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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info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) means the Pagoda of the Great Marble Image.
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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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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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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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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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Mandalay Information
History of Mandalay
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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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Shopping in Mandalay
Mandalay (မန္တလေး) is full of variety to do shopping. The new Mandalay Zaycho is the main market place in Mandalay. You can get almost anything from there. Things to shop are Acheik (Mandalay Silk Longyi), Cotton clothing, Hto Moat (greasy cakes), Laphet (Pickled tea leaves), Kadipar slippers (Velvet Slippers), Silverware, Lacquerware, Jewelry, gems and more.
Mandalay (မန္တလေး) is full of variety to do shopping. The new Mandalay Zaycho is the main market place in Mandalay. You can get almost anything from there. Things to shop are Acheik (Mandalay Silk Longyi), Cotton clothing, Hto Moat (greasy cakes), Laphet (Pickled tea leaves), Kadipar slippers (Velvet Slippers), Silverware, Lacquerware, Jewelry, gems and more.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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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Shwesayan Pagoda
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Maha Anthtoo Kanthar Pagoda
info The building of the Maha Ant Htoo Kan Thar Pagoda (မဟာအံ့ထူးကံသာ မြတ်စွာဘုရား) has a history of its own.
info The building of the Maha Ant Htoo Kan Thar Pagoda (မဟာအံ့ထူးကံသာ မြတ်စွာဘုရား) has a history of its own.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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).
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).
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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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Shweinbin Monastery
info Shweinbin Monastery (ရွှေအင်းပင် ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း) is located at the southwest corner of Mandalay City.
info Shweinbin Monastery (ရွှေအင်းပင် ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း) is located at the southwest corner of Mandalay City.
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Wood Carving Workshop
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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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Nga Yant Min Cave & Yankin Hill
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