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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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda
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info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) means the Pagoda of the Great Marble Image.
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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.
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.
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Asekhan Fort
info Sagaing Fortress or Asekhan Fortress is located at Asekhan Quarter which is south to north of Sagaing near the west bank of Ayeyarwaddy River.
info Sagaing Fortress or Asekhan Fortress is located at Asekhan Quarter which is south to north of Sagaing near the west bank of Ayeyarwaddy River.
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Peik Chin Myaung Cave (Maha Nandamu Cave)
info Peik Chin Myaung Cave (ပိတ်ချင်းမြောင် မဟာနန္ဒမူလိုဏ်ဂူတော်) is located near Wetwun village, 12 miles (19km) north east of Pyin Oo Lwin and it is 3 miles south of the village, easily accessible by car.
info Peik Chin Myaung Cave (ပိတ်ချင်းမြောင် မဟာနန္ဒမူလိုဏ်ဂူတော်) is located near Wetwun village, 12 miles (19km) north east of Pyin Oo Lwin and it is 3 miles south of the village, easily accessible by car.
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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.
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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.
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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.
info King Mindon (1852-1872) founded a new capital on 16 June 1858. In founding the new capital. he established seven monuments simultaneously.
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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.
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.
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Shwesayan Pagoda
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Eindawya Pagoda
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info The beautifully proportioned pagoda at Eindawya Paya (အိမ်တော်ရာစေတီ) stands west of Zegyo Market.
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info The beautifully proportioned pagoda at Eindawya Paya (အိမ်တော်ရာစေတီ) stands west of Zegyo Market.
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Food in Mandalay
Mandalay is a city with great historical heritage. Many traditional food can be tasted in this city.
Mandalay is a city with great historical heritage. Many traditional food can be tasted in this city.
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Shwenandaw Monastery or Golden Palace Monastery
info Close to the Atumashi Monastery stands the Shwenandaw Monastery (ရွှေနန်းတော်ကျောင်း) meaning "Golden Palace Monastery". This monastery is of great interest not only as a fine example of a traditional Myanmar wooden monastery, but as a fragile reminder of the old Mandalay Fort.
info Close to the Atumashi Monastery stands the Shwenandaw Monastery (ရွှေနန်းတော်ကျောင်း) meaning "Golden Palace Monastery". This monastery is of great interest not only as a fine example of a traditional Myanmar wooden monastery, but as a fragile reminder of the old Mandalay Fort.
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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.
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.
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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.
info Mandalay is full of shopping experience. The new Mandalay Zay Cho (ဈေးချိုတော်) is one of the main market places in Mandalay.
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Innwa Bridge
info This British-engineered 16-span bridge, which dated back to 1934, was the only structure that spanned the Ayeyarwaddy River. Inwa Bridge (အင်းဝတံတား) (formerly Ava Bridge) was closed in 1942 when two spans got demolished in order to delay the advancing Japanese Forces.
info This British-engineered 16-span bridge, which dated back to 1934, was the only structure that spanned the Ayeyarwaddy River. Inwa Bridge (အင်းဝတံတား) (formerly Ava Bridge) was closed in 1942 when two spans got demolished in order to delay the advancing Japanese Forces.
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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.
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.
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General Information of Mandalay
info Founded at 1857
info Founded at 1857
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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.
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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.
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Maha Myat Muni Pagoda
info It is the most revered Buddha image in Mandalay. It is also known as the Maha Myat Muni (မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး), or Phaya Gyi.
info It is the most revered Buddha image in Mandalay. It is also known as the Maha Myat Muni (မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး), or Phaya Gyi.
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Kyauktawgyi Pagoda
info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) donated by King Mindon in 1853, is located near the southern entry of Mandalay Hill.
info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) donated by King Mindon in 1853, is located near the southern entry of Mandalay Hill.
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Getting Around in Mandalay
Air - There are daily flights from Yangon to Mandalay via Air Bagan. Air Mandalay. Yangon Airways. and Myanmar Air. Mandalay now has an International Airport. so there are also flights from other countries directly landing to Mandalay.
Air - There are daily flights from Yangon to Mandalay via Air Bagan. Air Mandalay. Yangon Airways. and Myanmar Air. Mandalay now has an International Airport. so there are also flights from other countries directly landing to Mandalay.
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info Bargaya Monastery (ဘားဂရာ ကျောင်း) was built in 1834 A.D, during the reign of King Bagyidaw. Being built entirely of teak wood, the monastery has 267 gigantic teak wood posts. The biggest post measuring 60 feet high and 9 feet in circumference. The monastery is a structure of great dimension for it is 188 feet in lenght and 103 feet in breadth.
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Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery (Me Nu Oak Kyaung)
info Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery well known as Me Nu Oak Kyaung or the Brick Monastery was built by Nanmadaw Me Nu, Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw in 1818.
info Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery well known as Me Nu Oak Kyaung or the Brick Monastery was built by Nanmadaw Me Nu, Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw in 1818.
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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.
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.
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Yandanarbo Pot Making Village
Yandabo is a village on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River in Mandalay Region. It is famous for an Anglo- Myanmar peace treaty that was signed in 1826. It is also a well known place for making pots such as the ones seen in this picture. One person can make 30 to 50 such pots per day which are used for water or food storage.
Yandabo is a village on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River in Mandalay Region. It is famous for an Anglo- Myanmar peace treaty that was signed in 1826. It is also a well known place for making pots such as the ones seen in this picture. One person can make 30 to 50 such pots per day which are used for water or food storage.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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History of Mandalay
Mandalay, as the center of Myanmar culture, was outstanding in the past, it holds the stage now; and it will continue to be a place of pride in the future. It is situated about 600 kilometers north of Yangon on the Ayeyarwaddy river, is, with about half a Million inhabitants Myanmar's second largest city.
Mandalay, as the center of Myanmar culture, was outstanding in the past, it holds the stage now; and it will continue to be a place of pride in the future. It is situated about 600 kilometers north of Yangon on the Ayeyarwaddy river, is, with about half a Million inhabitants Myanmar's second largest city.
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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.
info The Dattawgyaik Waterfall (ဓါတ်တော်ချိုင့် ရေတံခွန်) is located in Ani Sakhan which is the half way point between Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin.
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