned from Shankarpur to Digha at 8.00a.m. |
After breakfast we started our journey back to Kolkata at 9.30 a.m. |
We explored the village route of Kanthi. We entered village route
after Contai canal-bypass bridge and meet NH116B near Nachinda Railway
Station |
It took quite long time through village route. But experienced a
great road trip. Reached Kolkata at 5.30. (lunch & Snack break included
at roadside stalls) |
Bike Petrol (total cost) – Rs. 1000/- , Hotel Room – Rs.
500/- for 1night, Breakfast – 40/- , lunch – 80/-, Dinner – 60/- , Snack – 20/-
Total = Rs. 1700/-
Do check our Youtube videos for
experiencing our plan in details.
Check here for other sightseeing options in our another post -
So, when the pandemic is over take
a break and try our adventurous plan. What’s left? You already know everything.
Just go for it my readers.
7. Conclusion :
I want to share some travel tips
and safety tips here.
During bike trip stay hydrated.
As the beaches Udaypur, Talsari,
Shankarpur are less crowed get back to hotel or digha town after sunset. Don’t stay
at late night hours in those solitary beaches if you are with family.
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