Farmis Garden Hotel & Restaurant
Small budget hotel with a restaurant at Mirer Moydan, about 22 rooms, breakfast, Wi-Fi, generator backup and CCTV parking.
from ৳1,500 per night
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Hazrat Shahjalal Dargah
The shrine of the 14th-century Sufi saint who gave Sylhet its name as the spiritual capital.
Hazrat Shahjalal arrived in Sylhet in the early 14th century, and his dargah is the most important pilgrimage site in the region. The complex includes four mosques, a well, a tank of large gozar fish and catfish, and flocks of the famous Jalali pigeons.
- Getting there
- 1 km from Sylhet city, about 10 minutes
- Time on site
- Half a day
- Interest
- Heritage & shrines
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Highlights
- Mosque and shrine complex
- Jalali pigeons and gozar fish pond
- Evening atmosphere and qawwali on special nights
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Best time to visit
Open all year. Thursday evenings and the annual Urs are very crowded.
Getting there
In Dargah Gate, central Sylhet. Any rickshaw or CNG knows it.
Costs
Free. Donations are voluntary.
Local tips
Since 2023 anyone in shorts is turned away at the gate: men should wear long trousers or a lungi, and women loose clothes with a scarf for the head. Take off your shoes where others do. Women pray in their own section near the entrance and do not go up to the tomb; only men climb the stairs.
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Where to stay nearby
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Hotel Crystal Rose
Three-star hotel on Electric Supply Road, Ambarkhana, with a Thai spa, gym, cafe and rooms from singles to suites.
from ৳3,500 per night
Hotel Grand Shah Kamal
Budget to mid-range hotel in Shah Kamal Market at Amberkhana Point on Airport Road, with single, couple, triple and family rooms.
from ৳2,000 per night
Things to book here
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Car with driver, Sylhet division
Air-conditioned cars and microbuses with experienced drivers, by the day.
from ৳5,500 per day
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Shrines and Surma heritage walk
A local historian leads you from Shahjalal Dargah to Keane Bridge through the old town.
from ৳1,500 per person
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Hazrat Shah Paran Dargah
Hilltop shrine of Shahjalal’s nephew, reached by a long stair on the eastern edge of the city.
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Keane Bridge & Ali Amjad’s Clock
The 1930s steel bridge over the Surma and the 19th-century clock tower that face each other.
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Malnichhara Tea Estate
Usually called Bangladesh’s oldest commercial tea garden, dated to 1854 by Banglapedia (some accounts say 1849), minutes from the airport road.