Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka
Leave the chaos of the outside world behind and step into the tranquillity of the Pan Pacific...
Leave the chaos of the outside world behind and step into the tranquillity of the Pan Pacific...
A rickety beach shack with more atmosphere than amenities. The engaging manager organises package tours to nearby areas and the not-so-nearby Sundarbans.
Nobody will argue with you when you say that this is the best place to stay in Natore and equally nobody will argue with you when you say that the sickeningly tacky bathroom doors aren’t worth the price of admission.
The best budget choice with windowless, but clean, rooms. The Tk 350 rooms differ only from the Tk 250 ones in that they have a TV. They won’t be over the moon to let you stay in the Tk 150 room, but that’s OK because you probably won’t be either.
Thrown haphazardly across a steep jungle-smothered hillside, this brilliant Guide Tours–run resort, 4km and a Tk 120 baby taxi ride from Bandarban, has a wide array of cottages built of authentic bounce-as-you-walk-bamboo and is the best place to.
A sensible option on the main road, just before the causeway. The non–air-con rooms are undoubtedly the ones to go for if the lack of hot water doesn’t bother you. Some rooms have balconies overlooking a small portion of the lake.
Easily the best place to stay in town, the spacious rooms are comfortable and offer what is, for Bangladesh, peace and quiet. It’s clean, friendly and the staff speak English. Located at the southern end of town.
Gorgeous homely rooms that are some of the cleanest you’ll come across in northern Bangladesh, though the bathrooms in the single rooms are cramped. The best thing about this hotel is the thick grassy lawn where you can relax beside the pond.
By far the most exciting development is this new accommodation venture by the same people behind the superb Mermaid Café.
A three-storey building with an English sign and a charming old gentleman manager. The well-presented green and red rooms are tiny but relatively clean, and come with fans and mosquito nets.
Gorgeous lake views and the double rooms are pretty healthy. Single rooms have a toilet but you’ll need to wash in the lake! Friendliest of the budget hotels by far. The staff can organise boat trips for you.
The rooms are decent but otherwise unremarkable. It is becoming outshone by the plethora of new establishments springing up along the main road. Be warned that ‘eggs any style’ means any style that is an omelette.
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