Spend a Full-day exploring Sonargaon; the ancient capital of Bengal. You will Learn about the ancient history and culture of the country through visiting mentioned places and through a boat ride to a beautiful small island of the mighty River Meghna, Experience your visit to the Folk Arts & Crafts Museum, and the abandoned city of Panam, accompanied by a professional Historian guide. Explore your round-trip from Dhaka including a Traditional local lunch and all entrance fees to attractions.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Transportation by both private and available communal vehicle
✔ Wooden Rowboat and Traditional Pulling Rickshaw Ride
✔ Traditional local cuisine lunch
✔ Hotel pickup and dropoff
✔ Professional art historian guide
✔ Walking tour through small narrow streets around the old town
✖ Drinks both Soft and Hard
✖ Any personal Expenses which is not mentioned.
✖ Guide and Drivers Tips
Pickup Locations
1. Executive Inn
2. Babylon Hotel & Serviced Apartment
3. Hotel Bon Vivant
4. Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden
5. The New Days
6. Zia Intl Airport
7. Ascott The Residence Dhaka
Additional Info: We pickup our travelers and guests from any centrally located Dhaka Hotel.
Itinerary
1
Sonargaon Folk Art and Craft Museum
Sonargaon is a historic city in central Bangladesh. It is one of the Ancient capitals of the historic region of Bengal and was an administrative center of eastern Bengal. It was also a port and trading center started from the Medieval era to British colonial rule, merchants built many Indo-Saracenic townhouses in the Panam neighborhood. You will visit Royal Palace and its adjacent folk Art and craft museum.
Note: Thursday off. Friday half day (open after 3:00pm).
Duration: 2 hours
2
Goaldi Mosque
Goaldi Mosque, Goaldi Road Sonargaon, Dhaka City Bangladesh
The Goaldi Mosque is one of the few surviving medieval monuments in Sonargaon. This beautiful single-domed Goaldi Mosque is the most impressive of the few extant monuments of the old capital city, and a good example of pre-Mughal architecture.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Panam Nagar
One of the most glorious place of Sonargaon that offers ancient traditional structural and architectural views from Medieval Era, with its enormous beauty is really refreshing for a person who love to take photographs, observe the nature and history together. An amazing set of ruins, mostly from the Hindu era, with architecture influenced by Greece, Europe, China; the buildings are in various states of disrepair but there are still many interesting things to see.
Note: Sunday off. Monday half day (open after 2:30pm).
Duration: 2 hours
Additional info
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Infant meals not included
