Historic sites
Bagan Temples
Nyaung-U, Mandalay
More than 2,000 Buddhist temples and pagodas built between the 11th and 13th centuries, scattered across a plain by the Irrawaddy River, a UNESCO Wor…
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Natural features
Inle Lake
Shan
A shallow lake in the Shan hills where Intha fishermen row with one leg, with stilt villages, floating gardens, and markets that rotate between villa…
Historic sites
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon
Yangon
A gilded stupa 99 m high, the most sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar, said to contain relics of four Buddhas, its top studded with thousands of diamond…