If history is your cup of tea - This area stretches from Amritsar in the Punjab to Calcutta in West Bengal.

In a region where many religions come together, visit

• Amritsar, spiritual centre of the Sikh religion with its world-famous Golden Temple.
• Varanasi, one of the world’s oldest living cities and centre of great devotion and pilgrimage for Hindus.
• Sarnath, holy centre of Buddhism, where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma.

To gain a historical perspective, visit

• Pataliputra is the ancient capital of one of the Indian dynasties. Having been mostly of wooden construction, all that remains is a plan of wooden piles sticking out of the ground.
• Calcutta is the first British capital and great port, now a sprawling city with many reminders of its colonial past.
  

Calcutta is one of the gateways to the northeastern states, a remote region with spectacular wildlife and many tea plantations around Darjeeling. Thanks to their special features, the Tribal areas in the northeast are now in a protected region with a government-imposed minimum daily spending limit for tourists.

To find out more, please call me on +0800 135 7129 or contact me.