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Mandalay was founded in 1857 as the capital by King Mindon and remained the capital city of the Konboung, Myanmar’s last dynasty. After Bagan it is the country’s richest historical landmark. The Mandalay Palace boasts finely built palace walls and a beautiful moat surrounding this fortress. Moreover, Mandalay is not only an important city for Myanmar culture, but the principle centre for Buddhism studies in Myanmar. Key places of interest in the city include various monasteries, Kuthodaw Pagoda (home of the world’s largest book) and no visit would be complete without a sunset visit to Mandalay Hill. The city is also a major handicraft centre where you can see stone and marble carvers, gold leaf pressing, tapestry workshops, cotton and silk textile weaving, silver smith workshops and bamboo fan factories. If you prefer not to actually visit the workshops you can purchase their goods at the colourful Zeycho Market.
Located just a couple of kilometres from Mandalay Hill and the former royal palace The Sedona is a good international standard hotel option. The hotel features 247 graciously appointed rooms and...
A welcome addition to the accommodation scene in Mandalay is the small chic boutique Rupar Mandalar. It is small and country club in style, located on the eastern outskirts of magical Mandalay, a...
The hotel is located at the foot of Mandalay Hill and faces toward the former Royal Palace and it’s this unique position that affords each and every one of the 206 rooms and suites such stunning...
All went very well to plan. We felt the impact of the number of flights to get to places – 7 in all – but that is obviously necessary in Myanmar and to get to both Myanmar and Cambodia (and we knew this). All guides and drivers were on time and excellent.
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