menu at different restaurant. However, the government has fixed some food price that assured food lovers. With the cost of taka 10-500 you can eat delicious food accordingly. But before eating, it is good to check the price of the selected food items. Keep the list of food and prices if necessary. Pay the bill in according with the list.
Information on St. Martin’s Travel:
Blue of the sky and blue of the sea there are mixed together, the boat tied on the shore, the rows of aesthetic coconut trees and the soft touch of the gentle breeze of the waves, this is a small effort to describe the beauty of St. Martin’s coral island of Bangladesh. St. Martin is the unique and unparalleled vacation center for sand, stone, coral or biodiversity related knowledge and travel thirst people with knowledge. Jellyfish, all kinds of marine fish, turtles and coral in the clear water created Saint Martin and its adjacent areas into the living lessons and mysterious to the traveling and knowledge thrust people around the world. It is the only coral island of Bangladesh. Sant Martin, a small island of sea bust, about 120 kilometers away from Cox’s Bazar district. Just water and water all around. The area is 17 square kilometers. Trawler or launch takes two to quarter two hours to travel to Saint Martin from Teknaf. Its population is around six and a half thousand. Coconut, onion, chilli, tomato rice are the major agricultural crops of this island. And almost all of the inhabitant’s main occupation is fishing. But due to the development of the recent tourism industry, many people are living through restaurants, residential hotels or grocery shops. The people of St. Martin’s island are very simple, their warm hospitality is the main attraction of tourists. There are low cost flooding and lodging facilities for the tourists.
Traveling to Saint Martin:
To go to St.Martin from anywhere in Bangladesh, you have to go to Cox’s Bazar first. Firstly, from Cox’s Bazar, it will reach Teknaf by jeep and from Teknaf C-trucks, ships or trawlers service are available to reach Saint Martin island. Several long-distance vehicles were left Dhaka for Cox’s Bazar every day. The bus will cost AC 800 – 1200 and non-AC 400-700 taka. From Cox’s Bazar you can go to Teknaf it will cost taka 30-50 per person by bus, tala 40-60 in the taxi or Tk 500-1000 (ten to eight seats) to go to Teknaf in the reserve microbus. These vehicles start from Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf route every morning. Every morning you will find the C-truck, Keari Sindhad and Nafsi Hajaj to go to Saint Martin island. Along with these excellent ship service trawlers service is also available. You can select which one you like best. However, as a safe vessel, Cairi Sindhabad and Nafshi ships are reliable. It takes two hours to go from Teknaf to St Martin by these ships. On the other hand, these ships left St. Martin at 3pm every day to Teknaf. In the winter season the sea remains calm and the sea become furious during the summer-monsoon and movement become risky.
Where to eat:
Those who want to go to St. Martin for a short period of time, or those who want to return before the evening, they must move on the return ship before 3 pm. 3 hours is enough time to see the small island area roaming around. However, those who want to go to the main island and Chera island should plan for long time than that. There are many hotels and restaurants here for tourists’ food. Some of them are the Carey Marjan restaurant, Beach Point, Hotel Alla daan market beach, Assam hotels, Sea beach, St. Martin’s, Comilla restaurant, Real restaurant, Haji Selim Park, St. Martin’s Tourist Park, Hotel Sadek etc.
Where to Stay:
There are quality hotels and cottages available to stay in St. Martin. There are at least five hundred persons capacity per night in several cottages including 16 hotels. Many homes also have accommodation for tourists. Rent will be 200-250 taka, but in the winter season there is more pressure of tourist and hotel owners increase the rent. Some hotel information is given:
Hotel address:
Simana Peria (Crossing the border): There are 10 rooms with 4-person accommodation in each room. Room rent is 700-800 taka, tents are also available and for 4 persons cost taka 300. The cost of food is Tk 50-70 per person’s meal. Contact person: Jahangir
Prince Heaven: There are 18 rooms, double room rent 600-800 taka. Accommodation for 4 people in each room. Two persons accommodation in single room cost taka 400-500. Contact: 0189308058
Blue-Marine Resort:
There are 18 double bedrooms with 34 guest rooms. 13Triple bedrooms, 6 bedrooms for 5 and 2 cottages. Rent double 1000-taka, triple 1200-taka, 6 Bed 1500-taka, 5 Bed Cottage 2500 taka.
Samudro Bilash (writer Humayun Ahmed’s house): This 4 rooms house rent is worth 500-1000 taka.
Beach camp, Hotel Sagar Par and Riyadh guest house, hotel swapno bilash, srabon bilash, government management run marine park. Residential facilities are available in almost every home in the tourism season. It is possible select houses talking directly with the house owner.