With thousands of ancient temples and many unique landscapes spread across the country, Myanmar gives visitors feeling of the peaceful atmosphere, hardly found in other places.
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5 Ideal Attractions In Myanmar
Inle Lake
Inle lake is the second largest freshwater lake in Myanmar, belonged to Shan State. Guests often choose Nyaung Shwe town to stay because they can easily rent a boat and explore the beautiful landscape as well as people’s lives around the village. As one of the most popular tourist destinations in Myanmar, Inle Lake is home to the most widely known by fishermen with unique fishing methods, rowing with one leg only.
Although in recent years, tourism in the region is very developed, but it still retains the natural beauty of its capital. Go to Inle you will experience the feeling in the floating house, a perfect place for you to immerse in the immersed beauty that nature brings.
Golden Rock
Golden Rock owns Kyaiktiyo temple is located on the top of a mountain which is about 1,100 meters above sea level. This sacred stones precariously lies on other rock top (the part exposed to the mountains is only 78 cm²), and gold plated surface close the edge of the mountain, seemingly can immediately fall at any time. However, this rock still solid through the decades.
On the top of this scare rock with height of about 7.3 meters, many believe that, because there is Buddha God’s hair inside the relic of the stone so it could stand for over 2,000 years.
Travel to Myanmar, you should spend 1 night in here, to hear the tinkling wind chimes, listening to the murmur prayers. You will feel calm, relax, and the connection between the past and present so close together.
Mandalay
The name of the Mandalay city easily makes guests feel the quiet and gentle, but this city was extremely busy with lots of exciting activities taking place on the street.
Just step out of the hotel and wander the streets of Mandalay, you will know that your decision is absolutely correct. The city not only attracts you by the bustling markets, sold a variety of street food, or the beauty comes from the ancient architecture, but also the cheerfulness of the people here, helps you quickly integrate into life in Mandalay. In addition, the Mandalay was highlighted by the magnificent Ubein Bridge in ancient villages Amarapura.
Yangon
Yangon – Myanmar’s Old capital is one of the most attractive destinations when traveling in Asia. When you come here you will be completely conquered by the beautiful lakes, shady parks and lush tropical plants. This is the reason that Yangon was dubbed the “Garden of the East”.
Besides the impressive beauty of the famous gold-plated Shwedagon Pagoda dominates the city skyline, here you will be extremely surprised that Yangon has a variety of hotels, excellent restaurants, is not inferior to any the other growing cities in the world. Even, bustling and active nightlife of the city will make you to enjoyable, Yangon really gives you a different experience, unlike any other city in the world.
Bagan
With a repertoire of massive Buddhist temple, built by the Pagan kings over the centuries, no doubt when asserting Bagan is one of the greatest archaeological sites on Earth.
With 2,220 Buddhist temples maintained until now (in about 13,000 temples in the peak period), you are free to explore. The temples are located close to each other so that you can depend on your conditions to choose the form of movement, such as walking, cycling, buses, tuk tuk or balloon.
