Half Day Old Dhaka Tour

Description

Half Day Old Dhaka Trip

Old Dhaka in love

If you want to learn about 400 year’s old city in a glimpse, you must join this trip to experience the lifestyle, heritage, culture, history, food and vibrant life of ‘traffic capital of the world’. Old Dhaka is a historical hub of Bangladesh. It was founded as the capital of Bengal in early 17th century by Mughal. It is situated in the bank of Buriganga river. It was considered as one of the most prosperous cities of south Asia which was also the center of world famous Muslin (finest clothes) trade. During the British period, with the rise of Calcutta (now Kolkata), Dhaka started to decline and became known as “the city of magnificent ruins” It is famous for its different types of food and amicable living of people of religion. Now old Dhaka is famously known for its many historical attractions. Among them Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil (pink palace), Star Mosque, Armenian Church, Dhakeshwari Temple, Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque, Shadarghat Launch Terminal, Ruplal House, Boro Katra, Beauty Boarding, Hossaini Dalan, Dhaka Gate, Central Shaheed Minar, Victoria Park, Hindu Street are the main ones. Among numerous places as far as Old Dhaka is concerned above them are the must visit for traveler. Our expert guide shall unfold the hidden treasures of old Dhaka which are not written on any travel guide. Due to the terrible traffic situation, we may not cover all the mentioned places if you wish to visit Old Dhaka in any working days.

Highlights

• PLAN – A
• Explore the most popular attractions of historic Capital of Bangladesh.
• Meet and interact with locals to get the real taste of the city by taking short boat trip on Buriganga River, Sadarghat.
• Short walk on the Hindu Street and see the Pink Palace (from outside).
• Know about Star Mosque, Armenian Church and Sadarghat River front.

• PLAN – B
• Visit the National Assembly Building from outside
• Curzon Hall, Shaheed Minar, Fine Arts department of University of Dhaka
• Dhakeswari National Hindu Temple
• Historic Lalbagh Fort

Visit Plan

Our guide will meet and greet with you at your hotel/staying place at 8:30am to welcome you with us for your half city trip especially to old part of Dhaka.

Our guide will pick you up and decide the visit sequences of this trip considering the traffic situation. Therefore, you will be taken to different places mentioned in the highlights section.

Later, while driving back, en-route visit the National Parliament building from outside if time permits. You shall return Gulshan/your staying place after five hours of your trip starts with your unique experience.

Includes

• English speaking expert guide
• Air-conditioned vehicle
• Pick up and drop off at Gulshan/Banani/Dhanmondi area.
• Bottle water
• Local wooden boat ride on Buriganga river

Note: Booking closes at 3:00pm on every Thursday. Please contact us to check availability and confirmation.

Exclusions

• Museums /Monuments Entrance fees (Pink Palace $ 5 and Lalbagh Fort $ 2 per foreign national)
• Personal Expenses, drinks beverage.

Price Per Person

*** Please contact us to join “Saturday Trip” to various destinations in & around Dhaka***

Tips & Request

• It would be appreciated if you kindly wear head scarf while visiting any Mosques.
• Lalbagh Fort closed on Sunday & Monday.
• Pink Palace Museum closed on Thursday. Friday, opens from 3:30 – 6:00 pm. (prior ticket needs to buy online, often server is down, so we are unable to purchase the tickets)
• We request you to let us know your priority so we can customize the plan.
• Additional info: Half-day Old Dhaka tour is quite impossible during weekdays.