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Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
Illustrative photoCityJashore, KhulnaBenapoleBangladesh’s busiest land port and the main road crossing to India, facing Petrapole on the road to Kolkata.
ForestGazipur, DhakaBhawal National ParkA protected stretch of the old Bhawal sal forest beside the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway, with shaded walks, lakes and picnic spots.
Illustrative photoLake & RiverJhalokati, BarishalBhimruli Floating Guava MarketA canal-side market where farmers sell guava and amra from small boats in the monsoon — the best known of the floating markets of southern Bangladesh.
Illustrative photoHeritagePanchagarh, RangpurBhitargarhThe earthen ramparts and moats of an ancient fortified city north of Panchagarh town, the largest of the “five forts” that gave the district its name.
DistrictBhola, BarishalBholaBangladesh’s largest island, set in the mouth of the Meghna: hilsa country, buffalo curd, wide chars and the mangrove islands of Monpura and Char Kukri-Mukri.
Lake & RiverSylhetBholaganj Sada PathorA wide river bed of pale stones and cold, clear water below the hills.
Illustrative photoHeritageBarguna, BarishalBibichini Shahi MosqueA small Mughal-era mosque on a raised mound in Betagi, linked to the saint Shah Neamatullah, and the oldest standing monument in Barguna.
Illustrative photoLake & RiverFeni, ChattogramBijoy Singh DighiA large, centuries-old tank on the edge of Feni town, named after a local raja, with tree-lined banks for a quiet walk.
HillsNetrokona, MymensinghBijoypur China Clay HillsLow white hills of china clay near the border, where old clay pits have filled with strikingly blue-green water.
Illustrative photoLake & RiverNetrokona, MymensinghBirishiri and the Someshwari RiverA Garo and Hajong village at the foot of the Meghalaya hills, beside the Someshwari — a river of clear water and wide sandbanks coming down from the hills.
NatureSylhetBisnakandiStreams tumbling down from the hills over boulders, at their best in the rainy season.
Lake & RiverBandarban, ChattogramBoga LakeA deep, still lake high in the hills of Ruma, ringed by forest and a Bawm village — the starting point for the trek to Keokradong.
DistrictBogura, RajshahiBoguraThe gateway to North Bengal: a busy trading town on the Karatoa, home to Mahasthangarh — the oldest city site in Bangladesh — and to the country’s most famous sweet doi.
DistrictBrahmanbaria, ChattogramBrahmanbariaA river district on the Titas, close to the Tripura border, celebrated as the home of great classical musicians, with old temples and mosques and the sweet chhanamukhi.
Illustrative photoHeritageBandarban, ChattogramBuddha Dhatu Jadi (Golden Temple)A gleaming golden Theravada Buddhist temple on a hilltop just outside Bandarban town, built in the Myanmar style and known to all as the Golden Temple.
Illustrative photoHeritageChuadanga, KhulnaCarew & Co., DarshanaOne of the oldest industrial works in Bangladesh: a sugar mill and distillery at the border town of Darshana, running since the 1930s amid old buildings and trees.
Illustrative photoHeritageRangpurCarmichael CollegeOne of the oldest and most beautiful colleges in northern Bengal, founded in 1916, with a long domed main building set in a wide green campus.
Illustrative photoLake & RiverNatore, RajshahiChalan BeelThe largest wetland in Bangladesh, a sea of water in the monsoon and a patchwork of fields, fish ponds and drying racks in winter.
DistrictChandpur, ChattogramChandpurThe “City of Hilsa”, where the Padma, the Meghna and the Dakatia meet — reached by launch from Dhaka’s Sadarghat, with wide river views and the freshest hilsa in the country.- Illustrative photoLake & RiverChandpur, ChattogramChandpur MoleheadA river point at Boro Station where the Dakatia meets the Meghna, close to the Padma–Meghna confluence — wide water, passing launches and sunsets.
Illustrative photoHeritageKishoreganj, DhakaChandrabati’s Shiva TempleA slender old Shiva temple in Patuari village, linked to Chandrabati, the sixteenth-century poet often called the first woman poet of Bangla.
HillsChattogramChandranath HillA steep climb to a hilltop temple, with views over the hills and the sea.
DistrictChapainawabganj, RajshahiChapainawabganjThe mango capital of Bangladesh on the Indian border, where the ruins of Gaur, the old capital of the Bengal Sultanate, still stand among the orchards of Shibganj.
Illustrative photoForestBhola, BarishalChar Kukri-MukriA mangrove island at the southern tip of Bhola, a wildlife sanctuary with spotted deer, monkeys and, in winter, flocks of migratory birds on its mudflats.
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