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The Old Dhaka heritage and food walk is a half-day on foot through the city's oldest lanes, where every stop belongs to a different chapter of the past: the Mughal court, Armenian traders, a 19th-century Muslim patron and Hindu craft families. Because these sites sit close together, the route works best walked rather than driven.
Your guide, Tanvir Hasan, grew up around Lalbagh and Armanitola and has shown visitors these streets for seven years, so the walk comes with local knowledge rather than a script. Food is woven through the morning instead of tacked on at the end, from crisp layered bread with tea to a lunch at one of the old-city kitchens. It suits curious travellers, food lovers and anyone with only a few hours in Dhaka. Expect uneven pavements, busy lanes and plenty of standing, so wear comfortable shoes. The walk is offered in Bangla, English or Hindi, which makes it easy to join for most visitors.
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Tour manager speaks: Bangla, English, Hindi
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Lalbagh, Old Dhaka
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Bangla, English, Hindi
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Tanvir Hasan
Local guide- 7Years guiding
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Speaks Bangla, English and Hindi
Tanvir grew up between the lanes of Lalbagh and Armanitola and has been walking visitors through Old Dhaka for seven years.
His walks mix Mughal and colonial history with the bakeries, spice markets and boatmen of the Buriganga.
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- Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Joined bookingMentor in October 2026
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Timing & weather
About 4 hours.
Prices & payment
US$25 per person.
General
In Lalbagh, Old Dhaka. The guide confirms the exact meeting point when you book.
Tanvir Hasan, who grew up between Lalbagh and Armanitola and has led walks in Old Dhaka for seven years.
Bangla, English and Hindi.
Lalbagh Fort, the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection, the Star Mosque and Shankhari Bazar.
Work on it began in 1678 under the Mughal prince Muhammad Azam, and it was never completed.
Its conch-shell carvers and jewellers, who still work in the lane's small shopfronts.
Comfortable shoes for busy, uneven lanes, and clothes that cover shoulders and knees for the mosque and church.
The daughter of Shaista Khan, the Mughal governor of Bengal. She died at Lalbagh Fort in 1684 and her marble-lined tomb stands at the centre of the fort.
Yes. No Armenian congregation remains in Dhaka, but the Church of Bangladesh holds services there and staff look after the church and its graveyard.
Stay & facilities
Tea, bakarkhani from an Old Dhaka bakery and a biriyani lunch.
The Old Dhaka heritage and food walk is led by Tanvir Hasan, a local guide on bookingMentor. Tanvir speaks Bangla, English and Hindi. To ask the host something before you book, use "Message host" in the "Meet your host" section of this page.
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Getting there
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) is the main airport for Dhaka.