Plan a trip to Myanmar

Places to see in Myanmar

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  BaganUNESCO

  ပုဂံ

  Ruins · Mandalay Region

  Bagan is a medieval city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Yangon

  ရန်ကုန်

  City · Yangon Region

  Yangon, also romanized in English as Rangoon, is the capital city of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Marcin Konsek (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Naypyidaw

  နေပြည်တော်

  City · Naypyitaw Union Territory

  Naypyidaw, officially romanised as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities in that it is an entirely planned city and not part of any state or region.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hybernator (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Mandalay

  မန္တလေး

  City · Mandalay Region

  Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Shwedagon Pagoda

  ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီ

  Religious · Yangon Region

  The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw, and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, Kyaik Dagon is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Stefan Fussan (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Mawlamyine

  မော်လမြိုင်

  City · Mon State

  Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), 300 kilometres (190 mi) southeast of Yangon and 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin (Salween) River. Mawlamyine was an ancient city and the first capital of British Burma.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Anagoria (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Inle Lake

  အင်းလေးကန်

  Lake · Shan State

  Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar, with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the country's highest, at an elevation of 2,900 feet (880 m).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Mount Popa

  Mountain · Mandalay Region

  Mount Popa is a dormant volcano 1518 metres (4981 feet) above sea level, and located in central Myanmar in the region of Mandalay about 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Bagan (Pagan) in the Pegu Range. It can be seen from the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River as far away as 60 km (37 mi) in clear weather.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Anagoria (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Mandalay Palace

  မန္တလေးနန်းတော်

  Fort · Mandalay Region

  The Mandalay Palace, located in Mandalay, Myanmar, is the last royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy. The palace was constructed between 1857 and 1859 as part of King Mindon's founding of the new royal capital city of Mandalay.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Ananda Temple

  Religious · Mandalay Region

  The Ananda Temple, located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1112/13) of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Sule Pagoda

  ဆူးလေဘုရား

  Religious · Yangon Region

  The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese Buddhist stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: kallerna (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Inya Lake

  အင်လျားကန်

  Lake · Yangon

  Inya Lake is the largest lake in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar), a popular recreational area for Yangonites, and a famous location for romance in popular culture.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hintha (Public domain). Map