Yangon

Yangon  (225 photos)
Sule pagoda near the City Hall. Old colonial buildings. Botataung pagoda with mirror-maze inside. Shwedagon pagoda.

Kyaikhtiyo (138 photos)
the Golden Rock of Kyaiktiyo important religious pilgrimage site

Mandalay

Shwenandaw Kyaung (151 photos)
The Golden Palace Monastery, grand example of Myanmar teak architecture.

Kuthodaw Pagoda (66 photos)
Kuthodaw and Sandamuni Pagodas with hundreds of pitaka pagodas containing texts of Theravada Buddhism.

The Royal Palace (42 photos)
built by King Mindon when he shifted his capital from Amarapura in 1861.

Shwe-In-Bin Kyaung (146 photos)
another example of the Burmese teak architecture

Sagaing hill (116 photos)
famous for the over 600 temples, monasteries and religious retreats.

Inwa (192 photos)
Burma’s past royal capital.

Ubein bridge (6 photos)
This teak bridge is claimed to be the longest teak bridge in the world.

Mahamuni Pagoda (91 photos)
Mahamuni Pagoda contains the much venerated Mahamuni image, a bronze statue of sitting Buddha.

Inle Lake

Inle Lake (212 photos)
The market of Nampan, Alodaw Pauk Pagoda, village of teak stilt houses, cheroot factories, weaving workshop, Phaung Daw Oo Paya.

Indein (150 photos)
the Nyaung Ohak group. The Shwe Inn Thein Paya complex of 1054 weather-beaten zedi.

Pindaya (212 photos)
Natural caves filled with Buddha images in an astonishing variety of shapes.

Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung (85 photos)
A monastery unique for the oval windows in the ancient teak ordination hall.

Taunggyi (48 photos)
Sulamuni Paya.

Kakku (187 photos)
the 2478 stupas at Kakku are one of the most remarkable sights.

Bagan

Ananda temple (108 photos)
the largest and most elegant in Bagan.

Old Bagan (192 photos)
Bupaya stupa, Mahabodhi, Thatbyinnyu, Ngakywenadaung, Thamya temple, Nat-hlaung kyaung, Maha Zedi, Shwe-gu-gyi temple, Gawdaw-Palin temple, Nat-Taung Kyaung, Tharaba gate.

Myinkaba area (161 photos)
Mingala Zeidi, The Gubyaukgyi at Myinkaba, the Mya Zedi, Abeyadana temple.

Dhammayan-Gyi temple (43 photos)
A massive temple with the shape like an Egyptian pyramid.

Sulamani temple (163 photos)
attractive red brick temple with interior painted with quite big frescoes and traces of earlier frescoes.

Dhammayazika pagoda (92 photos)
with the unusual pentagonal base ornamented with glazed Jataka plaques.

Pyathada temple (13 photos)
a brick monastery today popular as sunset-viewing spot.

Minnanthu area (126 photos)
Lemyethna temple, Payathonzu the "Three Temples", Thambula temple.

Shwezigon pagoda (74 photos)
Bagan main religious site, linked with the cult of the nat.

North Plain (124 photos)
Gubyaukgi, Upali Thein, various temples between Old Bagan walls and Nyaung U

Htilominlo (52 photos)
with the impressive terraced design.

Buledi (27 photos)
another popular sunset-viewing spot.

Minochantha (71 photos)
a lookout over part of the vast Bagan plain and its numerous stupas.

Hotels (27 photos)
A selection of hotel experience and architecture