Heritage
Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
Illustrative photoHeritageSirajganj, RajshahiRabindra Kachharibari, ShahzadpurThe Tagore family’s old estate office at Shahzadpur, where Rabindranath lived and wrote in the 1890s — now a museum of his life and belongings.
Illustrative photoHeritageMagura, KhulnaRaja Sitaram Ray’s Palace RuinsThe overgrown remains of the capital Raja Sitaram Ray built at Mohammadpur in the early 18th century — palace walls, temples and the great tanks he dug.
Illustrative photoHeritageRangamati, ChattogramRajban ViharaRangamati’s great Buddhist monastery on the edge of Kaptai Lake, founded around the revered forest monk Banabhante.
Illustrative photoHeritageCox's Bazar, ChattogramRamu Buddhist templesOld monasteries and a large reclining Buddha, a short drive from town.
Illustrative photoHeritagePirojpur, BarishalRayerkathi Zamindar BariThe old palace buildings and temples of the Rayerkathi zamindars, just outside Pirojpur town.
Illustrative photoHeritageShariatpur, DhakaRudrakar MathA tall old math (memorial temple tower) from the zamindar era at Rudrakar, one of the best-known old structures in Shariatpur.
Illustrative photoHeritageNarail, KhulnaS. M. Sultan Memorial MuseumThe riverside home of the painter S. M. Sultan on the Chitra, now a museum of his life and work, with his grave and his children’s boat nearby.
Illustrative photoHeritageJashore, KhulnaSagardariThe village on the Kopotaksho river where the poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt was born; his family home is now a museum, and the Madhu Mela fills it every January.
HeritageNilphamari, RangpurSaidpur Railway TownA town built around one of the country’s oldest railway workshops, with British-era railway quarters, the shard-decorated Chini Mosque and a kebab-and-paratha food scene.
Illustrative photoHeritageRajshahiShah Makhdum's ShrineThe shrine of Hazrat Shah Makhdum Rupos, near the bank of the Padma.
Illustrative photoHeritageCumilla, ChattogramShalban Vihara and MainamatiThe excavated ruins of an early medieval Buddhist monastery on the Lalmai–Mainamati ridge, with the Mainamati Museum next door.- Illustrative photoHeritageMymensinghShashi LodgeThe graceful zamindar palace of the Muktagachha maharajas in the heart of Mymensingh town, with its garden and marble fountain statue.
- Illustrative photoHeritageKushtia, KhulnaShilaidaha KuthibariThe Tagore family’s estate house near the Padma, where Rabindranath lived and wrote for long spells; now a museum set in gardens.
Illustrative photoHeritageKishoreganj, DhakaSholakia EidgahA historic Eid ground on the Narasunda river in Kishoreganj town, known for one of the largest Eid congregations in the country.
HeritageBagerhat, KhulnaSixty Dome MosqueThe great fifteenth-century brick mosque of Khan Jahan Ali, the largest of the Sultanate period in Bangladesh and the heart of the UNESCO-listed Mosque City of Bagerhat.
Illustrative photoHeritageNarayanganj, DhakaSonakanda FortA Mughal river fort on the east bank of the Shitalakshya, facing Hajiganj, known for its massive round gun platform.
HeritageNarayanganj, DhakaSonargaon Folk Art and Crafts MuseumThe museum of the Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation, set in an old zamindar mansion with lakes and gardens, a short ride from Panam City.
HeritageDhakaStar MosqueA mosque covered in mosaic tiles patterned with stars.- Illustrative photoHeritagePabna, RajshahiSuchitra Sen’s HouseThe childhood home in Pabna town of Suchitra Sen, the great star of Bengali cinema, now kept as a memorial to her.
HeritageRangpurTajhat PalaceA white marble-stepped zamindar palace of the early twentieth century on the edge of Rangpur, now home to the Rangpur Museum.
Illustrative photoHeritageHabiganj, SylhetTeliapara Liberation War MemorialA memorial in the Teliapara tea estate where senior Bengali officers met on 4 April 1971 to plan the Liberation War.- Illustrative photoHeritageManikganj, DhakaTeota Zamindar BariAn old zamindar house near the Jamuna at Aricha, with a tall nine-spired temple, linked to the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam through his wife Pramila Devi.
Illustrative photoHeritageLalmonirhat, RangpurTin Bigha Corridor and DahagramA narrow strip of Indian land, leased to Bangladesh, that links the mainland to Dahagram–Angarpota — the country’s last enclave, on the banks of the Teesta.- Illustrative photoHeritageChapainawabganj, RajshahiTohakhanaA Mughal-era brick building beside a large pond, said to have been built by Shah Shuja, with a three-domed mosque and the tomb of the saint Shah Niamatullah nearby.
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