Shakespeare Sarani In Kolkata

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Shakespeare Sarani in Kolkata is one of the main streets located at the heart of the city. Major buildings including famous educational institutes, important office spaces as well as residential quarters stand along the stretch of the road. Financial institutes like the Syndicate Bank, UBI, Standard Chartered, SBI, Deutsche Bank are situated near to it. Governmental offices like the Office of State Planning Board, educational institute like the Rani Birla College, luxurious hotels like Ashoka Hotel lie along the Shakespeare Sarani in Kolkata.

Shakespeare Sarani starts from the J.L.N Road and runs parallel to Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road and Ho Chi Minh Sarani. Lord Sinha Road, Dr.H.K.M Sarani, D.R U.N. Brahmachari Street and Wood Street intersect this road. Since the road is near to important office buildings and attractive destinations of the city, several hotels and quality eateries are spotted on either side of it.

The top rated Astor Hotel stands on the road. The hotel is 16 km from the Kolkata airport and around 5 km away from both the Howrah and Sealdah railway stations. The nearest metro station is just 200 meters away from the hotel. The hotels of the Shakespeare Sarani mainly cater to the foreign travelers and business men touring Kolkata. The Astor Hotel is a 3 star Hotel and has around 33 rooms with top class accommodation facilities. The hotel has two restaurants named Cheers and the other Kebab-e-que. There is also a beer garden named Cloud Nine.

AC Market in Shakespeare Sarani is one of the most commonly visited shopping spaces in Kolkata. From the indigenous city dwellers to foreign tourists, all find the AC market as an excellent shopping hub. The entire shopping paradise is air conditioned. The four storied building has all over 2000 shops which sells variety of goods at affordable rates. The market is the right place to bargain and you might even be successful enough to shop a quality shirt at a price that can be as low as Rs 150. All types of goods from fashionable garments to daily utilities are available in the market. Foreign brands like Levis, Nike, Sony and Omega; accessories and electronic goods like latest models of mobile, I-pods, computers, video games and other exciting gaming gadgets are sold at considerably cheap rates.

If you are planning to tour Kolkata, the hotels, restaurants and the markets located at Shakespeare Sarani can be one of your preferred destinations in the city. The road is well communicated with the rest of the city roads and you can easily access your desired location by any mode of transport, public as well as private.