| Overview » COX'S BAZAR CITY Travel Guide |
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Plan a Cox's Bazar City vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Cox's Bazar City locals.
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| INTRODUCTION » COX'S BAZAR CITY Travel Guide |
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Golden sands, miles after miles, overlooked by genteel cliffs and awash with foaming waves, colourful conch shells,p onderousp agodas,d eliciouss eafood- this is Cox's Bazar.
The sea-side tourist township of Bangladeshb oastingt he world's longest (120 km.) beach sloping gently down into the blue water of the Bay of Bengal - Cox's Bazar is one of the most attractive tourist spots ofthe country.
North of Cox's Bazar is Chittagong and the hill districts of Bandarbana and Khagrachhari to the easti s Myanmar, to the west and south is the Bay of Beneal.
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| HOW TO GO » COX'S BAZAR CITY Travel Guide |
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About 154 km. from Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is connected by a well-built highway. There are Dhaka- Chittagong-Cox's Bazar both ways Biman (Bangladesh Airlines) flights 3 days a week.
Cox's Bazar by waterways from Chittagong is a romantic journey.
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| WHERE TO STAY » COX'S BAZAR CITY Travel Guide |
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Hotels and Motels of Bangladesh Parjatan (Tourism) Corporation are good tourist accommodationsP. rior reservationis advisable( Tel: 8119192,8 I17855-9). Room rent ranges from Tk.600 to Tk.3000.
Good many private hotels of moderate standard are there in Cox's Bazar.
Single moderate accommodation would be available at a cheaper rate.
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| WHERE TO EAT » COX'S BAZAR CITY Travel Guide |
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Parjatan Restaurant Shagorika, Panahar and Sea View are the eating places from the Tourist Corporation.
Privatelv owned restaurants such as Jhauban, Bakoli, Diamond, Niribili, Rojoni, Shojoni are worth trying. Prices are reasonable.
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| TOURIST ATTRACTIONS » COX'S BAZAR CITY Travel Guide |
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The sleepy township at the head of a 120 km. long beach with lines of fancy shops on either sides of Cox's Bazar main road, calm and peaceful Khyangs and Pagodas, Rakhyne quarters, fish harbour of Kostura Ghat, the sights of the rising sun behind the hills and setting of it into the Bay of Bengal - all together gives the aura of a fairy land - a tourist paradise.
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| Inani |
| Lovesome patches of beaches perched between the sea and the hills behind, some 30 km. down south along the sea-front from Cox's Bazar, Inani is a quiet tourist hideout set out in the exuberance of nature. Reachable by public transport plying between Cox's Bazar- Teknaf and by four wheel jeeps driving along the beach. |
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| Himchhari |
| A beauty spot in the solitude of the sea and the hills. About 4 and a half km. southeast from Cox's Bazar along the beach. A four wheeled beach drive during lowtide hours or part of the way on donkey or elephant back and the remainder afoot would be a rewarding memory |
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| Ramu |
| A small Buddhist village Ramu is 15 km. from Cox's Bazar. Atffactions include ancient Buddhist temple and Khyang, Ramkot, Bonashram, Tirthadham rubber gardens Buddhist locality Red Chin Khyang, White Chin Khyang, Jhorkhyang. Ramu is half an hour bus ride from Cox's Bazar. Taxi and minibus are available too |
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| Moheshkhali |
| An island in the Bay in the north western direction off Cox's Bazar. The island is dotted here and there with forested hills with the ancient Adinath Temple in its midst Fishermen's villages and the Rakhyne villages are great attractions of the island. Engine boats and trawlers ply between the island and Cox's Bazar main land every hour throughout the day. Speed-boatasn d trawlers ferry across passengers And cargo regularly.S peed-boatsta ke 10-15 minutes and trawlers half an hour. |
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| Sonadia |
| This is a maiden island off Cox's Bazara crosst he Bay. Under the wide open blue sky fishing community, dry fish processing and colonies of the red sea crabs are attractions of the island |
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| Teknaf |
| Teknaf, a romantic old-world border township in the southernt ip of Bangladesht erritory looking up to the Myanmar high hill ranges across the river Naf. Teknaf is 85 km. from Cox's Bazar by road and 120 km.by the beach along the sea. One can reach there by a public transport that leaves Cox's Bazar every hour. It is about 2 hours'journey each way |
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| St. Martin's Island |
| Country's only coral island is St. Martin's. Its local name is Narikel Jinjira. Attractions are beaches around the island, coral stones, coconut groves, sea crabs, turtle shells and pearls. One can reach there by engine boat across the Bay from Teknaf |
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