Mandalay Travel Guide & Reviews

Age: founded in 1857 AD
Area: 118.4 km²
Population: 6.166 million
Location: Latitude: 21.9588° N, 96.0891° E
Temperature: Min 18 'C - Max 37 'C

 


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Shwebon Yadana Mingala Palace

Sinmyarshin Temple
info The number of Red and Gold buildings in the Palace of Shwe Bo (ရွှေဘုံရတနာ မင်္ဂလာနန်းတော်) are less complete than that of Mandalay Palace.
 

Dattawgyaik Waterfall

Dattawgyaik Waterfall
info The Dattawgyaik Waterfall (ဓါတ်တော်ချိုင့် ရေတံခွန်) is located in Ani Sakhan which is the half way point between Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin.
 

Mandalay Hill

Mandalay Hill
The Mandalay Hill is situated to the north-east corner of the Mandalay Royal Palace. It lies from north to south, its altitude being 236.5m above sea level and its height going up to 167.64m.
 

Bronze Casting Workshop

Bronze Casting Workshop
 
 
Bronze Casting can be studied at a place called Tampawadi between Mandalay and Amarapura. Buddha images, bells, gongs, tri gongs, and other figures such as images of the nat (spirit) and of famous persons are cast here. 
 

Zay Cho Market

Zay Cho Market
info  Mandalay is full of shopping experience. The new Mandalay Zay Cho (ဈေးချိုတော်) is one of the main market places in Mandalay.
 

The Maha Lawka Marazein Kuthodaw Pagoda

The Maha Lawka Marazein Kuthodaw Pagoda
info The Kuthodaw Pagoda (ကုသိုလ်တော်ဘုရား) is situated at about 274.2m from the foot of the Mandalay Hill, to the southeast of the Mandalay Hill. The pagoda was built by King Mindon in M.E 1221. Its height is 57.27m. It was completed along with the construction of three great walls in M.E 1224.
 

Pwe Kauk Waterfall

Pwe Kauk Waterfall
info Pwe Kauk Waterfall is located about 8km from Pyin Oo Lwin. It is also called Hampshire Falls in British times. It’s a very pleasant picnic spot.
 

Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda

Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda
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Atumashi Monastery

Atumashi Monastery
info King Mindon (1852-1872) founded a new capital on 16 June 1858. In founding the new capital. he established seven monuments simultaneously.
 

Mandalay Information

 
Mandalay Information
History of Mandalay
 

Eindawya Pagoda

Eindawya Pagoda
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info The beautifully proportioned pagoda at Eindawya Paya (အိမ်တော်ရာစေတီ) stands west of Zegyo Market.
 

Kyauk Myaung

Kyauk Myaung
info The small town of Kyauk Myaung (ကျောက်မြောင်း) is located 29km east of Shwe Bo on the western bank of River Ayeyarwaddy. This place is known primarily for its production of glazed pottery, including the large Martaban Jars which were used water containers throughout rural Myanmar.
 

Mandalay International Airport

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info Mandalay International Airport (မန္တလေး အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်) is the sole international airport in Mandalay Division, Central Myanmar.
 

Tagaung City

Tagaung City
info Tagaung (တကောင်း) is situated on the east bank of the river Ayeyarwaddy, 127 miles (204km) north of Mandalay and 56 miles (90km) north of Shwe Bo.
 

Wood Carving Workshop

Wood Carving Workshop
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Purcell Tower

Purcell Tower
info Purcell Tower stands in the heart of the town, Pyin Oo Lwin. The clock was one of the few made in 1934 by Gillete and Johnson Co. of England, in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of the reign of King George V of Britain.
 

Mandalay Palace Moat and Wall

Mandalay Palace Moat and Wall
The whole palace complex was destroyed by fire during the Second World War. The palace walls, the four gates and the moat still stand today as evidence of the majestic palace city.
 

Entertainment in Mandalay

Entertainment in Mandalay
Mandalay is a busy city which is the central trade centre of Myanmar. There are cinema halls, beauty salons, spas and karaoke lounge in the most populated part of the city. There are also many well-known astrologers and palmist in this city.
 

Watch Tower (Nan Myint)

Watch Tower (Nan Myint)
info The Watch Tower, about 90ft (30m) high is a solitary masonry building that remains of King Bagyidaw’s Palace built in 1822. This is one of the Myanmar architectural styles of early 19th Century.
 

Nga Yant Min Cave & Yankin Hill

Nga Yant Min Cave & Yankin Hill
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Gaw Wein Jetty

Gaw Wein Jetty
info Gaw Wein Jetty (ဂေါဝိန်ဆိပ်ကမ်း) is a historical Jetty of ancient Mandalay, used by the British to put an end to the Third Myanmar Empire.
 

Mandalay

Mandalay
History of Mandalay
Mandalay (မန္တလေး), as the center of Myanmar culture, was outstanding in the past, and it will continue to be a place of pride of Myanmar in the future.
 

The Sanda Muni Cast Buddha Image

The Sanda Muni Cast Buddha Image
info The Sanda Muni Buddha Image (စန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is situated to the east of the Kyauktaw Gyi Pagoda. It was cast by King Bodawpaya before the founding of the city Mandalay.
 

Chan Tak Buddhist Temple

Chan Tak Buddhist Temple
info Located at the south of Pyin Oo Lwin is a large and colorful Chinese temple (တရုတ် ဘုရားကျောင်း) built by the Yunanese immigrants to the town. It is close to Thiri Myaing Hotel (originally called Candacraig).
 

Myingyan

Myingyan
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 info The climate is dry, with high south winds from March until September. The annual rainfall averages about 35 in. The temperature varies between 106 and 70 Fahrenheit. The ordinary crops are millet, sesame, cotton, maize, rice and a great variety of peas and beans. There are no forests, but a great deal of low scrubland.
 

Mandalay Palace

Mandalay Palace
info The Mandalay Hill is situated to the north-east corner of the Mandalay Royal Palace. It lies from north to south, its altitude being 236.5m above sea level and its height going up to 167.64m.
 

Shweinbin Monastery

Shweinbin Monastery
info Shweinbin Monastery (ရွှေအင်းပင် ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း) is located at the southwest corner of Mandalay City.
 

Yadanabon Zoological Gardens

Yadanabon Zoological Gardens
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info Yadanabon Zoological Garden (ရတနာပုံ တိရိစ္ဆာန် ဥယျာဉ်) is situated in the north of the Royal Palace, at the foot of the Mandalay Hill. Various kinds of animals such as elephants, tigers, lions, deer etc. can be seen.
 

Kandawgyi Lake of Mandalay & Pyi Gyi Mon Royal Barge

Kandawgyi Lake of Mandalay & Pyi Gyi Mon Royal Barge
 

Yaytagon Taung Golf Course

Yaytagon Taung Golf Course
info This 18-hole course is at the foot of the Yaytagon Taung (Waterfall) Mountain which is situated in Patheingyi Township, Mandalay Region. The golf course was designed by Mandalay City Development Committee and opened to public in 1996.
 

Gold Leaf Making Industry

Gold Leaf Making Industry
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