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

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.
 

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.
 

Kyauktawgyi Pagoda

Kyauktawgyi Pagoda
info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) donated by King Mindon in 1853, is located near the southern entry of Mandalay Hill.
 

Taungpyon

Taungpyon
info Taung Pyone (တောင်ပြုံး, often also spelled as Taungpyon) village is located near Mandalay, the site where two brothers serving a king of Bagan in the 11th century were executed and they became powerful spirits or nats.
 

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.
 

Tamote Shin Pin Shwe Gu Gyi

Tamote Shin Pin Shwe Gu Gyi
info Tamote Shin Pin Shwe Gu Gyi is located by the road side of Tada Oo, 6 miles (10km) North of KyaukSe in Mandalay Region. There is an image of three enclosed Buddha of Bagan era.
 

Innwa Bridge

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.
 

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.
 

Dat Taw Taung Cave

Dat Taw Taung Cave
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info Dat Taw Taung Cave is situated in Kyaukse. Mandalay Region. Mountain Festival (Dat-taw-taungpwe) is usually held on 14th waxing day and Tabaung full moon day. Buddha images from the caves are worshipped.
 

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.
 

Sandamuni Pagoda

Sandamuni Pagoda
info The Sandamuni Pagoda (စန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is located to the southeast of Mandalay Hill and bears a resemblance to the nearby Kuthodaw pagoda because of the large number of slender whitewashed ancillary stupas on the grounds.
 

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).
 

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.
 

Asekhan Fort

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.
 

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.
 

Deedote Waterfall

Deedote Waterfall
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Peik Chin Myaung Cave (Maha Nandamu Cave)

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.
 

Mandalay Information

 
Mandalay Information
History of Mandalay
 

Maha Anthtoo Kanthar Pagoda

Maha Anthtoo Kanthar Pagoda
info The building of the Maha Ant Htoo Kan Thar Pagoda (မဟာအံ့ထူးကံသာ မြတ်စွာဘုရား) has a history of its own. 
 

Gold Leaf Making Industry

Gold Leaf Making Industry
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