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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Myanmar, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activies and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Myanmar. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, hotels, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Myanmar are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Myanmar. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors who use their on-the-ground experience to provide the very latest information; their local expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to stay and eat, so you can be confident that when we say a restaurant or hotel is special, we really mean it.

Like all Insight Guides , this e-book contains hundreds of beautiful photographs to inspire and inform your travel. We commission most of our own photography, and we strive to capture the essence of a destination using original images that you wont find anywhere else.

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Myanmars Top 10 Attractions

From the glittering pagodas and downtown bustle of Yangon to the idyllic waters of Inle Lake, the temple-strewn plains of Bagan and the forested hills of Shan Stateplan your trip with our selection of Myanmars essential sights.

Top Attraction 1

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon . The supreme symbol of Burmese Buddhism and national pride, the gigantic golden stupa rising from the midst of Yangon (Rangoon) is a sublime spectacle, especially at dawn and dusk. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Bagan, Mandalay Division . Around 2,200 ancient religious buildings dating from the 11th and 13th centuries litter the arid Plains of Bagan one of Southeast Asias greatest archaeological sites and Myanmars principal visitor attraction. See it from the air on a magical balloon flight. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Sagaing, Mandalay . Encrusted with literally thousands of gilded and whitewashed stupa spires, this holy hilltop overlooking the Ayeyarwady near Mandalay rests on the site of one of several ancient Burmese royal capitals. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Inle Lake, Shan State . One-legged Intha rowers, floating gardens and markets, pretty stilt villages, ancient Shan stupa complexes and beautiful scenery are just some of the attractions of serene Inle Lake in the Shan Hills. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Golden Rock Pagoda, Kyaiktiyo, Mon State . Teetering on the rim of a clifftop high in the coastal hills of Mon State, this extraordinary gilded boulder ranks among the countrys most magical pilgrimage sites. Getting to it involves a stiff hour-long hike up a sacred stairway. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Ngapali Beach, Rakhaing State . Kick back at Myanmars premier beach resort, whose brilliant turquoise water, golden sand and superb seafood offer a welcome respite from the heat and dust of inland travel. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

Mrauk-U, Rakhaing State . Hidden away in the remote west of the country, Mrauk-U is an amazing lost city of ruined temples, palaces and shrines, set amid scrub-covered hills. Boats leave the coastal town of Sittwe daily to reach the site an enjoyable six-hour river trip. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Cruising the Ayeyarwady . Whether you travel by luxury cruiser or creaky government ferry, a journey along Myanmars mightiest river takes you deep into the countrys rural heart a watery world of shifting sand banks, remote jetties and bamboo-built villages. For more information, .

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