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Shaheed Minar is a tall monument in Kolkata, raised in the city's open ground to honour martyrs. Its column rises above the surrounding maidan, and the landmark is a familiar meeting point and vantage point in central Kolkata.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
A 5-star hotel 270 m from Shaheed Minar, which is about 4 minutes on foot, so you can reach the monument before the day warms up. Its guest score of 4.4 from 29087 reviews reflects a large, well-established property in the colonial core, handy for the Maidan and the office quarter around it.
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Peerless Hotel Kolkata is the nearest listed stay, 250 m from Shaheed Minar and roughly 4 minutes on foot. The 4-star property carries a guest score of 4.7 from 5133 reviews, the highest among the hotels close to the monument, and its position in Kolkata keeps the metro interchange and New Market within walking distance.
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Collection O Hotel Shalimar puts guests 340 m from Shaheed Minar, about a 5-minute walk. It is one of the closest addresses to the monument without stars or a guest score listed, which makes it a straightforward base if the Maidan and the surrounding colonial streets are the focus of your stay.
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Townhouse Centre Point Inn Near Esplanade Metro Station is a 4-star hotel 390 m from Shaheed Minar, about 6 minutes on foot. Its name points to the Esplanade metro interchange nearby, a practical detail for guests who want to combine a walk to the monument with onward travel across Kolkata.
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Super Hotel O Eminent Hotel is a 3-star property 370 m from Shaheed Minar, roughly 6 minutes on foot. It sits among the tight cluster of stays within 500 m of the monument, so a visit to the Maidan and the old office quarter fits easily into the day.
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Ymca Seacom Inn is a 3-star hotel 450 m from Shaheed Minar, about 7 minutes on foot. A guest score of 3.8 from 666 reviews gives some indication of what previous guests made of it, and the position in Kolkata keeps the monument and New Market within a short walk.
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Hotel Heera is a 3-star hotel 460 m from Shaheed Minar, around 7 minutes on foot. With a guest score of 3.7 from 768 reviews, it is one of the more reviewed options in the immediate cluster around the Maidan, useful for a stay focused on the colonial core.
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Oyo Seacom Inn Ymca Esplanade is a 2-star hotel 470 m from Shaheed Minar, about 7 minutes on foot. It shares a guest score of 3.8 from 666 reviews, and its Esplanade setting places the monument, the metro interchange and the old office quarter within easy reach.
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Hotel Best Inn is a 2-star hotel 500 m from Shaheed Minar, around 7 minutes on foot. Its guest score of 2.9 from 415 reviews is the lowest in this cluster, so it suits travellers who prioritise the 500 m position near the Maidan over a higher rating.
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Hotel Raunak is a 2-star hotel 440 m from Shaheed Minar, about 7 minutes on foot. It sits in the compact group of stays within 500 m of the monument, a convenient spot if you want the Maidan and the surrounding colonial streets on your doorstep.
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All the listed stays sit in Kolkata, and a handful stand especially close to the monument. The Oberoi Grand Kolkata is 270 m away and Peerless Hotel Kolkata 250 m, both about 4 minutes on foot, which makes them the handiest bases for a morning at Shaheed Minar. Slightly farther, Collection O Hotel Shalimar at 340 m and Townhouse Centre Point Inn Near Esplanade Metro Station at 390 m keep the walk under 6 minutes. The neighbourhood is the colonial core, with the metro interchange and New Market within walking distance of each other.
From the closest properties the landmark is a short walk: Peerless Hotel Kolkata and The Oberoi Grand Kolkata are 250 m and 270 m away, roughly 4 minutes each, and Collection O Hotel Shalimar at 340 m is about 5 minutes. Townhouse Centre Point Inn Near Esplanade Metro Station and Super Hotel O Eminent Hotel come next at 390 m and 370 m, both 6 minutes on foot, followed by Ymca Seacom Inn, Hotel Heera, Oyo Seacom Inn Ymca Esplanade, Hotel Best Inn, Hotel Raunak, Hotel Society and ZO Rooms Esplanade SN Banerjee Road, all between 440 m and 500 m and 7 minutes away. The farther listed hotels, such as OYO Flagship 16209 Hotel Ambar Palace, Hotel Majestic and Hotel O Al Pine 76, are 510 m to 570 m out, still an 8-minute walk. Guests arriving by air or from elsewhere in the city can take a taxi or use the metro interchange in the colonial core.
Shaheed Minar is one of Kolkata's most recognisable monuments, a tall column rising over the open ground at the northern edge of the Maidan. The landmark is a historic monument, and visitors come to see its fluted pillar and capital up close, to photograph it against the sky, and to take in the sweep of the Maidan around it. It sits in the colonial core of Kolkata, where the metro interchange, New Market and the old office quarter sit within walking distance of each other, so a visit here fits easily into a day of sightseeing through the Esplanade and BBD Bagh part of the city. Because it stands among lawns and broad roads rather than inside a walled compound, many people simply pass it on foot while moving between the surrounding sights, and hotels near Shaheed Minar put that stretch of the Maidan within a short stroll.
The Oberoi Grand Kolkata is the closest hotel we list, about 4 min walk · 270 m from Shaheed Minar in a straight line, in Kolkata.
Yes: 86 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Shaheed Minar, about a 15-minute walk, and 12 are within 500 m. The closest is The Oberoi Grand Kolkata, 270 m away.
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Peerless Hotel Kolkata has the best guest score of the hotels near Shaheed Minar: 4.7/5 from 5,133 reviews, 250 m away.
7 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Shaheed Minar have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being Peerless Hotel Kolkata (250 m).
Among the listed stays, Peerless Hotel Kolkata stands out with a guest score of 4.7 from 5133 reviews, and The Oberoi Grand Kolkata follows with 4.4 from 29087 reviews. Both are within about 4 minutes on foot of the monument, so a high rating and a very short walk come together here.
The site lists 86 hotels within 1 km of Shaheed Minar and 172 within 2 km, against 12 within 500 m.
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