DAY 1: KOLKATA

Departure from Italy with a scheduled flight to Calcutta. Arrival and meeting with our representative in Kolkata and transfer to hotel. Overnight at Hotel.

DAY 2: KOLKATA

Half board: Breakfast and visit the places and the most significant monuments of the Indian metropolis: the Victoria Memorial, a temple dedicated to Goddess Kali, which attracts a multitude of the faithful, and Jain temples, places associated with the activity of Mother Teresa, including the house and the museum dedicated to her. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Kolkata - Bhubaneshwar

Full Board: After breakfast, drive to Bhubaneshwar by flight 9W2850 at 10:45. Arrival expected at 12:10 and check into hotel, afternoon visit the magnificent temples extravagant style, typical of Orissa, built between the eighth and twelfth centuries. The Lingaraja Mandir temple complex that contains more than 50 shrines and the small Mukteshwar Mandir, the tenth century, one of the most ornate of the city, the Parsurameswar Mandir, established a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Raja Rani Mandir, famous for its intricate sculptures of the ninth century Brahmeshwar Mandir with erotic scenes. Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 4: Bhubaneshwar - Konarak - Puri (40 km. About 1 hour)

Full board: Morning visit to Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa, and its temples: the Lingaraja, wonderful elegance of his finely sculpted towers that soar upwards, the Parasurameshwar (seventh century), which presents a wealth of sculptures depicting scenes from mythology, Shiva; the Rajarani that affects the grace and elegance of his sculptures, particularly the series of celestial nymphs from the refined sensuality. The most beautiful, for beauty and fine workmanship of the stone is the temple of Mukteshwar. At the end of the visits leaving in the direction of Puri. Along the way, running in an environment characterized by tropical vegetation, we will visit the great temple of Konark consecrated to the Sun God, one of the marvels of Hindu religious dating from the thirteenth century. This magnificent representation symbolizes the heavenly chariot drawn by seven horses and driven by twenty-four stone wheels of giant size and finely chiseled. The statues of the god, driving his chariot to bring light and life, were arranged to receive the rays of the sun at dawn, noon and sunset. Proceed to Puri, which is reached by a path of about thirty kilometers. Arrive in the town overlooking the Bay of Bengal and accommodation at Hotel Hans Coco Palm - 4 *. Puri has a double identity: it is a relaxing tourist destination and an important pilgrimage center for Hindus so that is one of the four main shrines of the country. Dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: PURI

Full board: the great feast day dedicated to honor God's Rath Yatra Jagannath. It will assist in the original celebrations of the god from the crowd every year runs from very numerous throughout the country. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Puri - Gopalpur (SEA) (235 km. 5 hours)

Full Board: After breakfast drive to Gopalpur located on the sea, along a stretch of Lake Chilka. It 's the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, its shallow waters are separated from the Bay of Bengal by a long strip of sand 60 km. Between November and January, more than one million migratory birds from Siberia and Iran populate its shores. Arrival at Gopalpur, dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 7: Gopalpur - Rayagada (215 km. 5 hours)

Full board: Breakfast and departure to Rayagada, along the way stop at the Spa at Taptapani, villages and tribes Saora. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8: Rayagada

Full board: Full day excursion to and knowledge of the tribe Desia Kondh; This community has been until recently, prey to attacks by the Tigers in the surrounding area. They believed it was the work of evil spirits of the forest, and why women Desia, still used to exorcise spirits, decorate their faces with tattoos representing stylized big cat's whiskers. In the village square is a totem erected to propitiate the favor of the spirits with animal sacrifice. In this whole area of Cuttack, are very popular jewelers who produce high-quality handicrafts. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 9: Rayagada

Full board: Breakfast and full day spent exploring the villages of Dongarya Kondh (within one hour and a half of easy walking) and Kutia Kondh. Ethnic groups are very primitive, devoted to agriculture with the technique of "slash and burn". The women dress in white with many ornaments. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 10: Rayagada - JAYPORE (175 km. 4 hours)

Full Board: After breakfast drive to Jaypore. Along the way we stop at Chatikona to savor the atmosphere of the picturesque weekly market (held only on Wednesdays) primarily attended by people of Dhongria-Kondh, living on the slopes of the hills Niyamgiri. Arrival and accommodation at Hotel in Jaypore Hallo Jeypore (better location). Dinner and overnight.

Day 11: JAYPORE

Full board: Breakfast at hotel and excursion in Koraput, Orissa, where the ethnic group that lives more than any other has kept the customs and traditional costumes. People Bonda Remo calls itself, speaks a language difficult and incomprehensible to the other tribes, and has developed an efficient technique of rice cultivation in terraces on the slopes of the hills. They are called the "naked people" because the women wear only a strip of cloth around his waist, and long rows of beaded collars and heavy metal. Today almost 5000 people are concentrated exclusively in this area. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 12: JAYPORE - Vizag (240 km. 6 hours)

Full Board: After breakfast drive to Vishakhapatnam (Vizag) in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Along the way visit the famous market of the tribe Kunduly Badha Parajas. Check-in the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 13: Vizag - Kolkata

Breakfast and morning available for leisure or personal activities. 9W2842 flight back to Kolkata, at 12:55, the arrival in Kolkata at 14:55 and transfer to hotel where you will have the courtesy room until his departure for the latest needs in a timely trasferimeto airport International.

DAY 14: KOLKATA

Departure.

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