There have been times when due to lack of a long span of free time our family has toured the nearest destination available-Puri. With its beautiful beach and innumerable hotels, this sea shore town in the state of orissa is a tourist attraction since ages.
There is an old jagannath temple around the corner and most of the locale is bengali which makes it easy for us bengalis to find ourselves at home there. The food also is quite palatable unlike many other tourist destinations of the country. There are many trains which leave Howrah as well as Sealdah and have Puri as a station in their course.