Digha
Beach
30 persons
Digha Sea Beach is located in the district of Medinipur which is a costal district of West Bengal State. It is stuated about 183 km from Kolkata Via the popular route of Kolkata-Kolaghat-Nandakumar-Kanthi- Digha. This proximity to the state capital has helped this small sea side village to emerge as a very popular weekend getaway with great luxury hotels and tourist resorts. Now with Digha Railway station many trains including Howrah-Digha Super AC express, Tamralipta express, Kandari express and others run between Digha and Howarh and other stations in eastern India. Digha is also located under Contai Sub division of East Midnapore District. Bus connectivity from Kolkata and other small cities & towns of South Bengal has given rise to immense rise of tourist inflow to Digha. People who intend to visit Digha from Jharkhand or Orissa has to get down at Kharagpur station and take Bus or Car to Reach Digha.
Digha is famous for multiple reasons, firstly for its beautiful and wonderful sea beaches, view of the sunrise & sunset and of course for its sea food. The beaches of Old & New Digha, Udaipur sea beach, Mandarmani, Tajpur, Shankarpur sea beaches, Talsari, Chandaneswar Shiv Mandir, Marine aquarium, Amarabati park and many more places are some of the places which makes Digha a famous tourist destination. Near the beach you can buy different kinds of fresh sea fishes being prepared in the sea side stalls both during day and in the evening time. Lot of other eateries of are also available to cater to your tastes. You can buy many sea shell ornaments and souvenirs in the markets adjoining the beaches. With huge cashew plantation you can take a visit there and can buy fresh cashews to take Home.