Hangout places in Kolkata and outskirts you didn't know about

We bengalies love to travel, mostly during the Puja holidays, We travel so much that we have to find new places to travel, sometimes we go to same places more than once. I remember going to Kashmir and rarely missing Kolkata because everybody around me were talking in Bengali, the only reminder that I was out of Kolkata was the herd of pretty sheeps, and of course the sceneries. But how many of us has been to the hangout places in Kolkata or at the outskirts? I mean we take a day to visit the botanical gardens during our trip but how many of us has went to Alipur Horticulture? Yes there's a Horticulture in Kolkata and it is an amazing place to hangout. Here are a few places where you should plan a weekend trip or just an evening visit before making the next travel plan.

Alipore Horticulture.

I've been there on a winter afternoon while the flower show was going on. Truly speaking I've seen nothing like that in my entire life and I'm going to take my mum when the next flower show starts.

Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctury

Trust me, you wouldn't want to miss this place. A small tip: Don't make much noise when you are hanging out amidst the woods, you will make the birds fly away. ;)

Santiniketan

I don't think I have to say much about this place. :)

Bakkhali

I have heard a lot about this place but haven't been that lucky to spend a weekend over there. But someday a blog post about this place will be up. I promise.

Princep Ghat

You'll be stupid if you stay at Kolkata and never been this place. 

Well these are just a few spots to hangout in and around Kolkata. But we are not done yet... We'll keep travelling and discovering and editing this post... Till then, decide which place among the above would you like to start with. :)

Piyali Island

If you love travelling but hate  tourist crowd this might just be the idead place for you to visit on a weekend.  Away from all the city hustles and tourist crowd you'll find the tranquility of nature along with a touch of the Sundarban.

There is only one privately run lodge in Piyali Island which has nice arragnment for night staying and is filled with gardens and birds.