Digha Beach a Seaside Resort

Digha Beach 

                               Digha beach is just an amazing place to be, just listening to the sound of the waves, feeling the cool breeze across my face and my feet emerged into the sand makes me feel so relaxed, peaceful and completely free as though, I am in a magical place so calm and beautiful

                            Digha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies in Purba Medinipur district and at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal. It has a low gradient with shallow sand beach. 

                                Digha is West Bengal's most popular sea resort and tourist spot located south west of Calcutta. It is 187 km from calcutta  and Described as the '"Brighton of the East" in one of Warren Hastings's letters.

                               

                                The beauty of this place is charming and attractive. The beach is girdled with casuarina plantations along the coast enhancing the beauty of this place. 

                                 One can view both sunrise and sunset at Digha sea beach. The sunsets and sunrises reflecting off the salty waters of the Bay of Bengal are something straight off an artist's easel. The sea at Digha is calm and shallow for about a mile from the beach making it quite safe for swimming.

                        Digha originally known as Beerkul during Warren Hastings time was discovered in the late 18th century by the British. It is mentioned as the "Brighton of the East" in one of Warren Hastings's letters (1780 AD) to his wife.

                           Also In 1923, an English tourist John Frank Smith was charmed by the beauty of Digha and started living here. His writings about Digha slowly gave exposure to this place. After independence, he convinced West Bengal's chief minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy to develop Digha as a beach resort.

                                   There are mainly five seasons in Digha, namely summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and spring.  The spring is the most enjoyable season in Digha starting from mid February to mid April.  With different climatic influence through out the year Digha is very much enjoyable for Holiday.

                               There is frequent bus service to Digha from  bus stand of  Dharamtala (Kolkata), Burdwan, Bolpur, Siliguri, Asansol, Kirnahar, Baharampur, Serampore and many other parts of West Bengal. 

               

                             Digha Beach is well connected by every means of Transport.

                               Everyone knows how beautiful digha beach is about which I have mentioned above.....digha beach is connected by each and every means of transport....But I personally prefer  private Taxi mean to travel .... when I travelled to digha beach from Bandel , a place in Hooghly and back it cost me around Rs.7000..

                        

       I have visited 6 beaches till now but Digha is one of the best ....the most wonderful thing in it is the scenery and it's lovely weather ....

                               

                             Most Wonderful thing about this beach is to roam around the beach and one must not forget to watch the sunrise and sunset.