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Nazirabazar, Dhaka — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nazirabazar is a neighbourhood in the old part of Dhaka, in Bangladesh, known for its shoe factories and its dense run of restaurants and eateries.
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Where to stay in Nazirabazar
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Nazirabazar keeps almost no hotels of its own. Nazirabazar holds almost no rooms of its own. Most visitors sleep elsewhere in Dhaka and walk into this quarter of the old city for its shoe workshops and its long, crowded parade of restaurants and eateries that draw eaters from across the capital.
The Armenian Church stands within the same stretch of Old Dhaka.
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Nazirabazar food lanes
The crowded food lanes of Nazirabazar in Old Dhaka pull diners from across Dhaka for their restaurants and eateries. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Nazirabazar food lanesold-city heritage beside the Armenian ChurchArmanitola
The heritage streets around the Armenian Church set this corner of Old Dhaka apart from the shoe workshops of Nazirabazar. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in ArmanitolaHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Dhaka
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Museums & Galleries
3- Bangladesh National Museum
- Museum of Independence
- National Art Gallery
Churches & Religious Sites
3- Armenian Church
- St Thomas Church Dhaka
- St. Mary’s Cathedral, Dhaka
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Greek Memorial, Dhaka
- Eight Pillars Against Aggression
- July Memorial Monument, Shahbag
Stadiums & Sports
3- Suhrawardy Udyan
- Outer Stadium Ground
- Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- State Guest House Sugandha
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About Nazirabazar
What are the main landmarks in Nazirabazar?
Nazirabazar is a working neighbourhood, not a monument district. Its fame is culinary. The lanes fill with restaurants and eateries and with small shoe factories, and the Armenian Church sits nearby within Old Dhaka.
Grander sights lie a short way off. The Shaheed Minar, the Bangladesh National Museum, and Suhrawardy Udyan rise elsewhere in Dhaka, beyond the old quarter.
What is the history of Nazirabazar?
Nazirabazar grew up inside Old Dhaka. Its shoe factories and its food trade gave the neighbourhood its character, binding it to the older commercial fabric of Dhaka long before the museum quarter around the Shaheed Minar and the Bangladesh National Museum took its modern shape. Trade shaped these lanes.
Craft kept them busy.
Where is Nazirabazar?
Nazirabazar lies in the old part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, one dense neighbourhood among the many that make up the old city.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Nazirabazar?
Nazirabazar food lanes: eating your way along the restaurants and eateries of Nazirabazar. Armanitola: old-city heritage beside the Armenian Church.
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Updated October 2026