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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History of Mandalay
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Tapestry Workshop
Throughout Myanmar, Mandalay Shwe-gyi-do Quarter is the best place for embroidery and appliqué work. Materials used in embroidery and appliqué workers include, golden silvery thread, sequins (plastic metal) velvet, satin, colored cloth, paper produced in Shan State and glue from sticky rice. In making an embroidery cloth or a tapestry, the cloth has to stretch on a wooden frame, about one foot high above the ground and embroider on it later.
Throughout Myanmar, Mandalay Shwe-gyi-do Quarter is the best place for embroidery and appliqué work. Materials used in embroidery and appliqué workers include, golden silvery thread, sequins (plastic metal) velvet, satin, colored cloth, paper produced in Shan State and glue from sticky rice. In making an embroidery cloth or a tapestry, the cloth has to stretch on a wooden frame, about one foot high above the ground and embroider on it later.
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The Maha Lawka Marazein Kuthodaw Pagoda
info The Kuthodaw Pagoda (ကုသိုလ်တော်ဘုရား) is situated at about 274.2m from the foot of the Mandalay Hill, to the southeast of the Mandalay Hill. The pagoda was built by King Mindon in M.E 1221. Its height is 57.27m. It was completed along with the construction of three great walls in M.E 1224.
info The Kuthodaw Pagoda (ကုသိုလ်တော်ဘုရား) is situated at about 274.2m from the foot of the Mandalay Hill, to the southeast of the Mandalay Hill. The pagoda was built by King Mindon in M.E 1221. Its height is 57.27m. It was completed along with the construction of three great walls in M.E 1224.
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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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Stone Carving Workshop
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Eindawya Pagoda
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info The beautifully proportioned pagoda at Eindawya Paya (အိမ်တော်ရာစေတီ) stands west of Zegyo Market.
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info The beautifully proportioned pagoda at Eindawya Paya (အိမ်တော်ရာစေတီ) stands west of Zegyo Market.
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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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Pwe Kauk Waterfall
info Pwe Kauk Waterfall is located about 8km from Pyin Oo Lwin. It is also called Hampshire Falls in British times. It’s a very pleasant picnic spot.
info Pwe Kauk Waterfall is located about 8km from Pyin Oo Lwin. It is also called Hampshire Falls in British times. It’s a very pleasant picnic spot.
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Shwesayan Pagoda
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Gold Leaf Making Industry
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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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Innwa Bridge
info This British-engineered 16-span bridge, which dated back to 1934, was the only structure that spanned the Ayeyarwaddy River. Inwa Bridge (အင်းဝတံတား) (formerly Ava Bridge) was closed in 1942 when two spans got demolished in order to delay the advancing Japanese Forces.
info This British-engineered 16-span bridge, which dated back to 1934, was the only structure that spanned the Ayeyarwaddy River. Inwa Bridge (အင်းဝတံတား) (formerly Ava Bridge) was closed in 1942 when two spans got demolished in order to delay the advancing Japanese Forces.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Maha Myat Muni Pagoda
info It is the most revered Buddha image in Mandalay. It is also known as the Maha Myat Muni (မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး), or Phaya Gyi.
info It is the most revered Buddha image in Mandalay. It is also known as the Maha Myat Muni (မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး), or Phaya Gyi.
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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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The Sanda Muni Cast Buddha Image
info The Sanda Muni Buddha Image (စန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is situated to the east of the Kyauktaw Gyi Pagoda. It was cast by King Bodawpaya before the founding of the city Mandalay.
info The Sanda Muni Buddha Image (စန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is situated to the east of the Kyauktaw Gyi Pagoda. It was cast by King Bodawpaya before the founding of the city Mandalay.
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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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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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General Information of Mandalay
info Founded at 1857
info Founded at 1857
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Gaw Wein Jetty
info Gaw Wein Jetty (ဂေါဝိန်ဆိပ်ကမ်း) is a historical Jetty of ancient Mandalay, used by the British to put an end to the Third Myanmar Empire.
info Gaw Wein Jetty (ဂေါဝိန်ဆိပ်ကမ်း) is a historical Jetty of ancient Mandalay, used by the British to put an end to the Third Myanmar Empire.
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Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda
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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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Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery (Me Nu Oak Kyaung)
info Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery well known as Me Nu Oak Kyaung or the Brick Monastery was built by Nanmadaw Me Nu, Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw in 1818.
info Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery well known as Me Nu Oak Kyaung or the Brick Monastery was built by Nanmadaw Me Nu, Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw in 1818.
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History of Mandalay
Mandalay, as the center of Myanmar culture, was outstanding in the past, it holds the stage now; and it will continue to be a place of pride in the future. It is situated about 600 kilometers north of Yangon on the Ayeyarwaddy river, is, with about half a Million inhabitants Myanmar's second largest city.
Mandalay, as the center of Myanmar culture, was outstanding in the past, it holds the stage now; and it will continue to be a place of pride in the future. It is situated about 600 kilometers north of Yangon on the Ayeyarwaddy river, is, with about half a Million inhabitants Myanmar's second largest city.
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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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info Mandalay International Airport (မန္တလေး အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်) is the sole international airport in Mandalay Division, Central Myanmar.
info Mandalay International Airport (မန္တလေး အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်) is the sole international airport in Mandalay Division, Central Myanmar.
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