College Street

If you’re a bookworm, this will be your Mecca in Kolkata. Watertight with shops and hawkers who retail everything academic books to the last bestseller, a mint condition paperback to an out of circulation rare edition, you will find it all here. Needless to say, buying a second-hand copy means acquiring it for a fraction of its original price. While this street attracts a lot of tourists hunting for travel guides, regulars here also include students of the two established educational institutions on the street, Presidency College and Calcutta University.