Hotel 233 Park Street: A boutique hotel on vintage street

A hotel with no restaurant, hardly a lobby and really quite small rooms without a view is where we recommend you stay in the City of Joy, Kolkata? Yes, indeed. Because it is tough to beat this new boutique property for location and atmosphere and personal attention. Antique furniture sits in state on old-fashioned marble-mosaic floors. Bedding is nice and bathrooms clean and modern. Simple breakfast only, but there is a choice of trays that they will make-up and deliver to your room in the absence of a dining area – hey, call it the luxury of breakfast in bed! And they put Bengali sweetmeats rather than chocolates on your table, which we thoroughly approve of. Tariff: Rs 4,000-6,000. Contact 033-22870300, 233parkstreet.com