Every nook and corner of this coffee shop will incite some serious travel obsession in you. Look up and you will see a colourful world map on the ceiling, and running around the rim are figures from Tintin comics ostensibly to get to point X, which is Travelistan. Owners Paromita and Arijit feel there’s no traveller as big as Tintin. Look out for the sprawling, intricately detailed ink sketches of Kolkata by renowned artist Rathin Mitra, and the framed photos of landscapes, mountains, birds and wildlife sent by friends and travellers. You can just settle down with a cup of coffee, tea and a book. The tea they serve is authentic, coming from some of the best tea estates in West Bengal like Makaibari, Gopaldhara, Sungma , and more. Live through travel writers and photographers, like poet and author Kamal Chakraborty, who has restored a forest in an arid environment, and Parimal Bhattacharya, who has lived and worked in Darjeeling and authored multiple books about the town, including No Path In Darjeeling Is Straight.
Google Rating: 4.2/5
Timing: 11 AM - 11 PM
Price: INR 600 for two
Must-Try: Chicken Fingers, Pork Chops, Kitkat Shake, Baked Fish and Pork Ribs
Contact: 08017550408
Instagram: @travelistan.in
