James Prinsep

It's a great place to visit at any time of the year. The list meadows where the memorial stands is a photogenic place with the elephant family made of grass. The pathways surrounding the ghat has comfortable benches to enjoy the scenic beauty of the ghat. You can also enjoy delicious street food along the way. There is also an opportunity to take a boat ride for an hour in the nearby boats as boatmen are ever so ready to take you down the stream. The area is beautiful and has a gorgeous view of the sunset from various ghats. It's a clean place with lots to do. You can see couples coming here more and heavy influx of photographers but don't worry Prinsep Ghat has a place for everyone.

Prinsep Ghat is a ghat built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843. Located between the Water Gate and the St George's Gate of the Fort William, the monument to Prinsep is rich in Greek and Gothic inlays. It was restored by the state's public works department in November 2001 and has since been well-maintained. In its initial years, all royal British entourages used the Prinsep Ghat jetty for embarkation and disembarkation. Prinsep Ghat is one of the oldest recreational spots of Kolkata.[4] People visit it in the evenings on weekends to go boating on the river, stroll along the bank and purchase food from stalls there. One stall selling ice-cream and fast food has been there for more than 40 years. A 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) stretch of the beautified riverfront from Prinsep Ghat to Babughat (Baje Kadamtala Ghat) was inaugurated on 24 May 2012. It has illuminated and landscaped gardens and pathways, fountains and renovated ghats. One of the songs in the Bollywood film Parineeta was shot here on the ghats.[4] Prinsep Ghat also has a railway station named after it. The station is part of the Kolkata Circular Railway which is maintained by Eastern Railway. The station code is PPGT. There is a jetty nearby called the Man-O-War jetty that belongs to the Kolkata Port Trust and commemorates the role played by the port in the Second World War. The jetty is mainly used by the Indian Navy.

Excellent Weather and great atmosphere but nasty business done by some couples

Beautiful place. Parking facility is not available. You have to park your vehicle at roadside. Safe for couples. Beautiful scenic view. Try to go there in early morning or afternoon end.

If you don't get annoyed with the loving birds 😉 then that's the best place to visit here. Surrounded by the nature on the bank of the river Hugli is a good place. Good stuffs, walkway everything is there... Not recommended at evening for singles 😉 because the scenes there can distract and dishearten you 😜 These public places must have some restrictions l. People come here to calm down their internal needs 😡