Shwedagon Pagoda
The 99m golden stupa: the prayer halls, the planetary posts, the sunset hour when the gold ignites. The essential Myanmar experience - give it two hours.
Guide
Things to do in Yangon
Yangon is Southeast Asia's great colonial city: the golden Shwedagon, the Strand's verandas, the lakes, the markets. Faded, fascinating, and unlike anywhere else.
Photos for Yangon are still on their way. Every listing below is real.
The golden mountain
Colonial Yangon
Downtown walk
Pansodan to the Strand: the Secretariat (Aung San's assassination site), the colonial banks, the street vendors. Asia's great 19th-century streetscape.
Bogyoke Market
The 1926 market hall: gems, lacquerware, longyi. Haggle with humour; the upper floors are the treasure.
Lakes
Kandawgyi Lake
The royal lake: the Karaweik Palace (concrete royal barge), the boardwalk, the Shwedagon view at sunset.
Inya Lake
The locals' lake: the jogging track, the park, the quiet sunset.
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