Full Day Tour At Sonargoan

Due to the heavy traffic on the road on a working day, we will start our journey pretty early. At the weekend we generally start at 9 am in the morning. A guide and driver will meet you at your hotel lobby/residence, pick you up, and start driving immediately toward Sonargaon which is located 50 km away from Dhaka.

On the way to Sonargoan just after passing Demra a short visit at Nowapar Village, where the Magic fingers are weaving Traditional Jamdani sari at jamdani Sari.

An elegant and good sample of pre-Mughal architecture, the single-domed Goaldi Mosque is the most fascinating of the few surviving monuments of the old capital city.  It was built in the early 16th century, during the supremacy of Husain Shah located at Goaldi which is just half a mile northeast of Panam village in Sonargaon. 

Visit Sadar Bari – a beautiful rajbari (palace) built in 1901 and the Folk Arts and Crafts Museum which is full of folk arts and handicrafts from the 17th century. After a walk for 3 mins onwards the adjacent new museum building of folk arts.

Visit the ruined city Panam Nagar. Constructed between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, this tiny settlement consists of a sole street, lined with a number of 50 mansions built by wealthy Hindu traders, unrestrained during the divider between India and Pakistan when the landowners fled to India. This is a highlight of the Bangladesh Old Capital Tour.

Visit a primary school for the disadvantaged students is from mainly Hindu society. With a space situated in nature, the Rishipara Mandir School was considered like an old-style outdoor school in the Bengal region.  By using local artisan’s craftsmanship, traditional and modern forms of intermediary and indigenous skills have been reflected in this construction. Bamboo has been used to bring back the genuine environmentally-friendly techniques of construction.

 Lunch at a local restaurant to experience traditional Bangladeshi food. 

Visit a char (small river island) in mighty river Meghna by country boat to see traditional life of farmers in Bangladesh, and drive toward Dhaka

 Drop at the hotel/residence. End of Bangladesh Old Capital tour.