Travel guide to the 64 districts
Places to see, where to stay, what to eat, culture, history and how to get there — for every district, grouped by division.
Dhaka Division 13
A 400-year-old capital — Mughal monuments, the Buriganga river and the flavours of Old…
The 'Nakshi Kanthar Maath' of the Rural Poet and the banks of the Padma.
Sal forests, a safari park and green getaways right next to the capital.
Wetlands and canals on the Madhumati and historic Tungipara.
Roads across the haor and the country's largest Eid congregation.
The birthplace of the Faraizi movement on the Arial Khan river.
Rows of zamindar palaces and the ferry ghats of the Padma and Jamuna.
Ancient Bikrampur — the Padma Bridge, hilsa and the birthplace of Atish Dipankar.
Ancient Sonargaon, Panam City and the birthplace of Jamdani weaving.
2,500-year-old Wari-Bateshwar and the land of lotkon fruit.
Goalundo ghat — the old gateway where the Padma meets the Jamuna.
The Jajira end of the Padma Bridge and the land of the 'Kirtinasha'.
Handloom saris, Porabari chomchom and grand zamindar houses.
Chattogram Division 11
Kingdom of clouds — home to the country's highest peaks.
Birthplace of maestro Alauddin Khan, land of the Titas river.
Home of hilsa — where the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia meet.
The port city — where hills, sea and the Karnaphuli river meet.
The world's longest natural sandy sea beach (about 120 km).
Mainamati's Buddhist vihara, khadi cloth and rasmalai.
The Muhuri Project and the fort of Shamsher Gazi.
The mysterious Alutila cave and the gateway to Sajek.
Coconut, betel nut and soybean country on the Meghna.
The deer of Nijhum Dwip and the Gandhi Ashram.
A hill town floating on the blue waters of Kaptai Lake.
Rajshahi Division 8
Mahasthangarh — Bengal's oldest city — and its famous curd.
The mango capital and a jewel of Sultanate architecture.
A quiet district of lotiraj taro and ancient ponds.
Paharpur — the largest Buddhist monastery south of the Himalayas.
Rani Bhabani, Banalata Sen and kachagolla sweets.
The Hardinge Bridge, handlooms and the town of Suchitra Sen.
A clean city of silk, mangoes and the Padma riverfront.
The Jamuna Bridge and the handloom markets.
Khulna Division 10
Sixty Dome Mosque and the Sundarbans — two World Heritage Sites in one district.
Carew's sugar mill at Darshana and the history of indigo houses.
Godkhali, the flower capital, and poet Madhusudan's Sagardari.
The Sultanate mosques of Barobazar and one of Asia's largest banyan trees.
Gateway to the Sundarbans, an industrial city on the Rupsha.
Lalon's akhra and Tagore's Shilaidaha — Bengal's cultural capital.
Capital of Raja Sitaram Ray, on the banks of the Madhumati.
Mujibnagar — where the first government of Bangladesh took its oath.
Artist S. M. Sultan's town on the Chitra river.
The western door to the Sundarbans and Pratapaditya's capital.
Barishal Division 6
Tengragiri forest and Shuvo Sandhya beach.
Rice, rivers and canals — the 'Venice of Bengal'.
The country's largest island — Monpura, Char Kukri Mukri.
Bhimruli's floating market and the villages of sheetal pati mats.
Kuakata — 'daughter of the sea', where you can see both sunrise and sunset.
Floating guava markets and floating vegetable gardens.
Sylhet Division 4
Satchari and Rema-Kalenga forests, and the historic Teliapara tea estate.
Sreemangal, the tea capital — Lawachara rainforest and Madhabkunda.
The water world of Tanguar Haor and the birthplace of Baul music.
Land of 'two leaves and a bud' and the holy city of Hazrat Shahjalal.
Rangpur Division 8
The terracotta marvel of Kantajew Temple and the land of lychees.
Rosmonjori sweets and the award-winning Friendship Centre.
Chars of the Brahmaputra and Dharla, and the 'port of Chilmari'.
Teesta Barrage, the Tin Bigha Corridor and stories of the border.
Nilsagar, the Teesta Barrage and the railway town of Saidpur.
Kanchenjunga from Tetulia — the country's northernmost district.
Tajhat Palace, Begum Rokeya's Pairaband and haribhanga mangoes.
A 200-year-old Surjapuri mango tree and royal palaces.
Mymensingh Division 4
Nakshi kantha embroidery and the green hills of Lauchapra.
The Brahmaputra riverbank, Zainul's city and the monda of Muktagachha.
Birishiri's china-clay hills, the Someshwari river and the haor.
Gazni and Madhutila in the lap of the Garo Hills.