St. Martin's Island

St. Martin's Island

 

St. Martin's Island: Is a little island (area only 8 km2) in the northeastern piece of the yap of Bengal, on 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf cape, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. There is a little next island that is at odds at tall tide, called Chhera island. It is on 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the entrance of the Naf River. The first settlement started just 250 years ago by some Arabian sailors who named the island ‘Zajira’. During British occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. The local names of the island are "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel Jinjira/Jinjera", which means 'Coconut Island' in Bengali, and "Daruchini Dip". It is the only coral island in Bangladesh.

The city of Chittagong has loads of high end, classified hotels such as the Hotel Agrabad, the Hotel Well Park Residence, The cape Chittagong, the Hotel Harbour vision, the Hotel Meridian, and Avenue Hotels and Suites.

The JW Marriott, Westin and Radisson Blu are among the upcoming five-star hotels in Chittagong city.