Kolkata, West Bengal · luxury

The Oberoi Grand, Kolkata

★★★★★

The Oberoi Grand has stood on Chowringhee since 1892, and it is still known locally as the Grand Dame of the city. It is a white colonial building around a courtyard pool and garden, with high-ceilinged public rooms, chandeliers and a long colonnaded verandah facing the street. It has hosted a long list of visiting royalty, writers and film stars over more than a century, and the hotel keeps that history visible in its corridors and its restaurants. It sits in the heart of the old business district, close to New Market and Park Street, and it remains the address most associated with grand Kolkata hospitality.