Soon a new address is going to add itself to the list of city’s banquet destinations. But it isn’t just another. For one, it floats on water, and if that seems exciting, the icing on the cake is the panoramic view it commands any which way you gaze. It’s the Floatel, or the floating hotel if you prefer, coming up fast off the Millenium Park on Strand Road.
Floatel – India’s first
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Kolkata is the riverside city we love to belong to, but seldom we remember the Hooghly till we feel its need, such as immersing idols. Unfortunate but true. But it’s ought not to be. A good part of our leisure can as well be spent on the banks. Which means there needs to be congenial pervasion around to feel so.
Until recently, this was missing, but that’s a different story. Passing it for the moment, let’s gorge on what Floatel is to offer Kolkattans shortly. Without doubt, it’ll be a grand banquet destination, what with open spaces available aplenty. Add to it the flavor of watching a beautiful river flowing by, and it’s just too tempting not to give a miss.
The 2 imposing bridges – Vidyasagar Setu and Rabindra Setu – almost equidistant from where it is located, increase the glamour quotient, as much as the SBI’s regional HQ bang opposite. All in all, the Floatel promises a great value-addition to the city’s places-to-be-in.
It opens the doors for banquets early next month and the rooms about 4 months hence.
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