Cluster · Dhaka
Gulshan and Banani
Evening cluster and the place to sleep: cafés, restaurants and embassies; traffic-heavy, but the most car-friendly doors in the city.
Key facts
- 28″ bags
- ok
- Time budget
- half
- Rescue coverage
- 100% ≤7′
- max p90 5.3′
- Places
- 0
- 1 sleep area in reach
Rules in force · 9Old Dhaka's lanes are blocked by rickshaws, stalls and op…
- South Asia ↗Trekking regions, border districts and several Indian states need separate permits on top of the visa; check the permit before you book transport into them.
- South Asia ↗Remove shoes (and in many Jain and Hindu temples, leather) before entering; cover shoulders and legs; ask before photographing people or rituals.
- Bangladesh ↗Apply for a visa only on the official government e-visa portal or at an embassy; lookalike sites charge extra, and the rules differ by nationality.
- Bangladesh ↗Dress modestly in cities and near mosques: cover shoulders and knees, and women carry a scarf for mosques and shrines.
- Bangladesh ↗Carry Bangladeshi taka in small notes; rickshaws, markets and small shops are cash-only, and foreign cards are not accepted everywhere.
- Bangladesh ↗Political rallies, strikes (hartal) and blockades can close roads and cut mobile internet with little notice: check the news and your hotel before any transfer day and stay away from demonstrations.
- Dhaka Division ↗Fridays are the weekend and the quietest day for traffic: Old Dhaka's monuments are calmer, though many shops and museums shorten their hours.
- Dhaka ↗Old Dhaka's lanes are blocked by rickshaws, stalls and open drains, and many streets have no pavement: large suitcases go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
- Dhaka ↗A 10 km ride in Dhaka can take an hour or more at almost any time: plan one cluster per outing, and never book a tight connection on the same day.
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Map to the centre
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Walking weather, next 5 days
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Plan
How the ground walks, and what is here
Bound and physics
Gulshan 2 circle and the streets around it. Draft desk polygon and grid-placed rescue anchors; field-verify every anchor.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- Few
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- paved streets, narrow or missing pavement
- Sleep here or visit
- both
Eat and drink here
A well-known Dhaka kacchi and biryani chain with several branches, including Gulshan and Banani (check the nearest): go at an off-peak lunch or dinner with an air-conditioned table.
A run of air-conditioned cafés and bakeries around the Gulshan 2 circle: the heat-day break and the easy evening meal when you want no ride; expect Western coffee and pastries alongside Bangladeshi snacks (check current names).
On the ground
Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby
Rescue anchors
A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.
Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor. Drag to move; click the map, then scroll to zoom.
north-west of the cluster: café or sweets shop with seating
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
Gulshan 2 circle café row (AC, WC)
Place to sit · Toilet · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions
north-east of the cluster: convenience store with AC
Food & drink · ac · works in any conditions
south-west of the cluster: bakery or café with WC
Place to sit · Food & drink · Toilet · works in any conditions
south of the cluster: café or sweets shop with seating
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
south-east of the cluster: hotel lobby with WC
Toilet · Place to sit · ac · works in any conditions
100% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 5.3 min) · 100% on hot days
Nodes in this cluster
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Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dhaka | Car south | ~60 min | flat |
| Lalbagh Fort | Car south-west | ~60 min | flat |
| Shahbag and Ramna | Car south-west | ~45 min | flat |
Sleep within reach
- Gulshan — 2–4 min
Red lines here
- Cross at the circle with a local; vehicles do not stop.
Deep dive
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.