What cities and tourist areas are there in Bangladesh?

Main cities: Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Jessore, Rajshahi, Saidpur, Sylhet

Main attractions:

Dhaka/Dacca

The capital of Bangladesh, this is a miraculous place where very ancient and very new food come together. Among the newer buildings, the Jatyo Sangsad, the Capitol building designed by American architect Louis Kahn, and the National Memorial Cemetery, which commemorates those who died in the Revolutionary War, are the most prominent. The most famous ancient humanistic buildings include Mongul Lalbagh Fort, a spectacular 17th-century royal palace and rose garden, with the dignity of old royal history. There is also Chowk Bazaar, a maze of winding alleys that has not changed much since the 17th century. The city is full of mosques with outstanding and attractive shapes. The most worth visiting are Sitara Masjid, built in the 17th century, and Sat Gumbad, which consists of seven groups of mosques towering on the river bank.

Cox’s Bazaar

Bangladesh’s most famous tourist destination and the only seaside resort, with many hotels and restaurants, is a good place for leisure travel. Cox’s Bazaar is only a few kilometers away from the beautiful Inani Beach, known as the longest beach in the world. There are also many other beautiful beaches and some quiet offshore islands nearby, including St. Maarten, Bangladesh’s only coral island.

River Tourism

This is a way for you to experience the wonderful life in Bangladesh while drifting. The most efficient and popular way is to join the "Rocket service" from Dhaka to Khulna, spending thirty hours on this ancient propeller steamer.

The Sunderbans

This primeval forest covers an extremely large area, spreading nearly 300 kilometers from the coastline. The swampy floor of the forest is washed by river water, and the ebb and flow of the tide often changes the channels within the forest. This area is home to a variety of wild animals. It is also the last Royal Bengal Tiger Reserve in Bangladesh (it is said that the 350 Bengal tigers living here account for one-tenth of the world's total), as well as crocodiles, monkeys, Home to turtles, deer, wild boars, lizards and river dolphins. The best way to visit is by boat.

Sylhet

Located on the edge of rolling mountains, this tea-producing resort has green forests and evenly distributed tea farms. The town of Srimangal in the center of the region is ideal for arranging visits to tea farms and watching the tea production process. Several indigenous tribes live in the area, including the Khasi, Pangou and Manipur, and their villages can be visited. This area is also rich in woven products, including furniture, small household items, and baskets.

Paharpur

Dating back to the 9th century, it is home to the largest Buddhist temple ruins south of the Himalayas. The quadrangular temple is more than 250 meters on each side. Long, surrounded by three-meter-thick walls, it contains almost 200 rooms for temple monks. In the middle of the courtyard are the remains of a once great temple, decorated with thousands of clay tiles.

Chittagong Hill Tracts (the Chittagong Hill Tracts)

The unique mountainous scenery of Bangladesh, with forest-covered peaks rising 800 meters above the ground, is home to more than a dozen indigenous tribes, but in addition to Tourists are not allowed to enter outside the towns of Kaptai and Rangamati. The latter is located on a peninsula and looks up to the man-made Kaptai Lake. It was once a mountainous area very popular with the British. Today is a perfect place to swim, paddle, and explore the lake's islands. Note: Please check the current security situation before setting off)

Bicycles

Because most of the country is flat, Bangladesh offers interesting options for those who like to travel by bicycle. , and bicycles are very common here like in India. Cycling around is a great way to get really close to the local people and see the country at a leisurely pace.

Madhupur Forest

One of the few vast forest areas in Bangladesh. It is a paradise for apes and birds, and is also home to animals that originated in East India. The Christian/Zootistic Mandi tribe.

The Bagerhat Area

Located north of Sandurban, Bagerhat is full of historic Hindu and Muslim cultural landscapes, including Bengal One of the most prominent mosques in the country, the famous 14th-century Shait Gumbad Mosque (the name means "60" but is actually 77).

It is also the largest well-preserved mud-brick mosque in Bangladesh, which is even more impressive in the vast deserted background.