Patenga Sea Beach

Patenga Sea Beach is one of the most beautiful and popular beaches in Bangladesh. Located just 14 km away from Chittagong , this beach is easily accessible and its popularity among tourists is increasing day by day. Besides, several schemes are being implemented to make this beach more attractive. Work is underway to develop the 5 km long Patenga beach as a modern and world class tourist center. The beautiful decoration already completed caught everyone's attention.

Located at the estuary of Karnaphuli river and sea, Patenga is a very beautiful sunrise or sunset view. Especially the time of afternoon, sunset and evening will be good. Rows of small and big ships waiting for Chittagong port bring a difference in the atmosphere here. Patenga has speed-boats to explore the sea. There are sea bikes and horses to explore the beach. There is a Burmese market for shopping. There are all kinds of delicious street food to eat.

Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh Navy Base, many jetties of Chittagong Port and Butterfly Park are close to Patenga Beach. Since these places are close, you can visit them together. This Patenga beach in Chittagong district is really a beautiful place to spend good time with friends or family.

If you want to go to Patenga, you have to come to Chittagong first. From Chittagong you can go to Patenga beach in different ways.

Chittagong can be reached from Dhaka by road, rail and air. From Dhaka Sayedabad Bus Terminal Saudia, Unique, TR Travels, Green Line, Hanif Enterprise, Shyamoli, Sohag, S. AC-Non AC buses of various transports like Alam, Modern Line etc leave for Chittagong. Depending on the class, the bus fares range from Tk 900 to Tk 2500 per seat.

If you want to travel to Chittagong by train from Dhaka, you can travel by Tourist Express, Cox's Bazar Express, Sonar Bangla, Suborn Express, Turna-Nishitha, Mahanagar Prabhati/Godhuli, Chittagong Mail from Kamalapur or Airport Railway Station. The train fare will be Tk 405 to Tk 1398 depending on the class. Besides, several airlines operate direct flights from Dhaka to Chittagong.

There are arrangements to come to Chittagong from almost all the districts of the country. To go to Patenga Beach, you can drive to Chittagong at your convenience.

Patenga is located 25 km south of Chittagong Zero Point. You can go to Patenga by own car, CNG or local bus from Chittagong city. It will take about an hour to go from Chittagong city. If you go with CNG, the rent will be like 250-300 taka. If you want to go by bus, local buses to Sea Beach are available from several places, including Newmarket, Railway Station Road, Bahaddarhat, Lalkhan Bazar Mor, GEC Mor and Chawk Bazar Mor.

If you want to go from in front of Chittagong railway station, you will get bus number 6 if you wait for a while. But ask if it will go to the sea beach. If the bus goes to Freeport or Kathgarh then you can also go. From there you can go to the beach by easy bike.

If you want from Dhaka, you can visit some other places including Patenga in one day and come back again. In that case you have to leave Dhaka by night train or bus. Reached Chittagong in the morning, had breakfast and left for Patenga first. Visit there and come back in the afternoon and eat and drink. Then come to Dhaka by Sonar Bangla train or bus.

There are street food stalls at Patenga Sea Beach. There are a number of delicious dishes available such as Vajapora, Peyazoo, crab fry and sea fish fry. Besides, you will get fast food items to eat in food courts.

If you want to taste the traditional food of Chittagong, you can come to Chittagong city and stay at Hotel Zaman. And if you want to eat mezbani, you can go to Mezban Haile Ayyoun restaurant located in Chowkbazar. Chittagong city also has several good quality restaurants among them Barcode Cafe, Milenge Restaurant, Greedy Guts, Cafe 88, Seven Days, Dhaba, Handir Naam, Golf Garden Restaurant, Coastal Mermaid Restaurant & Lounge, Bonanza Port Restaurant etc.

There are not many options to stay in Patenga. Near Chittagong city usually tourists come to Chittagong city to stay overnight. For a better stay near the beach, stay at Butterfly Park Resort. It will cost four thousand to seven thousand rupees to stay here. Also, if you want to stay near Patenga at low cost, you should stay in a mid-range hotel in CEPZ area.

And if you move to Chittagong, you will find many hotels of different quality here. According to your choice and budget, you can check any hotel and spend the night safely. Paramount room rent from 800 taka to 1800 taka. Hotel vacation room rent 1200 to 2000 taka. Hotel Lord's Inn, C&B GEC Mor, per room rent from Tk 2000 to Tk 7000. Hotel Asian SR room rent 1500 to 4000 taka. If you want to spend the night at Hotel Landmark located in Agrabad, you have to spend a minimum of 2500 rupees per room. And if you want to stay at Hotel Radisson Blu, you have to pay 18000 Tk for one night.

Feature Image: Imran Hossain Emu